howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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the red were out in force this morning with post conference bounce, here we see former mayor of dover george allt imploring the public to read the words of wisdom on his leaflet.
the ever popular former honourable member gwynn prosser was the star attraction.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Good of you Howard, to do what they dare not, to bring them onto this forum. Pleasing to note also that Mr. Clause at least decided to go about in his civvies.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 1694- Registered: 24 Feb 2016
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Hi Gary C, at the time of the election campaign I had only sat down with Gwyn to talk about how an alternative future for the port to the one proposed by DHB could be structured and delivered. Gwyn was our MP and therefore the 'go to' man if the ideas which could defeat the DHB plan were to gain any traction.
I'd never spoken to Charlie before election day when he came round Eythorne canvassing, although I did drop him an email during the campaign (at Gwyn's advice) to let him know that a viable alternative to the DHB scheme, which delivered the independence from the State required for investment in growth and development, but retained local accountability whilst delivering the opportunity for local regeneration and running the port in line with international best practices to access new market segments, was available if he was elected and would like to meet with me to discuss in more depth what I'd outlined in my email and spoken with Gwyn about. I met with Charlie properly for the first time and discussed what I had produced with him when he invited me to come up and meet him in Parliament on the day after he officially took his seat in the House. That very evening, on South East today, from Parliament Green, Charlie gave the first public outline of a People's Port for Dover. I believe that he told everyone about plans for a People's Port just as soon as he was clear himself about how such a thing could be achieved and how it was the only way that he could see to effectively oppose the DHB plans and eventually save the port from a sale to private equity.
I'm not 100% certain here, but I believe that Charlie was told by his party hierarchy, once they'd formed the new government, that DHB would succeed if all that could be brought forward was an adherence to the status quo; because the DHB plan was voluntary and met with all the criteria then in existence, the new government had no legal, valid reason available to them to turn down the DHB application. If the port was to be saved from private sale, then an alternative had to be brought forward that delivered on the DHB stated reason for wanting to sell AND delivered a better deal for the local and national economy as a whole than the DHB proposal could.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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Imposed claire will probably win the seat, but the margin will be much closer as a number like myself won't be voting
for her at least.
and i have still to outline my continued campaign to get people to spoil ballot papers which like UKIP will be a small protest
not enough to unseat her, but a reminder to her.
Of course it could have the affect of the seat making it more marginal and charlie getting in
whilst that's not what i want, I did warn the labour party some time ago both at the national and local levels.
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#44 Hokum!
A week is a long time in Politics they say, and with two and a bit years to go before the likely time of the next election a whole lot could happen.
This is partly the reason for the outpourings of such bilge from yet another of the many, many sideline-seers and political-potion-promoters, and their; 'why deal with today when tomorrow may be much more fun', attitude.
PPCs, the poor dears, may be as much troubled by such drivel as the populace, but the incumbents should not take this stuff any more seriously either.
Anybody who espouses yet another binary carve-up of the country, does so to silence the internal whispered warnings of Voter: apathy, Party disillusionment and utter frustration.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
