NOTW Exclusive:
Traitor Brown signs over British sovereignty to Brussels
GORDON Brown is planning to sell Britain’s busiest port ... to the French!
The port of Dover, which nestles beneath its famous white cliffs, is being flogged off by the government in a desperate bid to raise some cash.After resisting the Germans during World War Two and the French under Napoleon, Gordon Brown has given in and plans to flog the port to the French.And to make matters even worse, the News of the World can reveal the client being lined up to buy Dover is part of the French government.
The leadng bidder is the Nord-pas-de-Calais regional council, which also owns the port of Calais.
Industry sources say Dover port could fetch up to £500 million.
The government is being advised by blue chip merchant bank Rothschild.
And a source at the bank told the News of the World: “This is an exciting sale.
“And selling Dover to Calais is a very logical move as that is where most of the business is directed.
“Dover made an operating profit of £15.1m in 2008 on revenue of £60.8m.
“Now it is seeking £400m to expand, as it anticipates a doubling in freight traffic by 2040."
But local people are furious at the decision - and are planning a series of protests.
Tory Party prospective MP for Dover Charles Elphicke told the News of the World: "Dover is the English border. We stood proud in defending our nation in times past.
“We are the nation's front line. In trying to sell off our port and the White Cliffs, 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?
"The people of Dover have a clear message for him and his Labour Government - hands off our port, hands off the English border, hands off the White Cliffs. He can take a hike."
But the Prime Minister is desperate for the cash.
The British channel rail link and Dover, Europe's busiest ferry port, are in the vanguard of Brown's £16 billion privatisation plan, as he aims to halve Britain's budget deficit in 4 years.
The government is also looking at selling the Dartford toll-road crossing the Thames, its student-loan book and its stake in uranium processor Urenco, and is reviving long-running plans to sell Britain's largest bookmaker, the tote.
"There is lots of interest among investors for these assets," said David Abbott, a director in KPMG's corporate finance team.
Overseen by Standard Life Chairman Gerry Grimstone, the plan targets £3 billion from asset sales and £13 billion from selling government property in the next two years, followed by a rolling review of other assets.
Grimstone was a key architect of Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's 1980s privatisation of firms such as British Telecom, now BT Group Plc.
NOTW? Brown? Who to believe...?
I need a lie down, this cannot be happening. I'd rather invade France than sell Dover to them!
And whenever there is a 'Governmental Business Deal' going down, Rothschild is always close by it seems.
thelunaticarms says:
You need a visit to my place?
Have you seen my new title page?
Notice how it's English assets that are being sold off - The Dartford Crossing, Dover, The Student Loan Book (Brown's constituents don't need student loans).
Why not sell off Edinburgh Castle, Gordon.
We should sell Brown to the Eskimo's for blubber instead of selling Dover to a nation of cheese eating surrender monkeys.
What next? I know lets sell the MoD to the Taliban.
Jeez, will it never end? Time England went for independence and got some people in government who cared for it.
Like your last commenter says Rothschild is always around. Part of the Bilderburg group you see.
because of devolution he can not sell of anything in scotland wales and northern ireland.when will the English wake up for christs sake?
How can he be allowed to sell a piece of Britain to a foreign government.
Well he sold us down the river when he signed the Lisbon treaty, and now he is selling off parts of the country to the French which basically is the EUSSR.
What will he sell next? It can't be his soul, the devil (the EUSSR) has that.
When is this man from Kirkcaldy going to stop meddling in English affairs. He can't sanction the building of a kitchen extension in Scotland - but in England, he is busily shoving up 3 million new houses. Similarly the sell off - 95% of which are English assets. Why? because he can, at least in England - but he can't sell anything from Scotland because of devolution...
And why does he need the money? Oh yes, that's right, he spent all ours baling out two bankrupt Scottish Banks....
When are the English going to wake up?
Thanks for dropping by Alfie - I so agree with everything you say. Alas we're powerless to stop it!
What is next ? maybe the whole of East Anglia to the Dutch to expand their bulb growing facilities or Buckingham palace to Cherie Blair. The list could be endless before the election. This government do not care about what makes us British. They have tried to erode and water down the British character since coming to power. I do not fancy saying "Douvres at last" on seeing the White Cliffs from a Ferry. This is a serious wake up call for all of us.
"Alas we're powerless to stop it!"
And that's the real problem isn't it, this isn't open to debate.
"Overseen by Standard Life Chairman Gerry Grimstone ..."
and is probably based in Edinburgh.