From the compact Oxford English Dictionary:

consult
  • verb 1 seek information or advice from. 2 seek permission or approval from. 3 (consulting) engaged in the business of giving advice to others in the same field.
  — DERIVATIVES consultation noun consultative adjective consultee noun.
  — ORIGIN Latin consultare, from consulere ‘take counsel’.

Even with the most generous disposition it is difficult to see how this definition could be applied to the 6 weeks "Consultation Period" that Post Office Ltd embarked  upon with regard to branch closures.

Gislingham Post Office is to be replaced with an "Outreach Service" (though currently nowhere has been selected to run it!) following the "Consultation period". Perhaps the most insulting aspect of the whole charade is that no reasons were ever given as to why Gislingham was selected in the first place. Never mind, Laura Tarling has assured us that it is all for the best and you can of course just hop on one of the frequent buses passing by...

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