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Good Morning
Very short notice perhaps, but:
The launch of the People's Port bid will take place today, Saturday, the 30th October, at 1pm at Dover Water Sports Centre, The Esplanade, Dover.
Dame Vera Lynn will be there.
Dame Vera backs 'People's Port' for Dover
Dame Vera Lynn says she would support a scheme for local people to buy the port of Dover if the Government decides it should be privatised.
As we all know, forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn, sang (There'll Be Blue-Birds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover during World War II, she said it was an important landmark.
Conservative MP for Dover & Deal, Charlie Elphicke, has proposed that Dover becomes a "People's-Port
The government is expected to make a decision on privatisation this Autumn.
The port has operated as a trust for 400 years and with no shareholders, all revenue goes back into the business.
The Port of Dover board asked for government approval for privatisation in January. A second public consultation on the scheme ended last week.
'Gateway to England'
"Dover is the gateway to England and if it is not going to remain in the hands of the nation it should remain in the hands of the community," said Mr Elphicke. "I'm encouraged that the ferry companies support this plan and the trade unions tell me they like it as well. "People universally tell me they like this plan. My job is to try and make it happen".
Dame Vera, who lives in East Sussex said Dover and the White cliffs meant a lot to people. "I would support the campaign for the local people to manage it"
It was such an important scene for the boys who were going away and when they came home.
Mr Elphicke has said his scheme would involve setting up a community trust which local people could buy into "for a tenner" and the big-money raised in the money markets to buy the Port.
Come along - 1pm Dover Water Sport Centre on the Seafront.
Roger