"phil hunt" wrote in message
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:15:45 -0000, Keith Willshaw
wrote:



You're absolutely right. (I will have to update my article).

In which case I wonder why Sir Kevin Tebbit was so unhappy about it?


Perhaps the report of Sir Kevin Tebbitt's unhappiness
was equally inaccurate. I suspect the truth is that because
the contract didnt follow the letter of the regulations
in that it was not put out to tender he was covering himself against
any political fallout by insisting on written instructions.

Keith