As I said in the LJ entry that some anon so kindly linked you to, I am very happy to have a genuine discussion about PFI, its benefits, its disadvantages and what it means in the long term. My experience in the field could even answer some queries that you may have in how the scheme operates in practice. I notice that you quoted Private Eye as a source of some of your information. George Monbiot wrote a book about PFI in Britain a couple of years ago. I can get you the title if you're interested. In it, he examined some of the PFI deals from the earlier years and set out why they were ineffective and I think you might find some of it interesting. I am not making this suggestion out of any sense of "superiority", but rather because I think it is something that you might actually be interested in reading.
Whatever you may feel about me personally, I do resent the accusation that I am corrupt. I am not - either financially, ethically or morally. To make that accusation is groundless. I also object to seeing you play the victim here when I was informed of your taking my name in vain again a couple of months ago (a comment on the Diana Memorial Fountain, if memory serves). I made no comment then as you were plainly sounding off and, given my well documented opposition to the Labour Government, the comparison between myself and the Secretary of State for Culture was actually quite amusing to me. I am making a comment here because I noticed that you're happy to snipe at me on your own ground, but are unwilling to do so on mine and, as the saying goes, "If Mohammad won't come to the mountain, then the mountain must come to Mohammad".
Finally, I am obviously aware that there have been strong disagreements between you and several people on my LJ Flist. I have not, at any time, participated in them (other than to respond to a comment you made on Narcissa Malfoy's LJ a week or so ago). I also note that we share several friends on LJ - your friendship with them doesn't bother or affect me and I trust that my friendship with them doesn't bother or affect you. Even if you don't like me very much, I would at least hope that we could be civil to each other. We're both grown-ups, we're both intelligent and we're both articulate.
My offer to discuss PFI is genuine. If you'd like to do so, then we can discuss it here, on my LJ or via email. I think that it's something we could both learn something from.
tybalt-quin
PS - In posting this I do in fact find that I owe you one apology. I had been under the impression that you'd banned me from commenting on your LJ (and had said as much to a couple of other users). I obviously now find that this is not the case, and so apologise for the inaccuracy. Of course, it is entirely possible that this was an error on your part.
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Given that my name has been mentioned (part 2)
Date: 2004-10-16 01:29 pm (UTC)Whatever you may feel about me personally, I do resent the accusation that I am corrupt. I am not - either financially, ethically or morally. To make that accusation is groundless. I also object to seeing you play the victim here when I was informed of your taking my name in vain again a couple of months ago (a comment on the Diana Memorial Fountain, if memory serves). I made no comment then as you were plainly sounding off and, given my well documented opposition to the Labour Government, the comparison between myself and the Secretary of State for Culture was actually quite amusing to me. I am making a comment here because I noticed that you're happy to snipe at me on your own ground, but are unwilling to do so on mine and, as the saying goes, "If Mohammad won't come to the mountain, then the mountain must come to Mohammad".
Finally, I am obviously aware that there have been strong disagreements between you and several people on my LJ Flist. I have not, at any time, participated in them (other than to respond to a comment you made on Narcissa Malfoy's LJ a week or so ago). I also note that we share several friends on LJ - your friendship with them doesn't bother or affect me and I trust that my friendship with them doesn't bother or affect you. Even if you don't like me very much, I would at least hope that we could be civil to each other. We're both grown-ups, we're both intelligent and we're both articulate.
My offer to discuss PFI is genuine. If you'd like to do so, then we can discuss it here, on my LJ or via email. I think that it's something we could both learn something from.
tybalt-quin
PS - In posting this I do in fact find that I owe you one apology. I had been under the impression that you'd banned me from commenting on your LJ (and had said as much to a couple of other users). I obviously now find that this is not the case, and so apologise for the inaccuracy. Of course, it is entirely possible that this was an error on your part.