Thread by @SusanChubb1

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset Ok; first paragraph on this; The conditionality is that Labour led Soton Council Continues to align with the Govts idea of Transformation (and no doubt; ) Solent FreePort itself.

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset So if we go back to Solent LEP set up; the goal of LEP is to turn the U.K. Economy towards the private sector ; thier own words , from 2011-13 seen here

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@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset In that thread you’ll find links to Local media on the history of of Council funding cuts to IoW Council, and the history of the LEP Network Itself. It’s obvious that Govt Council funding cuts play a huge role in Freeport hell; across the Solent area.

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset Secondly; let’s go over how @Simon4NDorset even has an opine on this; and why; and where Solent LEP /Freeport have been with their actual Boundaries; because that has changed several times over the last decade: minus much public engagement.

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset In the original mapping for SolentLEP; The entire Isle of Wight was included within the boundaries of Solent FreePort; historically there was a push to include Dorset as well, within the boundary. Solent LEP purpose, the LEP National Network purpose is Delivery Partner Freeports

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset Alongside that Push Hampshire took over from what was SEEDAW; gradually taking more and more local
council areas under its belt; the end result being what Solent LEP describes as PAN Hampshire. However, leading that were Anne Marie Mountfield and Brian Johnson, both on LEP board

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@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset the combination of local Councils, and work done by LEp Network, Solent LEP, and Govt and a good deal of Think tanks later led to the creation of what's known as Oxford Cambridge Arc, screenshot here; ( see BBC South logo ) Paris Smith being legal entity part of Solent LEP;

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset from Southern Policy Centre; ' who we work with' page, and John Denham, ex UK Labour Councilor and part of the think tanks network in Oxford Cambridge Arc , contributor to setting up Oxford Cambridge Arc

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset for Paris Smith see the orginal signatories to Solent LEP in the reply from myself higher up this thread. Among them youll find Both Portsmouth and Soton Uni, Dp World, Carnival, and Many others.

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset #PanHampshire thread;

https://x.com/SusanChubb1/status/1700587246733152609?s=20

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset and how all that got going; Push Hampshire; 'about us' push.gov.uk/partnership/

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset so you'll understand, then, my confusion when my own Isle of Wight Councillors don't seem to understand if theyre inside a Freeport, or not.

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@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset Thats before I start on the ' Legally binding contracts' that Ex - Solent LEP director Brian Johnson mentions in his spiel on Solent 2070; and Solent Maritime, the launch pad of Solent Freeport; so how about those legally binding contracts; as IOW Council seem less certain ?

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@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset lastly theres the nexus round Forth Ports, Cayman Islands, And Canadian Pension Funds , and recent/ current ownership of Solent Freeport Entities including Omers, PSP, Associated British Ports, Red Funnel Ferries, Midlands Pension Funs, Horizon, Macquarrie, Balfour Beattie, etc.

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset In March 2011 Arcus Infrastructure Partners, via Otter Port Holdings, a company registered in the Cayman Islands, had its bid accepted to acquire Forth Ports. The bid valued Forth Ports at £760 m based on an offer price of 1630 pence for each Forth Ports share.

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset In June 2011 Arcus sold a 37% stake in Forth Ports to a Canadian pension fund.

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@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset arcusip.com/portfolio/

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@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset if Solent Freeport Consortium hasnt got many customers, ( quelle surprise; hey, few can afford a covid ridden cruise, & thanks to Brexit, which blew a hole in our exports) I'd start looking at who needs an extraction legislation binge on geting out of a freeport black hole.

@Peter_Henley @Simon4NDorset @threadreaderapp Hello, please can you unroll? Thanks so much!