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So.....anyway.....about this tourist tax..... [emoji23]

Unless you pay to stay in accommodation, you wouldn’t.

I offered a constructive idea in the first place. Your response was the equivalent of telling someone to put their boots on and get out there and play if they’ve commented that Albion aren’t scoring enough. So not exactly moving things forward. Anyway, we agree on one thing. End of subject.

Well, I don’t drop litter and I often pick it up and bin it. So my conscience is pretty much clear. A more effective solution than that is obviously required. Hence the suggestion. Alternatively, why not just snipe from the sidelines and offer nothing constructive? That’s another option.

Plenty of that goes on already. Is it going to solve the problem?

Indeed. But it’s probably easier to get people to follow that fairly simple philosophy if the streets aren’t already a shit-pit surrounded by overflowing bins. Some seem to take that as a green light.

Well, yes, that could make a difference. But generally you’re talking about a couple of quid.

Probably partly true and totally agree with the idea of tough littering penalties. But there’s a lot more rubbish left behind on busy days, when the population of the town is hugely increased by tourists. Plus there’s the argument that those who live here have a vested interest in keeping the...

Is there any good reason that we can’t have a tourist tax on accommodation in Brighton & Hove? A couple of quid a night, ring-fenced for street cleaning, (shit) graffiti removal, litter collection and education. The only obvious objection that strikes me is that it makes or hotels less...