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Chris, I know full well that the referendum and its wording were not decided by DTC, but by the P/p, as I cleary have written. I do think though that DTC are responsible for considering whether the reasons given by the petitioners of a referendum are exact and not misleading.
The P/p have openly stated as a reason - among others - that the referendum would be whether Dover Port should be sold oversees or consigned to the very trust that has called for the referendum.
Please read what I am writing, and recognise that the referendum can be easily challenged, as its given reasons are false! This is no democratic bases to hold a referendum, as the P/p committee have evidently already decided the outcome of the decision of the Secretary of State for Transport, and put in her mouth that the decision has been reached by her and the Government to sell the port oversees.
This is a false statement, Chris, but is clearly what people interpret from the people's port trust's given reasons for a referendum. The reason given for the referendum, and a few other statements on the P/p website, can be legally challenged by anyone interested, hence my advice that DTC reconsider carefully the implications of false statements made by petitioners.
Please remember that a decision has still not been reached by the Secretary of State for Transport, and then look carefully at what I have written in the previous and this post regards P/p reasons for a referendum.