Many thanks Roger
If he was there I certainly never saw him.
Gwyn has, however, attended most of the DHB "consultation meetings"
Keith...sorry you feel I was being critical, I was only stating the facts as I am aware and if any critisism has been made it is against Charlie.
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Right I will tell you now I have press cutout of Mr Prosser geting up and talking at some of the meeting,I only miss one of them myself both at the Ark and the town hall ,he was at most of them to.I am not a red, but nor am I a lier so best stop this now before it gets out of hand or would you like me to put the cutouts on the forum for all to see.
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roger/pat
Shouldn't it have bee enough when vic said he was there?
never mind, thouht the election was over
for some it appears they still want to make it personal sad realy
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Keith, Thank you for that must say I am some what upset about it all. But anyway our new MP should have got there, if it had been myself Dover would have come first on my list and if I was needed in london all I would have done is drive down to DOVER for the meeting then gone back after the meeting to London, when I was working up there myself I have done just that more than once.
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Vic - face the facts, he had much more important things to do than attend a PR exercise for DHB.
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That is not what he was saying at the last DHB meeting before the Election and even on the night he got put in,he was saying Dover will always come first and he will not forget that, his words not mine. He has let us down by not being there PR exercise or not,He still could have got to his feet and said he was still behind the public of Dover by saying the port should not be sold off,but he is in now and that is what it was all about before the Election again now we see the real face of the blues and "YES" I did tell you all this would happen but must say if Mr Prosser had got back in he would have made it to the meeting.
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And Dover has to come first in Westminster, placing Dover first is not confined to being in Dover for a waste of time meeting when there is important work to do elsewhere. Decisions get made in Westminster in respect of the Port and the Hospital, not here in Dover.
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I think the criticism of the DHB is a little unfair. They have provided plenty of opportunity for consultation and for local people to put forward ideas for what they would like to see as part of the development. They asked, for example, what sort of leisure amenities could possibly replace any further loss of beach. The fact that they maintain their view that the development of the port and corporate restructuring does not mean they are not listening. I believe they are working hard to ensure that Dover gains a community fund as part of any deal.
On a separate point, I think the state of the public finances means the reality is that public funding will not be forthcoming. The new government has started to outline their priorities and identify which areas are ring-fenced. Trust ports are not one of them.
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Not on that night BARRY you are not trying to tell me on the night before the Queen went to Westminster they were all talking about saving the port of DOVER. You can say and put it in anyway you like, his place on Monday night at 1800hrs should have been in Dover at that meeting doing what he is paid for ,and that is standing up and talking on behalf of the Public of Dover ,there was no voting going on that night in Westminster just geting ready for the Queen next day.
Sorry all, but I think this is just hot air and waffle, plus an attempt, albeit poor, to have a go at our new MP. Give the bloke a chance, it won't hurt.
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First opportunity for our new MP to be seen at a public meeting and to express his opposition to the privatisation of the Port and he did not show, the cynical may say that had the meeting been a month earlier he would have been there.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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You are being a bit sad Vic and doing yourself a considerable disservice. The real world of power broking in which Charlie is involved at Westminster is something that you do not seem to grasp from what you are saying. We had 13 years of someone who did not fully understand that and was ineffective as a result and we now have someone who will be much more effective. Going to pointless meetings to grandstand will not benefit Dover - being at the centre of power influencing those who make the decisions will.
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the last dhb meeting at the town hall vic,gwyn and charlie [now mp] sat together in the front row along with the lib/dem person.3 of them dissapeard rather fast afterwards.
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There are different types of meeting Brian and those on Fridays are easier for MPs to attend. Mondays are a difficult day at the best of times for them but even more so now with the parliamentary make-up and right now with them settling in, meeting new colleaugues, building relationships/alliances and common intererests, not to mention the jostling for plum committee places and getting your case heard for your constituency. These are important days for any new MP.
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Vic, you don't get decisions made for Dover by staying in Dover and grandstanding at PR events. Those who make the decisions can't hear you.
It's at Westminster where the action is. An MP will do more good by meeting a Minister in a lobby or privately in his/her office.
Watty
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The victim with the proposed Port-sale is Democracy: some people said that the will of the people and all the petitions are not worth the paper they are expressed and written on. 1984!
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Mr Watkins will you please read my post no 29 ,and BARRY you must love diging holes that you can not get out of without help.
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i suspect that martin is right about who woudl have attended if the meeting had been a week earlier.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i suspect that martin is right about who woudl have attended if the meeting had been a week earlier.
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Vic, I read 29 and it makes not the slightest difference to my posting.I'm telling you how the system works whichever party is in power.
Watty
