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These architects and the RIBA need to publish a rebuttal in the Sunday Times backed up with some salient facts and figures.

The fact that the FOI findings focus purely on architects, and no other elements of the design or delivery teams, means that there are no grounds for comparison and a judgement cannot be made. But the electorate will be quick to form a judgement based upon this limited information issued from a supposedly responsible source.

It is no good relying on the architectural press to refute allegations made by the Tories in the national press or on television. The architectural press is a niche market and we are already aware of the smear and disagree with these claims. Many of us have been made redundant and are still looking for work, so many architectural practices did not accrue huge fee payments through BSF. Many were lucky to make just enough profit to keep their staff in employment!

If the smear is dished out in a widely accessible public format, then the rebuttal should be delivered in the same way, otherwise it is lost in the ether and the original allegation stands unchallenged.

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