NHS referendum would cost Cornwall £600,000
My thanks to Cornwall Council for answering my question about how much it would cost to organise a county-wide referendum about the proposed changes to the National Health Service, as implied in a resolution to be debated on 29th March: £600,000.
The council says there might be cheaper ways of getting the public's views, such as local polls, a survey or questionnaire - but a full-blown referendum would cost more than half a million pounds.
Hmmm. For amusement and mischief-value alone, it might just be worth it. In the context of the overall NHS budget, which is more than £100 billion, this is just loose change.
Comment number 1.
At 20th Mar 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:Surely you meant to write 'Duchy-wide referendum', Mr Smith, the Duchy Of Cornwall being a constitutional territory, NEXT to England just like Scotland and Wales.
It's surprising you persist in writing like an under and ill-informed tourist - you have been living in The Duchy for quite a while. Perhaps you have a mental blockage arising from an inadequate and inferior education.
Here are some valuable references to help you get your bearings and know better where you are:
/dna/h2g2/A3712510
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Comment number 2.
At 20th Mar 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 3.
At 20th Mar 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:In the absence of editorial guidance on what was inappropriate about that comment here it is broken into 5 separate parts - . Perhaps the absence of the offending part will help identify what caused the problem.
1st para:
'Surely you meant to write 'Duchy-wide referendum', Mr Smith, the Duchy Of Cornwall being a constitutional territory, NEXT to England just like Scotland and Wales?'
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Comment number 4.
At 20th Mar 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:Pursuant to the above.
2nd para 1st sentence:
'It's surprising you persist in writing like an under and ill-informed tourist - after all, you have been living in The Duchy for quite a while.'
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Comment number 5.
At 20th Mar 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:Pursuant to the above.
2nd para 2nd sentence:
'Perhaps you have a mental blockage arising from an inadequate and inferior education?'
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Comment number 6.
At 20th Mar 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:Pursuant to the above.
3rd para 1st sentence:
'Here are some valuable references to help you get your bearings and know better where you are and where you are writing about:'
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Comment number 7.
At 20th Mar 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:Pursuant to the above.
3rd para - remainder - helpful orientational references referred to above:
/dna/h2g2/A3712510
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Comment number 8.
At 20th Mar 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:How curious - the same comment subdivided survives (so far as of 20:40 20.03.2011).
How can a unified single post break 'the House Rules' while the sum of its parts does not?
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Comment number 9.
At 23rd Mar 2011, Tynegod wrote:How curious- all that to post the same old links.
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Comment number 10.
At 24th Mar 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:The mystery of how the comment was moderated out as one item but passed moderation in its segmented parts remains a mystery, Slimslad.
Those links lead to information which will be new to those for whom they are not familiar, Slimslad. Extending our knowledge of these things can only be a good thing.
It's good to see you've familiarised yourself sufficiently with those links and their content to come to regard them as familiar friends!
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Comment number 11.
At 25th Mar 2011, Tynegod wrote:"It's good to see you've familiarised yourself sufficiently with those links and their content to come to regard them as familiar friends!"
Yes indeed. As familiar as childhood stories and nursery rhymes.
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