howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,259
Won't post what I really think about that, suffice to say the snivelling two-faced lying piece of ....!
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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To be fair to Charlie he voted to remain as a point of principle - the principle being he thought Dave would be on the winning side and ready to promote him again.
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Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,259
Now leaving is going to strengthen our borders and bring money and jobs to Dover and Deal? How, what, really?
I hope Theresa May isn't going to give him any sharp toys to play with he'll probably stab himself in the back!
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 1881- Registered: 16 Oct 2016
- Posts: 1,071
"Break into Britain" what a lovely well chosen phrase.
Just because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean that politics won't take an interest in you. PERICLES.
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,151
Well at least he's counted me in for the annual exchange of cardboard!
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,064
Sorry, I can't help wondering about the 'A'; Amadeus, Agnostic or simply A as in Harry S. Truman?
(Not my real name.)
Guest 1881- Registered: 16 Oct 2016
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Button wrote:Sorry, I can't help wondering about the 'A'; Amadeus, Agnostic or simply A as in Harry S. Truman?
Archibald as in Herge S. Truman.
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Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
- Posts: 637
Aloysius is my guess.
Guest 1881- Registered: 16 Oct 2016
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Judith Roberts wrote:Aloysius is my guess.
How very Marchmain of you Judith!
Just because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean that politics won't take an interest in you. PERICLES.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,151
Judith Roberts wrote:Aloysius is my guess.
It's Archibald actually Judith! The Bishop is correct.
I think you might have got me confused with Anthony
Aloysius St John Hancock of 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam who is, of course, a fictional character.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
Charlie must be laughing all the way to the bank will be in place for over 25 years that thought in itself is worrying
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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The problem with Charlie is that he is too shy and retiring and refuses to take the credit for anything. If I was him I would poach a couple of local journalists, pay them a pittance to make sure there are photos of him everywhere.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Charlie's latest edict.
In Brexit Britain places like Dover & Deal must come first
For Brexit Britain to work we need the investment concentrated for so many years in the capital – London – to benefit the districts like Dover and Deal.
The capital has for too long acted as a selfish city, furthering its own aims at the expense of districts like ours. It's not right for things to carry on like this. After all, the Hunger Games is just a film – not a reality.
So I was glad last week when the Transport Secretary refused to let Sadiq Khan get his hands on our trains. We need railways where our local needs are put before those of wealthy Londoners.
Southeastern doesn't run a perfect service – but look across to neighbouring areas served by Southern Rail and you'll see things could be a lot worse.
When I was elected in 2010, I was passionate High Speed rail should be extended. Soon fast trains were running to and from Deal as a peak commuting service, cutting journey times to London by half an hour.
The next step was an all-day service. After my long campaign Transport Ministers announced we would get it from January 2015. This boosted our local economy and made commuting much easier.
This is so important. Brexit Britain must be a nation that works for the local towns and historic regions rather than just the big cities. A Britain that works for the coastal communities as well as the post-industrial heartlands.
That's why it was such good news last week that Dover Priory train station will have a brand new car park.
Things also look promising on the Western Heights. At a meeting with Prisons Minister Sam Gyimah and Dover District Council, we looked at future options for the former Immigration Removal Centre. It could be turned into a luxury hotel or a quality housing development.
The citadel fortress played an important part in keeping Dover and our nation safe and secure. Now it could be the engine to drive the renewal of the Western Heights.
For too long London has grown and grown – not just in size but in wealth and opportunities. The Leave vote was so much higher outside the capital because people seek to change a system they feel doesn't work for them.
That's why we must build a Brexit Britain where you can succeed in the districts without being forced to move to the capital.
As we leave the European Union, Dover and Deal must become Britain's leading trading hub. I'm doing everything I can to ensure we are prepared for the challenges and opportunities ahead.
And that means fighting to make Brexit Britain work for Dover, Deal and East Kent.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Dualling of the A2 Needs to be Charlies top priority.The High Speed is good for people working in London but we need job creation in our district.,as for turning the former borstal into a hotel ?I thought our prisons were over crowded.,turn it back into a young offenders establishment .
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,151
Just a thought. Whilst dualling of the A2 might be a nice thing to do (is it true that the only traffic lights between Dover and Inverness are at the Shepherdswell crossroads) why should this be a priority for government spending on infrastructure?
I am not aware of huge regular 'hold ups' on the A2 (unlike on the M25 Thames crossing or M25 between Gatwick and Heathrow) and when there might be problems with crossing at Dover the plan seems to be using either Manston as a temporary holding area or the new lorry parks planned for near Ashford.
Is dualling of the A2 a rather expensive solution in search of a problem?
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Captain if the A 2 were dualled perhaps. More HGVs would use that route to the port thus avoiding Townwall street.It would seem that a lot of HGVs are going to the Eastern docks .The Hoveort was moved to make room for the Lorries.
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