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No, I'm saying it's not a ghost town thats all

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As I only put myself on the voting list for the referendum I will be doing exactly that. The Last time I was on the voting list was 1975 for exactly the same reason.

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Thanks for posting that. I guess, for whatever reasons, you really do not like voting, but at least by removing yourself from the list the only person you are affecting is yourself.

28% of the electorate did register and for one reason or another did not vote despite the government ( or local council) paying to print out and distribute voting cards for voters attending polling stations or voting papers in the case of postal voters.

Though it's probably just a small amount it could have been saved if people registered to vote who were not intending to vote simply did what you were considerate enough to do and de-registered themselves next time there was a vote.

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Newcastle/Gateshead have had millions thrown at it and look at the changes, such as the Sage etc. Sunderland has had a lot lot less. Hartlepool and Middlesbrough less so.

There was very little regen money in the developments that I mentioned.

I kind of take issue with the comments regarding the steel works. look at the money that has been recently spent on Redcar seafront, again geared to generate revenue into the town, what happened, oh yes some little twonk set light to it.

Whilst the steelworks closing is a massive blow it's not unrecoverable from, look at Nissan in Sunderland and to some extent Hitachi at Newton Aycliffe

People have got to make the change happen for themselves. 18 months ago I had a choice of stay at earning 30k (not a bad wage) or commuting to York which I do now and earning significantly more. I then spend that money in the local economy (my car and my fiancees car both came from a local independent car dealer) We shop locally where possible

The hours that I put in now mean I've been able to afford a house at Acklam Hall for myself and my fiancee. Acklam Hall has the operations director for GSK, and multiple consultants for James Cook hospital live there, all of these calibre individuals are paying money into the local economy via things such as council tax, as are the residents of the Church Lane/Low Lane developments

You can also add in the new Persimmon development up by Cleveland Police, the one opposite Stewarts pack and the upcoming expansion of Coulby Newham and Ingleby Barwick.


None of these are cheap so money must be getting pulled into the economy from somewhere surely?

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:clap::D

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Nothing wrong with compulsory voting for referendums ,it is after all only the government asking for your opinion ,it's not a legally binding vote as an election is .If there where a "none of the above" option for elections then i probably wouldn't have an objection to them becoming compulsory either.

Online voting is no where near secure enough imo ,postal and in person voting we have at the moment is probably the best we can do for now .

As for those young people you say where disadvantaged by the registration changes ,well they could have taken 30 secs out of their day to register on line ,there's been plenty of time and plenty of public awareness campaigns to make people aware.Of course for that to work they have to be bothered in the first place

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Unless you live in Australia where voting is compulsory.

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And which way did you vote in 1975. I voted NO.

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and a lot more besides it's not as rare as some may think

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Oh I say old chap. there are flats by the river in Sunderland like that where some of the Sunderland players live or lived.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...ding-french-p/

You reap what you sow. As well as a predicted surge of migrants before we shut the gates, looks like a few thousand happy campers will be joining us from over the channel. That'll be nice, handy for fruit picking in Kent anyway.

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I expect that to happen too but surely that's a good reason for invoking A50 and then maybe we can use some kind of emergency brake to prevent that happening.

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Sorry but that looks so funny sow instead of sew.

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Emergency brake? Lol. Think our emegency brake has been dumped in the channel. We have no power or influence to make demands any longer.

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Few years before anything like that could happen if it happens at all and by then Brexit negotiations will be well under way ,so no panic.

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@BigBrian:

It is sow, not sew, he's not fixing clothes, he's sowing seeds.. (in the metaphor anyway)

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clever sow and sew :)