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Gareth Johnson

Gareth Johnson is the former Conservative Member of Parliament for Dartford (2010 to 2024). He also served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts from September to October 2022 in the Truss ministry, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from February to September 2022 and Assistant Government Whip from 2018 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022.

    Opinion

    Project dubbed “Dartford’s Disneyland” was a disaster, we must not repeat the same mistakes

    The London Resort, backed by Kuwaiti investor Abdulla Al Humaidi[1], collapsed in 2023 after years of stalled progress, failed funding rounds and the loss of key environmental approvals.[2][3] The project, once described as “Dartford’s Disneyland”, it consumed millions in public funds including

    by Gareth Johnson
    October 31, 2025
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