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  Simon Finlay in the Dover Express does an interesting editorial column.
  
  This week it's all about our nasty local roads and our inability to do anything at all about making them safer. He also speaks about the visit from on high(Westminster) of one Theresa Villiers( who?..well you might well ask! I dont know either) into our recent midst.
  
  Our local well meaning Tory chappies do this kind of thing regularly. We have had lots of visiting bigwigs from the Tory party but all they ever really produce are photo opportunities for the local papers and for the politicians. I dont want to be too harsh as the gestures are well meaning and I suppose at the very least it draws attention to our plight. But doesnt 'drawing attention to our plight' begin to get tedious after a while when there is no firm action of any kind..ever.
  
  Recently we had a committee of political high flyers looking at our truckflow on townwall st..then we had the half boiled plan for mass M20 truck parking when we know the villagers of Kent wont be having any of it next to them. Would you?! So thats a No-No.
  
  Simon Finlay doesnt seem totally convinced either about this latest Villiers visit...
  
  " Perhaps Theresa Villiers visit was a genuine fact finding mission...!!" says Simon in doubtful head scratching mode and asks that the local Tories
  
  "formulate a set of policies that can actually work!!" if they want to be taken seriously!
  
  Read the column. In the meantime our nasty roads continue to spread misery..the A2 with its lack of dualling, the A258 with its..well, you know.

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