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October 17, 2007
Polish and Spit
The Bookseller today reports that the Government is about to finish off the public library service.
The good news is that the ministry appointed to do this is the DCMS (The Department of Common Sense) - who, as we all well know, couldn't finish off their lunch .
Persistent readers of the article will discover that even today, in the midst of the crisis, there was a high level meeting with the two ministers Mrs Mansion Polish and the disappearing James Purnell at which Admiral Clare KGB pleaded for extra time - not for public libraries of course, but for that renowned body of sailors, the MLA (formerly known as DLA- Delay, the Department of Libraries and Archives)
It is as if the whale had needlessly sunk the great sailing ship-- but the cabin boy in the rowing boat was pleading for mercy-- to use a maritime metaphor.
Posted by Tim Coates at October 17, 2007 7:49 PM