Pablo- Registered: 21 Mar 2018
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Your opinion only counts if you express it via the ballot box. The Returning Officer is not telepathic.
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Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
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Pablo wrote:Your opinion only counts if you express it via the ballot box. The Returning Officer is not telepathic.
I didn't vote in the ballot to choose Britain's worst place to live because I thought it was futile. Does that mean I have to accept that I live in the worst place in Britain. Does my opinion not count once the decision is returned?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Latest from Charlie/
We all want Dover and Deal to be a place where you can get a job, have a home to call your own and raise a family. Yet too many young people are priced out of the housing market. Cutting stamp duty and bringing in the Help to Buy scheme have been making a difference. New figures reveal that more than 200 families across Dover and Deal have bought their own home thanks to Help to Buy. The 52 homes purchased in 2017 represent an increase of a third on the previous year, bringing the total to 210 households since 2013. I'm urging ministers to extend the scheme beyond 2021. In Dover and Deal the number of new builds started last year was 434 – almost twice the national average. This is a good start. Yet there is still much more to do.
We must do more to help young people and renters save for deposits – and give everyone a chance to get on the housing ladder. For too long foreign investors and Buy-to-Let landlords have controlled the market. Things have got to change. We need to build more homes and ensure they go to local families who need them. That is why I have been supporting local developments at brownfield sites in our area. At Connaught Barracks, 500 new homes are planned at the former MoD site off Dover Road. While at Farthingloe more than 521 new houses and flats are proposed to be built where temporary housing for Channel Tunnel workers once stood. The developer wants to give Dovorians first pick too.
Increasing supply means homes become more affordable. That is crucial, because people in Dover and Deal work hard and deserve to be able to lay down roots and secure a future for their family. So more homes must be built. Of course, we all want to protect our beautiful countryside. Yet, despite what many people think, just 0.1% of the UK is densely built up. Indeed, 85% of the Dover district is farmland. The real issue is making sure we have the right infrastructure in place when new homes are built. That means investment in roads, schools, local health services, transport and decent broadband. I know this is a huge concern for so many people. Because in our corner of Kent, we have to fight relentlessly to get our fair share.
It shouldn't be this way. Britain should not be a country that only works for the big cities and big business. Ours should be a nation that works for the regions and hard-working families across the land. As we leave the European Union we have the opportunity to take back control of our laws and make Britain work for our young people. To invest in our historic towns and have a renaissance of the regions. Dover and Deal should be leading the way. It's time to focus on the future that we can build together. A Britain that works for our young people.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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That's the good thing with Charlie
He just carries on
What I find strange is he has the whip taken off him which in effect makes him an independent
Yet he Continues to use the Walmer office
Strange set up
Either your out of the party or your not
The case against him should have been sorted months ago
The longer they leave it the more chance of letting lab in by the back door
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Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
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He has only had the whip suspended so remains on full pay with use of the party machine, but you are right it has taken too bloody long!
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Reginald
Your correct he's had whip taken off meaning he's not a tory until he's reinstated
Of course he can continue as an indy mp nothing to stop him
But either your withdrawing whip or your not
If he's had whip withdrawn he shouldn't be using the tory office
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Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
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Suspended pending investigation Keith.
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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*367, when will that be then.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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This has been going on for far to long and his constituents should be kept informed what is going on. It is as if the party machine have gone to sleep or are ignoring the situation hoping everything will sort itself out without their involvement.
The strain this must be putting on Charlie and his family must be awful.
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Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
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This is a matter for the police &/or the CPS to decide. Local Assn have said innocent until proved otherwise. Normal service continues. Constituents need & deserve a service, why should not he continue to use the office & services he pays for? Nobody but his constituents of ALL political persuasions are inconvenienced otherwise. Despite all I believe those saying this has gone too long & serves nobody well particularly his family are right.
PS . I believe he has behaved impeccably during this period & served his constituents well.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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"Justice delayed is justice denied" is a legal maxim meaning that if legal redress is available for a party that has suffered some injury, but is not forthcoming in a timely fashion, it is effectively the same as having no redress at all.
Charlie has been treated appallingly by Central Office and I have it on very good authority that he is not the only local 'politician' this has happened to. Just saying.
'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world'
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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"Justice delayed is justice denied" - I assume you're thinking of the potential victim of the alleged assault?
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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For both parties in this case Ray.
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'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world'
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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I partly agree with Mr W although suspended would usually mean your not part of the party thus use of the Conservative party offices is a strange one
With regard to the case itself I believe there isn't much natural justice when a case goes on to long for either parties involved in the case
Wherever the hold up is once its all finalised should be held to account as to why there was so much delay
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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I have never understood why some cases take so long to process, a murder or similar I can understand. An accusation that seems to boil down to he said/did, she said/did should be sorted fairly fast you either believe one side or the other and act accordingly, in Charlie's case being so slow justice does not seem fair to either party.
