11 February 2010
19:2640342Selling the Port of Dover has got a lot of people's backs up. My question is, why is it such a bad thing? Is it fear of change or will it really be detrimental to Dover? Is it really such a bad thing to happen?
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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11 February 2010
19:2940343Fear of change is certainly one big angle here.
I also found that in 2005 it was easier to get up scare stories and have them believed than to get across a more positive message. You reap what you sow.
Ross Miller
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11 February 2010
19:4540345Yes and no Rick
It is neither per se good or bad it all really depends on how the privatisation is structured and what the immediate and long term outcomes for the town are.
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11 February 2010
19:4840347There I do agree with you Ross. This is why I would prefer our MP to be working towards getting the best deal for Dover rather than pointlessly opposing it.
Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
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11 February 2010
20:0040350My personal preference would be for it to remain as a Trust Port, but I think it is inevitable that in order to fund expansion etc. that it will be sold by the state.
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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11 February 2010
20:0340352Rick, look at the state of it all after years of neglect in places. Is a change really going to make it any worse? I`m posting on my own independant view through my own eyes from over the years, with no knowledge of any of the politics of it all.
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12 February 2010
07:4040387I am keeping my powder dry on this one until I understand more of the facts.
However it has been put to me that within the package is a trust for the benefit of the Town ( District?) - how that is formulated and what it really means ( other than a sop to public opinion now and little real benefit in reality ) is important.
I once commented that you can give the port away as long as a £1 tax per crossing is left for the people of Dover.
However is the strategic value of the port for the UK being ignored. If I was a dictator of an enemy country it would be fairly painless to invest in the port , strip its assets and then slowly bankrupt the company or just run it into the ground. Cost a lot maybe but the assets would help and a lot cheaper and more certain than a bomb.
Lastly look at Cadburys and gatwick airport. both promises made and stripped of asstes and investment for the foreign investor.
I do want T2 and investment but am very sceptical when the vested interest locally and Nationally is to rush ahead with this and I do believe that its already a done deal - like many things in this town and public consultation is likely to be no more than a rung on the ladder.
I hope my concerns are proved groundless but will certainly keep involved and informed as its OUR harbour - well, thats one opinion.
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14 February 2010
16:3340588David H, is that the same powder that Mr Fawkes uses?
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