I got the phrase from Eric Pickles, who, in Parliament, responded to Charlie Elphicke saying that the DPPT proposal was Maoism.
I found it on the "They work for you" website.
Neil, the word "politician" doesn't come up anywhere in my representations.
The Port, in my proposals, would be a Community asset on the administrative territory of our local Councils, and as such could never be sold.
Perhaps you should also consider that Council officers are not politicians, and they are there to ensure that administrative procedures are correct.
If I understand it correctly, you are suggesting DPPT will nominate its own managers of the Port outside of any Government administrative control or supervision?
Perhaps a simple "yes" or "no" would be helpful here.
May I also ask, then, Neil, that which no-one to date has ever dared asking?:
Who would be the manager of the Port of Dover according to DPPT's plan?
Now a simple answer here, please, Neil.
don't despair Brian. All will be well so long as the port isn't sold off to private equity ownership or placed in the hands of politicians who've shown time and again that they can't be trusted not to sell it off if it becomes expedient to do so.
