Angry MP queries Merseyside deals (From Daily Echo)

• "It's a great shame that Liverpool are threatening to take away (take back) some of our cruise trade but rather than vesting vasts amount of energy in undermining their bid why not look closer to home and make the Port of Southampton irresistable.
  
  As a regular user of the cruise terminal I have to say the general environment at southampton is shabby (outside the immediate terminal building) with a very unattractive landsacpe between the docks and the city centre and very poor transport links between the two. Contrast to Liverpool where the moorings are in the heart of the city and within walking distance of all the attractions.
  
  The cruise trade is growing rapidly and I have no doubt there is sufficient to sustain both ports. After all, who in their right mind would travel by choice to Liverpool to meet their boat when they live south of Birmingham anyway? But we do need inward investment in Southampton and by the Port Authority expecially."
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