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he came down to Deal replacing Arthur Scargill duringh the mining dispute,
at a packed meeting he started off by saying theres a 3 party whip and he must leave by 7pm
he was still there talking to the crowds ar 2200!!!!!
Always principled, never changed no matter what positions he held
Trouble these days, whether it be local politicians or national we are fast losing the characters;
To show this at a more local level first;
We have had a lot of characters, but sadly no more
im sure barryw can add to the list;
Ray Norley who stood in what was rock solid tory Elms vale ward at time(now a marginal seat) was one of the most controversial characters, but said it as it was, certainly fell foul of his own party, but you always knew where he was coming from.
Geoff Howarth was a real lefty labour cllr took things to extremes on the left, but never failed to liven up what were very boring meetings at times, I used to sit next to him at some meetings and recall thinking,,,,, blimey i thought i was a lefty but he realy outshon me lol
Certainly we had many a row internally as his views were never going to get labour elected at the time
Realy amusing the CND days, when he was proposing a nuclear free Dover
I had so many rows over CND in the local labour party at the time, supporters of CND were strong in the 70's 80's.
Tony Watson(tory)
Used to wind me up over labour over years, but sat for a number of years working together on many issues
sadly internal toriies (1 in particular) made it clear of his distaste for Tony and the 2 watson brothers after being moved around the chamber to keep them away from the right wing tory left the council
We still send each other xmas cards
and certainly tony's brother doing well for himself in customs.