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Cllr Ian Ward announced last night that MP Andrew Turner wants to include Island Line in the new franchise. It was a surprise to many.
Nicholas Finney
Nick Finney is one of the four central characters at the centre of the Better Ferry Campaign on the Isle of Wight.
Nick used to be the Director General of the British Ports Federation between 1980 and 1990.
Below are the articles OnTheWight has published about him
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Government announcement threatens beginning of the end for Island Line, Labour warns.
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With three highly critical national news articles, letters calling for him to go from four former Chairs of the IWCA, as well as strong local coverage, can Andrew Turner still remain as the Conservative candidate for the 2015 election?
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As a follow up to last night's email from Nick Finney to the railway journalist Phil Marsh over a cancelled interview of last week, Phil responds to points Nick raised. Phil concludes by reposing three questions he says are important to be answered.
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Under the pressure of growing opposition to his idea of the 'community' taking over and running the only railway service on the Isle of Wight. Andrew Turner has been forced to respond.
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The Conservative Isle of Wight MP was the first and most prominently featured MP in the latest edition of Private Eye. It's pretty direct too.
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Details of affair revealed in internal Isle of Wight Conservative Association letter - A copy of which OnTheWight has published.
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Island's tourist board boss, David Thornton, fears the Better Ferry Campaign's launch video could harm tourism bookings this year.
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We're almost there with the ping pong of emails between David Pugh and Nick Finney on the subject of the franchise for Island Line trains. These three short blasts have been grouped together. There'll be one last exchange after this.
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The transport expert has spent four months gathering information and speaking to stakeholders to help inform the council's response to the DfT consultation on the future of Island Line trains.
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The ping pong of emails between David Pugh and Nick Finney on the subject of the franchise for Island Line trains continues.
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The hotly-debated future of Island Line continues. Here's the second in a number of exchanges between David Pugh and Nick Finney exchanging views on whether the Government provides a subsidy to the line, or not.
