howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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courtesy of the telegraph, would love to know what he was talking about.
Austin Mitchell, Labour MP for Great Grimsby, claimed "London sucks" in a local newspaper comment piece, saying his phobia has been exacerbated by the mayoral race between Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone.
He says the capital has damaged regional banks, businesses and TV companies, and "crushed" big cities such as Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Liverpool and Newcastle which "once made Britain great".
He recommends the balance should be distributed throughout the country, giving greater economic weight to regions rather than London and production rather than finance.
Brian Dixon
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made a good point though howard.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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disagree brian, companies open where they choose to for maximum returns.
not sure what he is on about with t.v. companies, the bbc have just relocated a lot of their operations to manchester.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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well he is a mp for grimsby howard,two other things spring to mind.fishing qoutas and is grimsby that grim.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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he once changed his name to austin haddock for a time to draw attention the the fishery policies that you mention brian.
not bad work for being the m.p. there 35 years.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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with out to get a pun out of this howard,was that captain haddock by any chance.
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He has done well for Grimsby - (my town of birth a long time ago).
Not sure if there are quotas for fishing there now, as all fish brought to Grimsby comes from other fishing ports and not from Grimsby trawlers any more.
A sad end to an amazing history.
Ohhh I could just eat a halibut steak !!
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...could be that production is set to return to those wonderful northern cities...in a time which will place industry ahead of financial services.
Never give up...
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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with regard to the fisheries policies it is worth taking a look at the front page about a local mp's visit to brussels.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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howard thats an animal rights thingy going at ramsgate,ie,sheep in live transit,calfs and ocasionly pigs.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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that's one reason she is going brian, the other one is to meet a representative of the european commission to put our case on the proposed new fisheries policy.
incidentally what were you doing lurking in priory street about half 11?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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lurking howard just lurking.