I have never understood why some cases take so long to process, a murder or similar I can understand.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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His latest blurb. Being selfish I simply want to see my doctor who knows me without a two week wait and I do not want to travel all the way to Margate or Ashford for a simple A&E visit or Outpatient appointment......
" Fighting to get more doctors in East Kent
We’ve come a long way in delivering a fairer share of healthcare for Dover and Deal.
After hard-fought community campaigns, we got the new £24 million Dover hospital built – and the future of Deal hospital has been secured.
Twice as many clinics are now operating at Buckland than in 2015. Deal Hospital staff numbers are up a fifth. Meanwhile, around £200 million is going towards upgrading East Kent’s A&E departments.
We’re getting more healthcare provided locally. Yet I know there is much more to do.
For many years, I have been urging health chiefs to step up efforts to bring more GPs to our corner of Kent. And I’ve been doing what I can in Parliament to help.
We fought a long and hard battle for a new £30 million East Kent medical school, so more doctors and nurses can be trained locally. I asked other Kent MPs to join in the fight. And earlier this year it was finally confirmed that our bid had been successful. This victory will make a massive difference in the longer term. Yet it’s clear that more needs to be done right now to bring more GPs to our area.
This issue has been brought into sharp focus by Eastry Surgery’s proposals to close and move all appointments to Sandwich. The doctors would like to keep the practice running – yet despite their best efforts, they have not been able to recruit any more GPs.
Residents are understandably concerned. The two public meetings held to discuss the plans were packed. People are particularly worried about public transport and parking. The GPs have listened and tell me they are taking action to address these concerns. Yet it’s clear this problem would never have arisen had we been able to bring more doctors to Dover and Deal. We simply must do better.
That’s why I’ve called for Kent County Council’s Health Overview Scrutiny Committee to launch an inquiry into GP recruitment issues in South Kent. I’ve asked the Committee to examine what South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is doing to boost the number of doctors locally – and to support the hard-working GPs we already have.
This is a problem that needs addressing fast. The CCG have opened a new £2.3 million GP hub at Buckland and Deal hospitals, where doctors can work seven days a week so more people can be treated locally. Yet to make this work properly, we need more GPs.
We must get better at attracting doctors to South Kent – and at training GPs locally too. This is exactly what the £20 billion funding boost for the NHS announced in June must go towards – not more pay for middle managers and bureaucrats.
In Dover and Deal we are lucky to have excellent GPs who work long hours and care deeply about their community. Doctors who put patients first. I am determined to do all I can to support them."
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Eastry Surgery needs to remain as it also covers the surrounding villages, when I was registered there it was always very busy, I would have dreaded having to travel all the way to Sandwich for my appointment especially if that journey was by bus and I was not feeling well.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Buses run hourly between Eastry and Sandwich with a journey time of 20 minutes so dependent on appointment time a whole morning or afternoon could be taken up for a 5 minute consultation.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Fun Facts from the BMJ:-
Since 1960, however, the number of doctors per head of population in the UK has risen more than five times faster than the rate of growth of the population as a whole.
The number of doctors per head of population has more than tripled since 1960 when there were 0.85 doctors for every 1000 people. This equates to a cumulative rise of 307% and an average annual increase of around 2.2%.
I'm SURE things must be much better run elsewhere! O hang on. How are things in (for example) Germany?
If you are a medical doctor in Germany, you have zero problems finding a good job. Of course this depends a bit on your specialty but in general, plenty of open positions. In the monthly “Deutsches Ärzteblatt”, you will find a boatload of ads for “doctors wanted”. I know from a really good source (my wife, who is a medical doctor, working at the university hospital in Heidelberg) that plenty of hospitals and practices have given up placing ads as nobody ever applies. Expensive head hunters are now hired for finding suitable, willing candidates.
Many hospitals, especially in more rural areas, are hiring doctors from EU and even non EU countries simply to fill vacant positions. Some of these doctors have zero German language skills and can only be used for certain tasks accordingly. Still, they will be hired. Hospitals have no choice. Someone has to do the job.
Many doctors in hospitals are dealing with a clear overload of work. Extra hours are the rule, not the exception. This leads to stress and also to sickness, which makes the problem even worse as other doctors have to replace the colleague who is on sick leave. More extra hours, more stress, more sickness days. A vicious circle.
Plenty of doctors, who have received free education at German universities, leave Germany and decide to work in countries like Switzerland - better pay and less stress being the main reason for this. This worsens the situation in Germany, plus it is ethically questionable.
If you are bored DO try Googling 'Shortage of Doctors in .....................' and fill in any country of your choice. No-one will ever admit to having 'enough' doctors and the many universal health care systems the world over will continue swallowing up as much money as we will allow them to. It was ever thus.
'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world'
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Will our present SO CALLED indy MP be back in the ranks soon??
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