Originally from: brentns
                        

Subject: [farmtalking] Beckett letter on GM crops sparks anger in Scotland
(The Herald)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:36:07 +0100

Is this a good example of the Delphi (?) technique in action ?
Consultation, conversion if possible followed by implementation regardless.
We were warned that Tone had already said we were going down the GM road no
matter what. Yes, he listens, but proceeds anyway.
Frances
Here is an article from The Herald I thought you might like:
http://www.theherald.co.uk/1082.shtml

Interesting article Frances,

Yes.. The whole process of "consultation" would have been intended to convince the sheeple to accept the outcome desired by the leaders.
As per previous note.. "consensus" doesn't mean agreement.. It means absense of "disagreement" with the outcome desired by the leaders.. http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=774210&messageid=7937

Perhaps in this instance, the political timetable didn't quite all mesh, and Beckett may be responding to pressure brought by the US on the EU via the WTO.. Just guessing, but seems a possibility..
Certainly, it would have been politically preferable(from gov standpoint), to have already reached "consensus" in the UK to do as the gov wants.. However, this leak can now be used by the government to increase the "Heat", in order to reach their desired "consensus"
And "putting the pressure on", at tactical junctures, is also part of the Delphi process..

All the Best
brent