Scott W wrote:

On 18 Oct, 15:33, Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Oct 18, 1:55 pm, "Colin Youngs" wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8312999.stm

Colin Youngs
Brussels

Selling off the Met Office would pay for about one minute of
Trident. Penny wise pound foolish, as ever.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

I thought it had already been part-privatised - with costs cut to the
bone when they moved to Exeter and changed the sign from the
distinctive weather cock to that daft series of wavy lines.
As Tudor says it is a drop in the ocean in terms of money saved for
the Exchequer - the Tories making political capital out of a story
that sounds a lot bigger than it really is.

From Liam Fox's comments, I think he's ignorant as regards to the Met
Office's status. Whether or not the Office is privatised, the MOD would have
to pay for their products - as they do now - and other government
departments and commercial bodies would pay for theirs - as they do now. I
may be missing something but I don't see the benefit - apart from the
bookkeeping showing fewer civil servants on the MOD books. A bit like both
parties have done for ages in finding ways to call the unemployed by another
name so the numbers look better.

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