MEMO FROM GEORGE SORIAL TO DONALD TRUMP
Hey boss, these Scotch guys are really into process. We were all prepared to deal with dune stabilisation, protection of sites of special scientific interest, architectural quality and so on. But all they wanna talk about is who said what to whom and when. Our meetings with the Scotch gov'mint have caused what is known locally as a great stooshie.
Salmond and his team have been as helpful as possible in the circumstances. But they have had to concede that it will no longer be possible for the development in Aberdeen county to be given immediate planning approval. Any such decision would be immediately reversed by something called the Session Court. This has been confirmed by our own Scottish lawyers. Accordingly, the only way forward is a lengthy public local inquiry. I am advised that this would take three months to set up, nine months to conduct and a further six months to come to a recommendation. At best, therefore, we cannot expect a decision (and we could not start work on the project) until mid-2009.
I guess this means curtains on the project. Who wants to sit around for that length of time?
Boss, can I come back to NY now?
MEMO FROM TRUMP TO SORIAL
George - you're fired.
An occasional glimpse into the workings of the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Executive (or comments on anything else that takes my fancy).
15 December 2007
What happens next?
I suspect that the following memos (found in a photocopier in Victoria Quay) may be fakes:
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If you have the time
http://thecelticlion.blogspot.com/2007/12/considered-views-please-on-scottish.html
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