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Ouch. Nope, but I sometimes feel it.

Of course it wasn't voted for by the public. It followed the usual planning process in this country which is broadly speaking a vote by the council planning department after (lengthy) public consultation and presentations. Remember the process to get the AMEX built? And my reasons for not...

Care to elaborate? I was quite close to the scheme (purely as a supporter) at the time so I'm very interested to know what you are suggesting. And no I haven't voted because it's utterly pointless, for the reasons I gave.

Of course it does not the money would be found, but providing more time at least offers a chance. And in the absence of any other plans/project what was the issue? And yes people were against it, they always are, but it was voted through fairly. I think the council should have used common...

This is not the full story though. Karis wanted to temporarily moth-ball the plans/obtain a time extension to find alternative funding but the new council, which originally opposed the plans, spitefully denied them this opportunity when they gained power.

Not correct. The new Tory council put a stop to it and cost you the tax-payer a lot of money which was wasted on the development and planning. Very disappointing. And here we are yet again thinking about what to do with the site. This has been going on for well over two decades now.

This. People have to remember tourism is Brighton's industry.

He seems very full of himself. He strikes me as a big fish in a little pond.

As I have said before, **** all ever gets built in Brighton. It's depressing.