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This is hard to believe, Ross! A done deal! Firstly, this was not a referendum, as was pointed out to me clearly and precisely by an official at the polling station.
Until now the supporters of the p/p trust have been proclaiming it a referendum.
A poll is not binding, and this poll has been preceded by months of campaigning at all levels: on national TV, in the local papers, on the Forum, at the seafront, on the Web, through campaigning leaflets.
Under law, what deal is done, Ross? A referendum is biding, but not a poll!
The wording of the poll did not leave any option for anyone to vote in favour of Dover Port maintaining its royal charter status, which is also that of a national asset, and so whoever was not in favour of the polls options could not vote, including myself and people I know personally.
Nor did the poll offer a proposal that the Port of Dover could be administered by a local Council (Town, District or County), which would have been my only interpretation of it passing to the Community of Dover (or of Kent).