One thing I don't think it is is diverse, to be honest. It's hardly a melting pot of ethnic minority influences in the way that, say, West London or Bristol or Leicester are.
OK -- so there's a big gay community. But it's predominantly a big white middle class gay community.
I've had the same experience. I lived in Brighton between the ages of about 4 and 18 and it'll always be home to me. But every time I come back (which is more often now I live in London and not the frozen North) there seems to be something new built, or a pub that's changed its name, or a new...
Everyone's forgotten that in the last budget, the stamp duty threshold was DOUBLED from 60K to 120K.
Which was a bit of a pisser after I'd given the exchequer one per cent of my house's value around ten months beforehand.
This rise is just in line with inflation.
And just planning a large march might attract Ming's interest and get him to persuade Lewes to call the judicial review off, in order to save embarrassment. Wishful thinking perhaps, but....
Cos the Sussex Express is the official organ of the Nimby. And it'll sit around on the kitchen tables of Lewes for a week rather than a day.
Count me in for twenty quid.
Whitehaven's OK. I don't mind defending it cos I used to work there (albeit for about two months). It's a bit rowdy but has got some nice pubs and a fabulous harbour for walking round. Grange is full of pensioners, and so is not so hot. But neither of these places is the worst in Cumbria at...