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Ex Shelton Seagull said:
I had. Thank you for reminding me – what a interesting programme that was.
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fataddick
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If anyone's interested Meridian haven't included any of your e-mails from yesterday in the duty log records I have access to. They do say they received 80 e-mails on all subjects that day though, which is double the usual amount, so presumably they had around 40 re Falmer. (I wonder how different their handling of the issue would be if their newsroom HQ was in Brighton rather than Southampton.)
On the Left Wing
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In that case - and if that is true - it is worth a complaint to the ITC ... or at least email them the Liverpool Echo story!!!!!
fataddick
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They don't include every e-mail/call (just a selection) in the records I can access - these are records for the benefit of ITV employees (ie a snapshot of viewers' current complaints and concerns) and presumably different to the full records they keep on file. I must say I was very surprised that none of the Falmer e-mails were included, especially as they managed to find room for TWO from people wanting to know where "the Snowdrop walk" is. Grrr.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ford, Andy
To: nigel lohman
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:59 AM
Subject: RE: Falmer
Thank you very much for your email.
The story we ran on Falmer in the 3pm and Meridian Tonight bulletins couldn't
have been more balanced if we had tried. We ran two reports - back to back -
one FOR Falmer and the other AGAINST Falmer. I have included the link and
commentaries for both reports. Our reporting has been fair and balanced
throughout.
As for line about the Goldstone Ground, here are the exact words:
"But look beyond the hype, say opponents, and there's one indisputable fact.
The football club made itself homeless by selling the Goldstone ground to
developers. And the people of Falmer are not prepared to pay the price for
that decision."
Both sides - not just one side - should be allowed to make their comments.
Opponents to Falmer have been allowed to make their feelings known just as
much as fans in favour of the move.
The opponents claim is true. Brighton and Hove Albion did sell the Goldstone
Ground just as Southampton football club - not Rupert Lowe - sold The Dell and
Hampshire cricket club - not their chairman - sold their ground.
I am sorry if you disagree, but as I have already said, we couldn't have tried
harder to be fair to both sides.
Guy Phillips
Regional Editor
Meridian Tonight
FALMER YES
A last minute campaign has been launched to try to save Brighton and Hove
Albion's bid for a new football stadium at the Sussex village of Falmer.
The controversial scheme ran into trouble when a Government planning inspector
said the site wasn't big enough. Now the club is fighting for its life.
At the Brighton & Hove Albion shop this afternoon the seagulls in the window
looked a little deflated - a reflection perhaps of the mood of the club's fans
after a Government planning inspector said that Falmer wasn't the right place
for their new community football stadium.
Many supporters believe it could spell the end for the Albion.
"I think the club could disappear off the map completely. It's unthinkable.
I've supported the Albion for nearly 50 years and I just cannot imagine there
not being a local team.
It's just not on."
"We've been allowed to go this far and spend all this money. I just believe
that it is the only place.
They've looked at everywhere else."
"If John Prescott's listening I'm hoping he's going to say 'yes' to the
stadium at Falmer."
Playing at their temporary home at Withdean restricts crowds to less than
7,000 - that cuts income and without money they can't compete with their
rivals - let alone football's elite teams.
Brighton & Hove Albion have the backing of local MPs and celebrities like Des
Lynham and DJ Fatboy Slim.
They believe the new stadium at Falmer will save the club, and bring a huge
boost to the city.
Peter Robinson in Brighton for Meridian News.
FALMER NO
Well, there are two sides to every story. And plenty of people who argue that
Falmer is the last place to build a massive football stadium. Villagers say
the development would blight the South Downs and destroy their way of life.
Falmer is a picture postcard village, nestling at the foot of the South Downs.
The people who live here cherish its charm. People like Peter Lenihan. He
farms the very field where the club wants to build its stadium.
"It's a conglomeration, it's everything. Traffic congestion, noise pollution,
the fact that in amongst the bottom end of the Downs here we will have a very,
very large structure which just will not belong. It's just the wrong place."
At the public inquiry, villagers were backed by conservation groups. They
argued the club was trying to bulldoze through a scheme which flies in the
face of national policies to protect the countryside. And they accused Albion
and the City Council of down-playing other possible locations for the stadium.
The land at Falmer is a greenfield site, in an Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty, bordering the proposed South Downs National Park.
"I very much hope for the sake of the fans and the club that a Plan B exists
to go somewhere else if Falmer turns out to be rejected by the inspector. But
if the club has put all its eggs in one basket, then it's only got itself to
blame for the position it finds itself in."
Enlisting the help of celebrities like Des Lynam, the club has run a concerted
PR campaign. But look beyond the hype, say opponents, and there's one
indisputable fact. The football club made itself homeless by selling the
Goldstone ground to developers. And the people of Falmer are not prepared to
pay the price for that decision.
Malcolm Shaw, for Meridian Tonight.
-----Original Message-----
From: nigel lohman [mailto:nl018b4290@blueyonder.co.uk]
Sent: 11 February 2004 18:56
To: news@meridiantv.com
Subject: Falmer
I have just seen your very biaised report on Brighton and Hove Albion's long
fight to get a home at Falmer. Will you be doing a pro Brighton FC report?
Green field sight at the edge of the Downs - yes - but why did you not state
that it is already earmarked for building on, even if it is not a 21st century
community stadium. and that it is- fringed by the A27 and the main London
-Brighton railway line? In fact you faded out the road on the screen to make
your point! You never stated that Brighton have looked at every site, and
that Falmer is the only one remotely suitable. You also never stated that the
population of Brighton voted overwhelmingly for the development of Falmer as a
stadium. Why also, did you not state the 'picturesque' village was split in
half by a dual carriageway!?
