Posted on 02/08/2010 10:26:41 AM PST by Palter
For generations Dover has stood as an indomitable symbol of Britain’s freedom and independence.
The town, with its white cliffs, port and sprawling castle stood at the very edge of the nation’s frontier with the Continent.
But now part of that proud history is up for sale and the leading bidder is revealed as the former age-old enemy – France.
The Port of Dover is being recommended by Government advisers for sale to the French authorities.
It is one of a string of public assets which have been earmarked for privatisation as the Government battles with a record £830billion national debt.
The proposal for the port has prompted outrage.
Prospective Tory MP for Dover Charles Elphicke said: ‘It’s clear Gordon Brown has no sense of the history of our nation or the pride of our town.
‘How dare he consider selling it all off to the French? Dover is the English border. The people of Dover have a clear message for him – hands off our port, hands off the English border.’
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Just like a drug addict who pawns his watch or sells his car to get money for drugs, the UK government is selling assets to keep the social welfare spending binge going. And we’re not far behind.
hmmmmm Maybe we can sell San Fransisco to the Chinese
Yikes, why don’t they just build Muslim housing right on the cliffsmove ‘em on in and everytime there’s a loudmouthed moozie or a terror outbreak they just sorta bulldoze a few homes of those White Cliffs. Or they could borrow our earthquake machine Hugo Chavez says we have thus no bulldozer, no proof.
The town, with its white cliffs, port and sprawling castle stood at the very edge of the nation’s frontier with the Continent.
But now part of that proud history is up for sale and the leading bidder is revealed as the former age-old enemy – France...
Wow... is this for real???
Beats borrowing the money.
Gelded Britain strikes again!
If all that chalk was boxed and sold to schools, what would it be worth?
Yep, coming to your cities and states. How much of our land in the US is owned by other countries now? The only value we will have left, if we let our government continue its spending spree, is our land.
Watching the pre-chunnel hydrafoil dock was quite a sight. It was well over 5000 tonnes displacement and it comes in at what seemed like 70 knots and rides up a huge concrete ramp to soft stop where it ties up and powers down. A spectacle, truly.
A charming town shrouded in grey drizzly fog. Muzzies and frogs would ruin the place.
what are they gonna do, paint Citroen ads all over them?
So much for “The Wogs begin at Calais”.
I seriously thought the headline was satire when I read it.
But these days, truth is funnier than the best satirist could invent.
“... the UK government is selling assets to keep the social welfare spending binge going. And we’re not far behind.”
We’re NOT that far behind. In fact it could be the reason that we as a nation are STLL not energy independent. ‘They’ need to sell our ability to be independent to OTHER nations to keep the kleptocracy in place. Global Warming is just another smoke blowing lie to fool enough sheeple into committing patricide as a nation.
Oh no, nothing is sacred anymore I tell you, nothing, and to the French no less.
The Chinese already own the Port of Long Beach
The hydrafoil is gone? I rode that. It was a great ride.
The hydrafoil is gone? I rode that. It was a great ride.
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