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Tom, to let you know, the Whitfield urbanisation public consultation scheme was the biggest joke in Dover's history.
The local MP, Charlie Elphicke, prior to being elected and while still not an MP, had campaigned vigorously to block the plans. Once elected, he sent a missive to many a letter-box in Dover promising that the bull-dozers would still be stopped.
This while the pre-consultation was still in process, and before the official public consultation had begun.
Ha ha, he then fell silent. After that, DDC finalised the scheme.
A UKIP representative made big statements prior to the consultation, and indeed, I got expelled from the local UKIP committee for opening my mouth and supporting both the MP and UKIP on their stance.
I was told to shut-up! They did nothing else until DDC finalised the scheme.
Even my letter to the UKIP MEP for the South East, which was in that period while the public consultation was still on-going, received no reply.
Even though UKIP officially are against these urban schemes.
Meanwhile PaulW of DDC planning, before and during the public consultation process, wrote something about "knee-jerk comments" from me on the issue of opposing the Whitfield urbanisation scheme.
So Ton, IF we did not open our mouth now to oppose this plan to concrete up Western Heights and Farthingloe, it would go the same way, and they would sign it over to developers.
Then we would be informed that it is too late, as we would owe the developers tens of millions - nay hundreds of millions, of pounds, to revoke the contract.
This has nothing to do with Democracy.
Keith: you mentioned something about politics in reference to Whitfield.
Never trust a political party!