Falmer For All Press Release - Early Day Motion Tabled in House of Commons

[balloonboy]

Good uses of lunch hour, no. 157:

Emailed both David Heath (Lib Dem, my MP), and Don Foster (Lib Dem MP for Bath, who once employed David Bellotti as his election agent), asking both to sign EDM 889.

 

[The History Man]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep all correspondence with MPs polite. Don't threaten them in any way, not even with your vote. The experience above shows it won't work.

After all, think how you react when someone threatens you. If it's a big six-footer you might agree but if you can't even see them and it's a letter or email you are unlikely to look on them favourably.

We are trying to win friends and influence people, not turn them into enemies.

This is very much crunch time for the future of our club. We need to be disciplined and organised. Anyone who deters an MP from signing EDM 889 is, I'm afraid, acting against the best interests of the Albion, however well-intentioned their motives. Sorry Stubbs. It may be, of course, that Mr Loughton was against the scheme anyway.

Please have a look at our EDM 889 website for guidance.

Thanks very much

Tim Carder
Falmer For All Campaign

 

[Morgans Mullet]

This reply from Tim Loughton is pathetic - how is not voting for Loughton 'aggresive'. I suspect he is against Falmer and looking for someone else to blame to avoid losing the large Albion vote in his constituency consisting of Shoreham, Southwick, Sompting and Broadwater.

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

I think that Loughtons signature will be as sorely missed as Norman Bakers , however point taken

 

[Trish]

I've also e-mailed Tim Loughton and waiting for his reply.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Sir Brian Mawhinney (Con, North West Cambridgeshire) is a good catch for our cause. He is, of course, Chairman of the Football League.

A man who could help Darlington FC as well.

 

[Morgans Mullet]

Trish, I also e-mailed Tim Loughton yesterday but have not received a reply - don't hold your breath.

 

[Turkey]

I've emailed John Denham, Labour MP in Southampton.

 

[Marc]

Email sent to Tim loughton MP for East Worthing and Shoreham.
Dear Mr Loughton,
I am writing to enquire whether You will be signing EDM 889 in favour of the community stadium Falmer,the benefits for the whole of Sussex are enormous.I will be checking for Your signature ,If it does not appear then I shall ask You NOT to Darken my doorstep Next May/June.
Reply.
Dear Mr Stubbs,
Thankyou for your email,I had been considering EDM 889.However in view of Your very aggresive comments I shall not be signing it.I never react positively to threats.
Tim Loughton MP
I'm sorry that I lost His signature but does my email really sound aggresive

you gotta be nice to them, Great that means the 5 or so e-mails from me/work collegues to him will fail because of that.....cheers mate

 

[Marc]

whoops screwed that up, ignore this!

 

[attila]

Back from the States - evening all! Some great results while I've been away though sadly not the one we want most of all.
Just emailed Martin Salter (Reading West) and Bill Rammel (Harlow)
I know them both, vaguely.
See you at Hillsborough!

 

[Easy 10]

Dear Mr Stubbs,
Thankyou for your email,I had been considering EDM 889.However in view of Your very aggresive comments I shall not be signing it.I never react positively to threats.
Tim Loughton MP

Don't sweat it.
This weasels scrotum was clearly not going to sign in favour of Falmer anyway, and has only bothered replying to you because he felt like coming back with a "how dare you speak to me that way...do you know how I am ?" attitude. If you'd written with a bit more toadying, he'd just have ignored it (like the others) and still not signed.

The fact that he is small minded enough to get all huffy and decide not to sign an EDM because of one "aggressive" email, despite the EDM's obvious merits, just shows what a small-minded, odious little prick this character is.

Stick it up your arse Loughton. I'll be sure to have a bucket full of something smelly ready if you bother trying to canvass me.

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

cheers mate
I can see the headlines in the Arsegust now ,"PRESCOTT TURNS DOWN COMMUNITY STADIUM BECAUSE SOUTHWICK MAN UPSETS TIM LOUGHTON" Please give me a break,Loughton was never gonna sign that EDM all the time I've got a whole in my arse.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

He's just taking the piss - look at the way hes capitalised Your in response to the same.

As an elected MP it is inherent in any representation to him that some of his future votes are in jeopardy if he takes an opposing stance. You have merely pointed that out in slightly colourful but not overly aggressive language. To refuse to do something on that basis alone is unprofessional and ultimately foolhardy. Perhaps point that out to Him.


Not sure he gives a shit though, being tory and all

 

[Heffle Gull]

Charles Hendry (Cons - Wealden)

Had an e mail from me. As yet no reply

 

[MRRF 10]

The mp for East Worthing and Shoreham is Tim Loughton,I've emailed Him but not Holding My breath as He is of the same Ilk as Bottomley ,not interested unless there's a drink in it

i've e-mailed him-no reply

 

[Sorrel]

I've just written a letter to my MP, it'll be sent off tomorrow.

 

[balloonboy]

When contacting Tory MPs it is probably worth reminding them that Brighton & Hove Conservatives are strongly supportive of Falmer, and that the Shadow Minister of Sport, Judie Kirkbride, recently visited the Falmer site, and understands the benefits of Falmer over the Sheepcote Valley site proposed by the Local Plan inspector. Three Brighton & Hove tory councillors recently wrote to John Prescott on the subject of Falmer - their letter included the following:

"....unless a suitable new Stadium is constructed, Brighton and Hove and the surrounding area will lose one of its most treasured organisations.

‘Not only will the club be lost but this will also result in an enormous amount of community work being lost to the wider area of Sussex. The club operates a highly successful coaching scheme for local schools, supports women’s football, and plays a much valued role in promoting and supporting activities for underprivileged children and families.

‘This is a responsible football club and we have every reason to believe that the plans to create local employment from the Falmer and Moulsecoomb areas are well thought through, viable and will make a valuable contribution to the increased wellbeing of local residents and their families. There are excellent links by rail and park and ride schemes to Falmer are at an advanced stage of planning.

‘We believe that the Inspectors Report to Brighton and Hove City Council as a response to the Public Inquiry into objections to the Brighton and Hove Local Plan is seriously flawed in the section that deals with the Community Stadium. It describes a ploughed field, for many years earmarked for development, situated between the two sprawling campuses of the Sussex and Brighton Universities, as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

‘Furthermore, the report proposes that Sheepcote Valley, a landfill site for many decades, would be a credible alternative location for a Community Stadium. A completed landfill site is clearly not a suitable area for the construction of a Community Stadium and in addition, there is absolutely no way that necessary transport links could be provided.

‘We urge you to support the well-considered application by Brighton and Hove Albion to develop a Community Stadium at Falmer so that football supporters may continue to support their local Club."

 

[Trish]

Reply from my MP Tim Loughton.
Is it possible that he has had even more post prandial red wine than myself?

"Thank you for your e-mail. This is primarily a matter for Brighton & Hove & Lewes councils and their respective populations. Along with the other West Sussex Conservative MP's I have taken the view that I should keep out of the matter as it does in any case have ramifications for other house building projects along the foot of the Downs that we have been campaigning against with residents and in any case given previous form John Prescott is more likely to take a view diametrically opposed to our own. In any case we have have never been approached by Brighton & Hove Council or the football club to explain the project and enlist our support so it is better we keep out of it. In any case the EDM will have little effect on the outcome of John Presoctt's decision."

 

[Hilton]

I got the same email from Loughton