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nigelswift Aug 31, 2006 06:48:57
Replying to Littlestone

Not to cash-strapped causes like Stonehenge....

I know you know, but its not cash-strapped its deliberately cash starved as the allocation to heritage has been unilaterally fixed at a low level and most people, truth to tell, approve.

The result, the appearance that we "can't afford" not to damage the view of Stonehenge is untrue, we can if we wanted to. Easily.

And even if we couldn't, we could find new ways of raising money for it if we really wanted. We got £21 billion out of selling the ether to mobile phone companies, selling nothing for loads merely because its said to be nationally owned. Damn good business. Fine, now lets sell advertising space on banknotes. That'd raise enough to finance heritage forever....

L Littlestone
Littlestone Aug 31, 2006 08:05:52
Replying to nigelswift

Fine, now lets sell advertising space on banknotes. That'd raise enough to finance heritage forever....
God, that's a good idea Nigel. Bank notes are well overdue for a redesign. I can see it now - a new £20 note with an engraving of Stonehenge on the verso and a discreet line of advertising along the bottom. Alas it'll never happen, the authorities lack that one all important ingredient to make it happen - vision.