The Eurostar service via Ashford has, surely, been a tremendous shot in the arm for East Kent and has helped to re-position our sub-region as something other than a backwater.
Current intentions to downgrade Ashford International will, once implemented, therefore have a serious knock-on effect. So we must at least try to resist.
Sharon Bowles MEP has launched a petition with just that in view - which you can sign online (and we hope you will) via www.saveashfordinternational.org.uk
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