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http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/ar...7&in_page_id=2

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Household names such as the Met Office, Ordnance Survey and the Driver
and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) could be next on the block as Gordon
Brown's car boot sale of state assets continues.
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On Dec 8, 7:26 pm, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/ar...le_id=415407&i...

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Household names such as the Met Office, Ordnance Survey and the Driver
and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) could be next on the block as Gordon
Brown's car boot sale of state assets continues.
snip
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e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net


That was from the Daily Mail and is therefore most unlikely to
be true, expressing it as politely as I can.

Tudor Hughes

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Actually, some of the reportage in the Daily Mail is spot on, as is their
editorial...

CK
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On Dec 8, 7:26 pm, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/ar...le_id=415407&i...

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Household names such as the Met Office, Ordnance Survey and the Driver
and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) could be next on the block as Gordon
Brown's car boot sale of state assets continues.
snip
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Keith (Southend)http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net


That was from the Daily Mail and is therefore most unlikely to
be true, expressing it as politely as I can.

Tudor Hughes



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Actually, some of the reportage in the Daily Mail is spot on, as is their
editorial...


certainly I have seen discussion about the selling off of the Ordnance
Survey elsewhere, and there have been occassional comments about the Met
office but not as much

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On a tatty piece of sub-ether Tudor Hughes at said...


On Dec 8, 7:26 pm, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/ar...le_id=415407&i...

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Household names such as the Met Office, Ordnance Survey and the Driver
and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) could be next on the block as Gordon
Brown's car boot sale of state assets continues.
snip
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Keith (Southend)http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net


That was from the Daily Mail and is therefore most unlikely to
be true, expressing it as politely as I can.

Tudor Hughes


At least they're somewhat more reliable than the Express.
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Tudor Hughes wrote:

On Dec 8, 7:26 pm, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/ar...le_id=415407&i...

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Household names such as the Met Office, Ordnance Survey and the Driver
and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) could be next on the block as Gordon
Brown's car boot sale of state assets continues.
snip
--
Keith (Southend)http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net


That was from the Daily Mail and is therefore most unlikely to
be true, expressing it as politely as I can.


Don't knock the Daily Mail - without it there would be no oppopsition in
this country.

--

Peter
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Tudor Hughes wrote:

That was from the Daily Mail and is therefore most unlikely to
be true, expressing it as politely as I can.


A friend of mine refers to the Daily Mail as "The Organ of Hate" which
I quite like !

Richard

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Don't knock the Daily Mail - without it there would be no oppopsition in
this country.


There are two significant newspapers in this country:

The Guardian for those who work for the government and The Daily Mail for
those who work for a living.


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On 9 Dec 2006 06:35:15 -0800, "Richard Dixon"
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Tudor Hughes wrote:

That was from the Daily Mail and is therefore most unlikely to
be true, expressing it as politely as I can.


A friend of mine refers to the Daily Mail as "The Organ of Hate" which
I quite like !


The Daily Wail.
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"CK" wrote in message
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Actually, some of the reportage in the Daily Mail is spot on, as is their
editorial...

CK
"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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On Dec 8, 7:26 pm, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/ar...le_id=415407&i...

snip
Household names such as the Met Office, Ordnance Survey and the Driver
and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) could be next on the block as Gordon
Brown's car boot sale of state assets continues.
snip
--
Keith (Southend)http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net


That was from the Daily Mail and is therefore most unlikely to
be true, expressing it as politely as I can.

Tudor Hughes


I doubt Tudor will very probably, not answer this.




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