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Lord Bracknell said:
What bloody annoys me is that the Planning committee know their decision so why keep us waiting for, it's making me so f***ing angry.
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They DON'T know the decision.Oceanic said:What bloody annoys me is that the Planning committee know their decision so why keep us waiting for, it's making me so f***ing angry.
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The only seagull I have ever eaten was a nice, fat juicy one. I suspect it was fed on fish, though, not scraps from black plastic sacks.Turkey said:
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Calm down, dear. It's only indigestion.Yorkie said:
I don't think we'll hear for weeks.
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Lord Bracknell said:
Sorry mate, but that's utter tosh. they know, you know, I know, we all know they have made a decision. The longer it goes on then I fear the worst. It feels they're prolonging it for a reason.
At work I buy all the papers now, I listen to the radio in the hope of hear something. I swear, those office bods at fat boy two punching Prescott’s office is driving me insane. Can’t cope anymore.
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Lord Bracknell said:
Weeks? Well in that case, can they make it the first of November then, because I'll not have to pay out £50
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You said it was the "Planning Committee" who knew.Oceanic said:
Exactly what Planning Committee are you talking about? The ONLY Planning Committees that have been involved in the whole of this process are the Planning Committees of Brighton & Hove City Council and Lewes District Council.
I can assure you ... they DON'T know the decision. It hasn't been made yet.
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Everyday I wake up and turn the radio on incase its revealed Even though I'm sure it won't be released till 31st! Its a weird thing
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Lord Bracknell said:
I meant Prescott and his fat merry men. Their the planning committee aren't they? Well, if they aren't then I'll eat my hat.
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Lord Bracknell said:If looney's spy is right, and there is a dispute between Defra and the ODPM about the National Park issue, this would have to be resolved in a way that allows both Secretaries of State to emerge with credibility.
It's this sort of stuff that takes time at this stage in the process.
Reading between the lines ...
Defra have no reason to want any development anywhere near a National Park. I would therefore assume that they are the party that opposes the Stadium.
Therefore, if there's a dispute, the ODPM must be supporting the Stadium.
But the dispute must be resolved before any announcement is made.
In the final analysis, it is the responsibility of the Deputy Prime Minister to resolve inter-departmental disputes. No doubt a meeting or three might be needed.
But who will Prescott back? His own department or Margaret Beckett's?
I am IMMENSELY optimistic.
[Assuming looney speaks the truth] .
What I can tell you from experience as a Civil Servant is that where there is an inter-departmental dispute it is usually up to the department with the lead on the policy to take the decision, unless the Treasury backs the other department. As, so far as I know, there are no Government financial issues in this decision, the Treasury will not get involved. This would appear to be helpful to us.
I will give you an example. In my previous job, we had a measure in the Children Bill, on which the DfES had the lead. As a result, some guidance on early intervention had to be issued. My boss and his deputy got their bit completed very quickly, but the DfES lead went sick, and they would not get their bit done for ages. Even though our bit could have been issued on its own it could not be as DfES had the lead and so had to clear it. The same thing happens on parenting programmes. We aim to focus help on those parents whose children are most likely to offend, whereas DfES prefer to make parenting programmes available to everyone. I won't go into details, but because DfES has the lead, their view usually prevails.
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2-jags will wait till the last possible minute b4
giving the verdict just to keep us on tenderhooks
giving the verdict just to keep us on tenderhooks
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Marc said:
So they dont make the final dicision then? you'll be wearing the brown sause mate.....
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No. Prescott is the First Secretary of State. He will make the decision on his own, not with a committee.Oceanic said:
The Planning Division of his Department (the civil servants whose job is to advise him) have not yet finished considering the issues.
You'll have to trust me on that.
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Lord Bracknell said:
Well, If your avatar is anything to go by then I'm not going to argue with you Mr Bracknell.
You said tuesday on your first post....