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Hmm - Maybe I was stretching it with MFI but, other half persuaded me to buy a couple of things from Ikea from my office and having reluctantly gone along with this I am completely reaffirmed in my Ikea opinion, their furniture is absolute crap. Took me about 2 hours to fit a glass shelf because...

Bloody nimbies :-)

I agree :thumbsup:

Apologies for cutting the middle bit out but I wanted to highlight this point - All I'm really arguing is that you cannot dismiss NIMBYS on the basis that they are so, they may have, as you describe it, a legitimate objection. Using the IKEA Lancing example, to dismiss concerns about traffic as...

Some of that may be true but it doesn't mean they're wrong - In this instance, I suspect few of the objectors gave a flying ***k whether there was an IKEA in the south east of England so your definition simply fails. Blanket dismal of an objection on the basis of it being nimbyism is erroneous.

NIMBYISM - In all likelihood, a deliberately pejorative word created by developers to quieten resistance to their plans. I agree with Zac Goldsmith on very very little but he wrote very eloquently (meaning I agreed with him!) about the subject and referred to NIMBYS as the 'breaks on excess'...

I don't doubt it, but they're in the cross hairs of the EU and a billion euros is still nothing to be sniffed at!

it's more what they don't do - Pay taxes!

None the less, I think Ikea's 'brand' is a tad misleading - It's no secret (but a far cry from their public persona) that they aim is to make stuff as cheap as humanly possible and then to hide the profits in their complex legal structure.

May be a dumb question but assume the pedestrian crossings would remain so that one can access the downs from the airport side?

MFI made okay stuff, Ikea peddle cheaply made crap with amusing Nordic names to make them appear stylish....

As Spense has excitedly pointed out, I'm not a Brighton fan - The club have spent money to create an argument and a a scenario that will help the planning application, I'm not convinced by it, neither are many others. To be honest I think quality of life does, and should, supersede which club...

Yep, that's the long and short of it. Way too much traffic already.