This is the lawful abandonment of an original structure used in our Mercantile and Maritime history, exactly next to the new Council Cruise Liner Cock Up Terminal that isn't a Terminal its a jetty because you cant embark there. http://liverpoolpreservationtrust.blogspot.com/2009/07/council-cruise-liner-cock-up.htmlAfter 20 million pounds of European money was spent on the new Naval jetty it is still landlocked within land that Peel Holdings own. And they own the only customs facility, who made this one up.
The City Council are now trying to blame Southampton and Larry Bartlett who wasn't even born to witness most of the political shenanigans surrounding the cock up, is letting it run. How amazing it was only a few months ago that the Oldham Echo was waving flags and shouting the hurrahs to its opening. Telling us how wonderful it was, and how we are now, an international power again.
And now the penny has dropped, and its in the wrong place, and its all Southampton's fault for not letting us use the Terminal Ferry Carbuncle that cost 12 million of European slosh money....... for what is effectively a four storey desk to buy tickets for a ferry.
Its every time here one step forward and one back. A Lack of joined up thinking.
Meanwhile Chris Graying has said the NWDA who dish out European funding are "barking." http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2009/09/18/conservative-shadow-minister-chris-grayling-hits-out-at-north-west-development-agency-nwda-92534-24720812/ This is something we have all known in Liverpool, and now the chairman of the NWDA is a ex executive of Peel Holdings who own the only customs facility in Langton dock. http://liverpoolpreservationtrust.blogspot.com/2009/07/liver-peel-conflicts-of-interest-begin.html
What a Cock up, but hey lets do the council a PR job and lets blame Southampton.
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Unfortunately this has played right into the hands of the stereotypical Liverpool bashers from the south coast. One has to say, who can blame them when they see us receiving grant aid in direct competition to their own local port? This is bad enough without then attacking Southampton for raising a valid protest. Why on earth didn't we build a customs house, it would have made more sense than a £12 million carbuncle ferry terminal / other Beatles museum. Oh, I forgot, Lady Doreen Jones admitted the Planning Committee was "blackmailed" into authorising the ferry terminal, otherwise grant aid would have expired..... So we got something worse than the Shanghai Palace, funded by public money. What must the rest of the country think of us, expect cries of "scouse scroungers" from here on in.
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