I've had a similar email from Jon Henley.
It seems, however, that I was a bit wrong. The Falmer site is in the South Downs AONB, and not another one. Despite how far it is from the South Downs. And of course, the coach park bit of the site is in Lewes district, not Brighton and Hove.
I was...
The original piece explains that he was there to support Hull.
Perhaps I should have pointed out that he could not have been influenced to make a decision he had already made :lolol: :lolol: :lolol: :lolol:
And it took me about three minutes to write that. Isn't everyone used to reeling off...
Wasn't he a Labour councillor? I don't think he'd been on the council for some time. Unless he'd been re-elected, or crossed the floor, and I didn't know about it.
Didn't it win an award for being the most architectually pleasing Saino's in the UK or something?
Anyway: that's another N Ping fact which I'm glad to learn. RIP.
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Clown of Pevensey Bay"
To: <diary@guardian.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:58 AM
Subject: John Prescott's pie habits
Oh dear. It seems the forensic brilliance for which the Diary has become rightly renowned has temporarily deserted you. John...
I've only just found out that the man with the silliest name in Brighton, Councillor Nimrod Ping, died recently. There are various tributes to him on the Argus letters page.
Sad news.
I heard an unsubstantiated rumour that he'd been asked by the Royal Navy to entertain troops and and their families at the end of the rededication ceremony for HMS Ark Royal. He said yes, but asked for £5K. The Navy told him what a little, er, anchor he was, and booked Bradley Walsh -- who did...
Does the panel think it's right for a local authority to waste thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money meddling secretly in affairs that are nothing to do with it?
Why don't you go on and ask? Dimbleby has just announced they'll be in Tonbridge around the time of the LD conference, in late...
To be fair; it is the government's Environment Agency which is responsible for erecting flood defences, not local councils. However, Baker's petition when compared with ours speaks volumes.
Apologies for being hoity-toity. It's just in my nature :wave:
Edits: anyway, I credit you with intelligence. I credit Looney with none, which is why I mentioned my dislike of what you put, and I can't be arsed worrying about him.