You stated that it was Brightons fault that we are in this situation - utter
claptrap - we are in this position because of a property speculator from near
Blackburn, who bought the club and tried to fold it. But for our tireless
protesting and most importantly, Mr. Dick Knight's intervention, we would be
gone already.
So where is your evenhandedness? I urge you to please give a broadcast if
not pro Brighton, at least do a fair one!!
Nigel Lohman
----- Original Message -----
From: Ford, Andy
To: nigel lohman
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:59 AM
Subject: RE: Falmer
Thank you very much for your email.
The story we ran on Falmer in the 3pm and Meridian Tonight bulletins couldn't
have been more balanced if we had tried. We ran two reports - back to back -
one FOR Falmer and the other AGAINST Falmer. I have included the link and
commentaries for both reports. Our reporting has been fair and balanced
throughout.
As for line about the Goldstone Ground, here are the exact words:
"But look beyond the hype, say opponents, and there's one indisputable fact.
The football club made itself homeless by selling the Goldstone ground to
developers. And the people of Falmer are not prepared to pay the price for
that decision."
Both sides - not just one side - should be allowed to make their comments.
Opponents to Falmer have been allowed to make their feelings known just as
much as fans in favour of the move.
The opponents claim is true. Brighton and Hove Albion did sell the Goldstone
Ground just as Southampton football club - not Rupert Lowe - sold The Dell and
Hampshire cricket club - not their chairman - sold their ground.
I am sorry if you disagree, but as I have already said, we couldn't have tried
harder to be fair to both sides.
Guy Phillips
Regional Editor
Meridian Tonight
FALMER YES
A last minute campaign has been launched to try to save Brighton and Hove
Albion's bid for a new football stadium at the Sussex village of Falmer.
The controversial scheme ran into trouble when a Government planning inspector
said the site wasn't big enough. Now the club is fighting for its life.
At the Brighton & Hove Albion shop this afternoon the seagulls in the window
looked a little deflated - a reflection perhaps of the mood of the club's fans
after a Government planning inspector said that Falmer wasn't the right place
for their new community football stadium.
Many supporters believe it could spell the end for the Albion.
"I think the club could disappear off the map completely. It's unthinkable.
I've supported the Albion for nearly 50 years and I just cannot imagine there
not being a local team.
It's just not on."
"We've been allowed to go this far and spend all this money. I just believe
that it is the only place.
They've looked at everywhere else."
"If John Prescott's listening I'm hoping he's going to say 'yes' to the
stadium at Falmer."
Playing at their temporary home at Withdean restricts crowds to less than
7,000 - that cuts income and without money they can't compete with their
rivals - let alone football's elite teams.
Brighton & Hove Albion have the backing of local MPs and celebrities like Des
Lynham and DJ Fatboy Slim.
They believe the new stadium at Falmer will save the club, and bring a huge
boost to the city.
Peter Robinson in Brighton for Meridian News.
FALMER NO
Well, there are two sides to every story. And plenty of people who argue that
Falmer is the last place to build a massive football stadium. Villagers say
the development would blight the South Downs and destroy their way of life.
Falmer is a picture postcard village, nestling at the foot of the South Downs.
The people who live here cherish its charm. People like Peter Lenihan. He
farms the very field where the club wants to build its stadium.
"It's a conglomeration, it's everything. Traffic congestion, noise pollution,
the fact that in amongst the bottom end of the Downs here we will have a very,
very large structure which just will not belong. It's just the wrong place."
At the public inquiry, villagers were backed by conservation groups. They
argued the club was trying to bulldoze through a scheme which flies in the
face of national policies to protect the countryside. And they accused Albion
and the City Council of down-playing other possible locations for the stadium.
The land at Falmer is a greenfield site, in an Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty, bordering the proposed South Downs National Park.
"I very much hope for the sake of the fans and the club that a Plan B exists
to go somewhere else if Falmer turns out to be rejected by the inspector. But
if the club has put all its eggs in one basket, then it's only got itself to
blame for the position it finds itself in."
Enlisting the help of celebrities like Des Lynam, the club has run a concerted
PR campaign. But look beyond the hype, say opponents, and there's one
indisputable fact. The football club made itself homeless by selling the
Goldstone ground to developers. And the people of Falmer are not prepared to
pay the price for that decision.
Malcolm Shaw, for Meridian Tonight.
-----Original Message-----
From: nigel lohman [mailto:nl018b4290@blueyonder.co.uk]
Sent: 11 February 2004 18:56
To: news@meridiantv.com
Subject: Falmer
I have just seen your very biaised report on Brighton and Hove Albion's long
fight to get a home at Falmer. Will you be doing a pro Brighton FC report?
Green field sight at the edge of the Downs - yes - but why did you not state
that it is already earmarked for building on, even if it is not a 21st century
community stadium. and that it is- fringed by the A27 and the main London
-Brighton railway line? In fact you faded out the road on the screen to make
your point! You never stated that Brighton have looked at every site, and
that Falmer is the only one remotely suitable. You also never stated that the
population of Brighton voted overwhelmingly for the development of Falmer as a
stadium. Why also, did you not state the 'picturesque' village was split in
half by a dual carriageway!?
You stated that it was Brightons fault that we are in this situation - utter
claptrap - we are in this position because of a property speculator from near
Blackburn, who bought the club and tried to fold it. But for our tireless
protesting and most importantly, Mr. Dick Knight's intervention, we would be
gone already.
So where is your evenhandedness? I urge you to please give a broadcast if
not pro Brighton, at least do a fair one!!
Nigel Lohman
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Nemo said:bellotti was the former MP but i would rather call him a w****r c**t t****r or a f*****g
He is also a f**k**g mofo
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They are fools, so what can you expect anyway...