Ed, meanwhile many EU countries have gone bust, there has been the financial collapse of 2008 and the resulting bailouts. Things have changed.
And there is the Localism Bill.
Also, council budgets are being drastically reduced through reduced Government Grants due to lack of available funding possibilities.
So all counted, the Government should have realised that my proposal is optimal.
Anyway it's on the table in London, has been received and acknowledged as being taken into consideration.
Finally, I have never presented my representations on the Port in the vest of any political party, so whatever Charlie Elphicke or Clair Hawkins say in terms of political penny-tossing is absolutely irrelevant, and I'm sure the Government thinks likewise.
