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  I have to say, in terms of high streets, Margate needs the money more.
  
  Of course (in my mind) Dover could do with the money but I think unlike Margate, our problems are more to do with the planning of the town.
  
  What Mary Portas is attempting to do s a good thing, however I feel merely a celebrity gesture. I find it patronising that our government uses such shallow icons for the electorate to place their faith in. "kids aren't good at maths" - "let's got Carol Vorderman in"; "people need to buy more houses" - "let's get Kirsty Allsop in"
  
  When will people realise that these 'initiatives' are just vacuous publicity opportunities for the government, piggy backed onto boring TV programs that will inevitably be screened on C4 at 9pm.
  
  Dover deserves and needs more than this. I think we should be made a spectacle for the right reasons.
  
  Mary Portas knows a lot about retail and worked for many big 'high street' names. These are the same names that choose not to set up in most town high streets but concentrate their efforts on out of town shopping centres. She knows this.
  
  Our problem, illustrated in part of the excellent bid we made, is one of town planning and this is something Mary Portas knows nothing about.
  
  Personally, I think future efforts should be placed on sorting out the flow of our town, not just superficial elements such as shop fronts and parking prices.

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