Early days, Vic, but thank you for the compliment. There is much to be done over the coming winter months, but we have appointed a new Membership Secretary in the shape of Alexander Morgenstern and I'm sure he will do a fine job in the remit he has been given. Welcome, Alexander....
Our committee is a dedicated and talented bunch of decent people, all of whom share a common belief that Great Britain is being shafted by a cynical, self-centred European Union. We have to attract more members, younger members and I'd like to see more input from ladies; there have been some eminently sensible suggestions towards this (thanks, Marek!) and I genuinely hope we can become a significant political force in Dover & Deal without much of the cynicism that comes UKIP's way from many.
That's not to say that fierce political debate isn't welcome on here - that's exactly how it should be. I had a comment yesterday from someone who thinks that the spats between myself and Sid are personal; they most certainly are not - I know Sid from my days at P&O in the early 90s and he's a thoroughly decent guy. He's just wrong in his political beliefs, that's all!!!
