Dover Forum sea news
- 14 November 2015 11:34287981I am so angry
Not only do we have to put up with the rantings of VM on here - now he's started on the sea news site. PaulB runs a fantastic site with news about all things nautical and with the help of Collette with her welcome updates on the cruise and the wonderful photos from Mike J and the others it's a real pleasure to look at every day.
It's bad enough having to put up with him on here but seeing his rude comments on sea news is (Ithink) unacceptable. I will not comment on sea news because that would be giving him pleasure but I feel so sorry for Paul. If VM doesn't agree with Charlie let him post on the politics forum, not sea news and not here.
Love your site PaulB - wonderful stuff.There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok". - 14 November 2015 11:45287982Seems like he just wants to run the forum and stifle everybody else's free speech.
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,876
14 November 2015 12:19287983With regard to Vic we all know he is always right and those who disagree with him are completely wrong.
I must say I think Charlie's post would have been better put on this forum as it was bound to attract political comments from both sides of the fence. I have copied it below......
Dover stands on the brink of transformation...says our local MP Charlie Elphicke
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Dover is changing. Burlington House is coming down. The development of Connaught Barracks is moving ahead. Plans have been made for a really great development on the Western Heights that will see the restoration of the Drop Redoubt fortress. It has also recently been announced that the Citadel will no longer be a removal centre. There is a real opportunity for the wholesale transformation of the Western Heights.
Meanwhile down at the docks there are plans for the Western Docks and much discussion about how development can be taken forward on the port's Western arm.
We are seeing more development in Dover now than at any point since WWII. The skyline is changing. The new developments will create jobs in the town. The people who live in them will bring money to the town and help drive our local economy. If we also get the developments at the seafront right, then Dover will be a very different place in five years time. This is why I care so much about the appointment of community directors to the Harbour Board as soon as possible so that we will have strong people prepared to speak up for us at the port.
Yet there are clouds on the horizon. The developments we need and have wanted for so long are under threat. Not from our community or anyone democratically elected. They are under threat from self appointed campaign groups like the Council for the Protection of Rural England. The CPRE are opposed to all development. They want to stop the development on the brownfield land at Farthingloe where Channel Tunnel workers used to live. And they want to stop the restoration of the Drop Redoubt. They have no interest in the future of Dover.
Their sudden supposed interest in protecting Dover is at odds with their previous plan to turn our seafront into a massive lorry park. And they didn't take much interest in joining us saving our green open countryside in opposing Whitfield new town. Yet they are now holding us back and it's unacceptable. This is not what charities should do. Worse they are fighting a court case about it. If they lose it will only cost them £15,000. The other hundreds of thousands will be paid for by you the council taxpayer. This is deeply unfair. Our public services will be cut for their anti development obsession. Unsurprisingly I will be seeking reforms to protect us from those who seek to hold back Dover.
We cannot allow anyone to stand in the way of the future we hope to build. Least of all the wreckers of the CPRE. Dover stands on the brink of transformation. The development of the Western Heights, Eastern Heights, the town centre, the restoration of fortresses and the seafront is an amazing opportunity. We must make the most of it for ourselves and the future of our town.
from Charlie Elphicke, MP for Dover and Deal.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 15 November 2015 08:25287993Well said Paul
"I take onboard what you say Vic. This page will continue as normal, focusing on sea news and port items, so no need to worry at all. We occasionally will use an item from our elected MP if it is Port related, other than that we leave politics out of it. We are not party political in any way and will carry on with all the usual nautical items...so all's well.
PaulB"
Saturday, 14 November 2015 - 14:42 - 15 November 2015 09:55287996Yet another stupid comment on sea news by VM.....
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vic matcham, Dover
The Leixoes is not the best kind of ship to be on in a storm when the sea is rough very low in the water.Smiley"
Leixoes is a port in Portugal, not a ship!!!There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok". - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
15 November 2015 10:00287997well any port in a storm Jacqui........
- 15 November 2015 10:06287998Lovely Brian - you always make me laugh xThere's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,876
15 November 2015 11:49287999Brian Dixon wrote:well any port in a storm Jacqui........
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,257
15 November 2015 19:33288012Do you fancy him or something Jac, because it does seem like playground behaviour. Can you not just ignore his comments that YOU disprove of, the same as the rest of us do?Arte et Marte - 15 November 2015 19:58288019Oh Reggie Reggie Reggie!!! If he was the last bloke on earth I'd become a nun!
And I'm not the only one that comments on his posts - read back there are quite a few.
Playground behaviour - hmmm - well I did work with children for a lot of my working life so maybe it rubbed off
You're ok though
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok". - 15 November 2015 23:26288025I would think that the best thing to do would be to ignore the poster(s) and their threads who you don't like?
- 16 November 2015 07:58288028You're right Karlos and I apologise to anyone I've annoyed with my posts. In future I will do as you say and just post nice things.
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok". - 16 November 2015 09:16288030Jacqui,I like your openness.
- 16 November 2015 09:17288031By the way its because of some of the stupid posts that a lot of people have left the forum
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,876
16 November 2015 10:01288037Well said Jacqui and Sue.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 16 November 2015 10:12288040Aww thank you girls, that is sweet of you
I think I only post what others are thinking but I don't mean to annoy anyone else (except for the obvious one).
Sue you are right about people leaving the forum and it's such a shame. I've been a member since it first started quite a few years ago and it was like a club - no stupid comments. We do have some lovely posters with good topics so it does annoy me when the likes of VM try to sabotage it,There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok". - 16 November 2015 10:24288042Jacqui Sea News is one of the best things about this site. Full of interest and no stupid comments ..... until recently.