“Yeah, you read right, Cliftonvile ... it's all pretty much vile in Thanet, but mostly the people. It's never going to regenerate, just deteriorate. It's populated by mostly druggies, chavs, alchoholics, thugs, morons and those who take a pride in their lack of education. They are a bunch of nasty and narrow minded small town bigots. Everyone outside of Thanet knows it, and laughs at them. But they continue their chosen path of apathy and self-destruction. Let them. It's just another example of Darwinism in practice and goes to prove the tree of life is self culling ... the sooner they are removed from the gene pool the better. Why am I here ? For my daughter who, I'm devastated to say, chose to make her life here after finishing medical school. I really thought she would want something better for herself than this. The only thriving businesses in Thanet apart from drug distribution, grott shops and pubs (note the hilarious inclusion of local "pub celebrity" in the Apprentice line up - only in Thanet would a publican be considered worthy of inclusion) is the taxi business.

Margate is an insular, hypocritical and dirty little town and it's hardly surprising they tried to edit most of it out of the show. It amazes me that, as an evolving inferior strain of homosapiens, they've survived this long.

But hey, you don't need to take my word for it ... read a couple of editions of the local paper or configure a personalised news feeder on Thanet. You'll soon get the picture. Consider yourself very lucky that you don't live here and I wish to God I had never moved here. And I'm trapped here until my daughter sees this place for what it is, because if you knew Thanet/Margate as I do, then you would never, ever leave your daughter here to deal with all the vileness of this town and its people without someone to look out for them”

“Jim Hughes has got this so right - as indeed have a lot of people. I went to Great Yarmouth last summer - a seaside town, much like Margate, but very different in that the Council there obviously care about people - real people, not those who might want to look at highbrow pictures. The sea front was clean, tidy, plenty of things to do for families. Lots of restaurants and cafes and things for kids and families to do. What there wasn't, was an expensive, minority interest gallery. Strange that.
Perhaps TDC should take a day trip and go and see what a Council that cares can do, a Council that has got its market right, and isn't looking for individual glory for its elected members.”

“I agree with Lyn Smith. We have heard about Renewal and Regeneration for a long time now, but shops are still closing and not a lot seems to have been regenerated.
We don't need more art centres, If you want a cultural experience, go to London for the day and cruise the galleries and museums. Margate is a seaside town not the Louvre. Don't know many kids who get their rocks off on abstract paintings or modern sculpture. The Council keep asking what can be done with Dreamland. Is it rocket science?
If I was in charge of regeneration I would paint all the buildings along the front different bright colours like Balamory, restore Dreamland to it former glory then sit back and watch this town explode with people as it was in the 50's & 60's. Ask any kid if he would prefer to look at a Turner painting or play an Xbox. Any bets?
Kids and families want to have fun. That's why they head for the seaside. Want to regenerate? Make Margate a seaside town again. Simples.”

“Is it not time we said to Derek Harding of the Margate Renewal Partnership,and therefore whose job it is to turn around Margate¿s fortunes "Your fired" as he has failed in his job”