I wouldn't say that, it's just a typical Argus story where they've called them up and said "what do you think about the Albion reaching the playoffs" and they've said "yeah, it's good"...
Exactly, it's a pretty poor story. Don't see how you can blame the politicians - what are they going to say? "I'm gutted, there's no place for football in Brighton"? They're damned if they do and damned it they don't.