Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,657
Speculation and even more speculation can be the way unnecessary silly rumours start.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 5,981
Agree Jan
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 5,981
I have just received a letter from Charlie re the traffic problems two weeks ago in Dover.At least he is still working for us .
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
- Posts: 2,158
Charlie was a remainer originally. Now he has jumped ship to take a radically Eurosceptic stance and disavows the PM's Chequers proposals. Perhaps because his own party has disowned him. He has studiously ignored DDC's report into the effects of Brexit on our district (copies available if required).
If he were really working for the people of Dover, he would be doing everything possible to mitigate the disaster that is just around the corner. He isn't. Presumably because he thinks he'll gain more votes as an independent by mimicking the UKIP line.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,572
I think its time Charlie is charged
or the case dropped
in these times though it brings out the worst in people,,,,,
whilst expected labour locally when they first heard were not interested in democracy but more about how they were going to replace him(not much chance of that)
Our callum Warriner up for MP on the list is that Dover? loyalty?
he's a lovely lad but really not up to this, hes hardly spoken at a meeting.
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Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
- Posts: 1,225
Charlie has gone full blown ERG. It's all about no deal and being in with Boris, JRM and getting 'likes' from Nadine Dorries and the crew. Fine, if he is that confident everything will be ok on his own doorstep then so be it.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,657
Guess who must have had his rose tinted glasses on when writing this load of tosh about Dover....
"It’s been brilliant to be able to spend more time in our beautiful corner of Kent over the past few weeks. If it was up to me, I would be in Dover and Deal every day if I could. But when the House of Commons is sitting, I have to be up in Westminster, voting on key Brexit bills and campaigning for our community.
So this month I’ve been making the most of the opportunity to get out and meet as many people across Dover and Deal as possible.
The sun was shining as hundreds of people turned out for Deal Hospital Fete. It was great to catch up with Ken Buxley from the organising committee. Ken and the team work tirelessly all year round to make this hugely popular event a success.
Last Sunday, I was delighted to take my family to watch an excellent performance by the talented youngsters of the St Margaret’s Festival Ballet. Director Sarah Dean deserves her own round of applause for putting together such a great show.
People in our area care so much about their community. Take Rachel Devlin. She spotted Dover District Council leader Keith Morris and me when we were out and about in town. Rachel asked us what the former Co-op store in Stembrook was going to be used for. We explained that the council is working with Dover Big Local to turn the site into “starter spaces” for new small local start ups – before they set up shop in the town. Rachel told us that the scheme “sounds amazing” and is “what the town needs”.
We then walked through Pencester Gardens and chatted to a local police officer on patrol as part of Operation Urban. This is a joint crackdown by Kent Police and DDC on street drinking and antisocial behaviour in the town centre. Concerns over this issue were raised earlier this year. So I organised a meeting at La Salle Verte café so local shop owners and councillors could speak to police chiefs about trouble spots. Since then a number of arrests have been made – and the situation has now really improved.
Later on we also popped in to see Dover Town Team chairman John Angell in his jewellery shop for a chat. I’m passionate about supporting high street business owners like John. The St James development has been a huge success so far. But we need to see the high street benefit too. So I’m fully backing the council’s plans to offer £10,000 grants to retailers to smarten up shop fronts and attract new customers.
It’s great to see everyone working together for Dover and Deal. Whether it’s councillors, our police team, business owners or local volunteers – they are all passionate about making our area the best it can be.
There is no doubt that we have come a long way together over the past few years. And I am more determined than ever to keep fighting for our community."...
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
But we need to know what they said you have done for you to get the boot from the blue corner
Paul M- Registered: 1 Feb 2016
- Posts: 393
A local police officer on patrol in Pencester Gardens? Well that wasn't pre-arranged was it?
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 2,844
Jan Higgins wrote:Guess who must have had his rose tinted glasses on when writing this load of tosh about Dover...
Or, as they say, IABATO: it's all bollox and that's official.
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'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Bob Whysman- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
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Guess who must have had his rose tinted glasses on when writing this load of tosh about Dover....
Mary Poppins?
Later on we also popped in to see Dover Town Team chairman John Angell in his jewellery shop for a chat....
I bet that upped his takings.........quite an entrepreneurial side to a jewellery business selling French cats.
Do nothing and nothing happens.
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
- Posts: 2,158
Le chat enrage. In fairness to John, if you're a lover of mechanical watches of a certain age, then there's no better place to get them serviced since Mick Shepherd retired. His ledger is like a catalogue of infinitely desirable timepieces even if he has to blow the dust off before including yours.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Charlie campaigned on a Eurosceptic ticket in 2010 and 2015 then went the other way in the Referendum, now he wants us out without a deal.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,657
howard mcsweeney1 wrote:Charlie campaigned on a Eurosceptic ticket in 2010 and 2015 then went the other way in the Referendum, now he wants us out without a deal.
Like everyone else Charlie was entitled to his own view prior to the referendum and could support the side he believed was right for the UK.
Having lost he now supports what the
majority in his constituency wanted which was to stop being dictated to by a bunch of unelected foreigners. A shame those Remain supporting MPs in a similar position have not followed his example.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Jan Higgins wrote:Like everyone else Charlie was entitled to his own view prior to the referendum and could support the side he believed was right for the UK.
Having lost he now supports what the majority in his constituency wanted which was to stop being dictated to by a bunch of unelected foreigners. A shame those Remain supporting MPs in a similar position have not followed his example.
My understanding is that those MPs who voted to remain whilst their constituents wanted to leave accepted the situation and moved on. Our one has gone much too far in urging the PM to go for a no deal which he knows would do serious damage to Dover District. He keeps banging on about new technology to clear freight which we know won't be ready for a few years.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
yep that will be ready in 2075 full of bugs and wont work.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
yep you gussed it sceptic saterday.
Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
- Posts: 333
Jan Higgins wrote:Like everyone else Charlie was entitled to his own view prior to the referendum and could support the side he believed was right for the UK.
Having lost he now supports what the majority in his constituency wanted which was to stop being dictated to by a bunch of unelected foreigners. A shame those Remain supporting MPs in a similar position have not followed his example.
The majority in his constituency who bothered voting not the majority. Big difference.