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  I've commented before that I view it as a failure on the part of succesive governments of all hues that East Kent has been allowed to decline. Whereas other parts of the country have seen concerted efforts co-ordinated by central government to compensate for the loss of traditional industries - agriculture, coal mining and tourism - that has been sadly lacking in East Kent. Successive governments have lumped us in with the "prosperous South East" and have failed to address the skills agenda here in East Kent. We have a huge student population at two universities in Canterbury but when they graduate there are no jobs for them. That's a huge waste of talent.
  
  The high speed rail link is a key part of reversing that decline, but it needs more concerted effort to market the potential of East Kent as a place to do business. And it needs support from central government. Perhaps our elected representatives at Westminster should campaign for a government department to be relocated to East Kent. They'd save a lot of tax payers' money and send a powerful signal that East Kent was a good place to relocate.

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