Strongly doubt you are laughing out loud, Barry.
The parish poll was based on a biased assumption misleading the public into believing there were only two options: those presented on the ballot sheet.
The parish poll achieved only a 25% turnout, and that, together with the previous point, makes it anything other than representative of Dover's Community.
The very questions it proposed were an assumption of inside information suggesting the Government was going to sell the Port of Dover unless people voted for DPPT.
My replies from the Department for Transport state otherwise: try reading them carefully.
"The sale of the port will go ahead only if the transfer scheme is agreed."
Another fact you are overlooking, Barry, is that there were several petitions in Dover against the DHB privatisation proposal, none of which had anything to do with a hitherto non existing DPPT.
I signed two petitions. One of these was of Charlie Elphicke.
At that time I had been led to believe that Charlie Elphicke was campaigning against the DHB plan and in favour of the Port of Dover remaining a State asset.
I shall have to pull out that petition and consult the wording. There was no mention of a DPPT.
Tidliwinks, Barry
