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There is no further evaluation of alternative sites to be had. The second inspector made his opinion known, Prescott agreed. End of story. Their beef is that they are hanging on the word of the first inspector who said Sheepcote Valley, despite not having any like the same amount of information...

I wouldn't say 'forced'. They saw an easy way out which happened to coincide with their policies on free market economy, and went for it.

They don't 'allow' it in the manner of it being an active government policy. It's private businesses who are offloading work to India, stemming from the policy of non-interventionalism from central government, started Ronald Reagan and fully embraced by the Tories in the 1980s. Some of these are...

Lazy parasites? Like the hundreds of thousands laid off by government action, with little or no opportunity of employment unless you uprooted your life against you and your wishes. Like the miners. And the steelworkers. And the BT staff. And the car-plant workers. And the Armed Forces. Entire...

Evidence apart from the 16 points Lewes raise.

Actually, that's very f***ing far from QED.

I will be celebrating when the bulldozers move in, and probably crying like a big baby when we play our first game there.

Serious question Algie; what age are you?

It's not strictly about Falmer alone (though obviously that's the main cause here). It's also about exposing the lies, hypocrisy and long-standing arrogance of the Lib Dems on other matters, and of offering the Lewes district electorate a genuine alternative with openness and transparency. The...

This has little to do with the fact it's a Labour government - the wheels of power have always turned this slowly. I take your point about the timings, but this is why the Seagulls Party is going to remind people just how shit these Lib Dems are. They are in a position to do them some genuine...

This is true, but their case will be severely diminished with the new decision, especially if it seen that Ruth Kelly is seen to have taken all of Lewes' (largely irrelevant) concerns into account. Any future challenges would be seen as vexatious because it would be demanded of them as to why...

WE DON'T KNOW. Probably. They're totally ****ish that way, you know.

She is 'advised' on the decision, although she is free to accept or ignore the advice. The advice has already been to grant the application, which is what Prescott did. Although even the second inspector had some doubts about the suitablility of Falmer (mainly on environmental impact), one...

For f*** sake, Brian, use some punctuation now and again. In answer to what I can gather from your first paragraph, they have withdrawn for one reason only - they knew they were going to lose. They knew this from the minute the Consent Order was written back in March, but they decided to string...

I wouldn't be quite so downbeat about it. It does show - despite Neighbour's cringingly embarrassing press release - that Lewes don't have the stomach for a real fight. And we have won back two months from the schedule. Whatever, it was a stand-off, and it was a case of who blinked first...

I think someone needs to send a copy of the press release to the Lib Dem top brass, pointing out the bullshit contained within the spin of the release, especially David Neighbour's quotes, and point out to them that they are STILL lying.

What will happen next is that Ruth Kelly, in the next couple of weeks, will write to all interested parties asking them for representations on Lewes' 16 points - something the Albion did yonks ago. They have six weeks to respond, giving their opinion on those points. On receiving those points...

DAVID NEIGHBOUR IS A f***ing LIAR. Lewes District Council received the assurance that they wanted from the Government back in March 2006 - a full seven months ago. They just lied to everyone by saying that they didn't. What had happened was that the assurances came in a covering letter to the...

I would also say this... THE COLBOURNE KID CALLED IT 100% RIGHT. I can't find the post, but I recall in an earlier thread from about three months ago, when he said that all this was to do with Lewes and their time-wasting, but there is no way this was ever going to go to court. Lewes would...