NIMBY sympathising in the Daily Telegraph

[Lady Whistledown]

Page 12 of the Daily Telegraph today carries a distinctly RUBBISH piece about the decision, presumably written by a lazy journalist who lives in some fluffy Gloucestershire hamlet and thinks the world should stay the same forever.

The bit I like is from Falmer Parish councillor Melanie Cutress, who seems to think she lives on set in the Vicar of Dibley:

"We are an idyllic Sussex village with a little church, a duck pond, flint cottages and downland views"

And a stadium, Mrs Cutress

It also features a photograph of the site, taken presumably from the most favourable angle the Telegraph could find, thus minimising the university prefabs, along with Mrs Cutress looking solemnly on. I'm afraid to say they haven't captured her best side...

 

[attila]

Melanie, you forgot to mention the RATS!!!

 

[London Irish]

She's definitely superimposed on that picture. Synthetic, manufactured pic for a synthetic, manufactured controversy.

 

[Marc]

it still winds me up when listening to these "People". Lats night on Meridian (I think) the reporter was banging on about how detrimental it was gonna be for the sceanic village. Then up pops some old bloke with scribbles of the stadium dimensions on abit of paper!?! He then proceeds to tell us that it will be visable from the top of the Church Tower.....who the bloody hell live sat the top of a church tower I ask you?!

Also in the same report, a Seagulls "Fan" who upon hearing the news said it was Terrible....Fan my arse mate





ARGH....time for food!

 

[Drumstick]

Page 12 of the Daily Telegraph today carries a distinctly RUBBISH piece about the decision, presumably written by a lazy journalist who lives in some fluffy Gloucestershire hamlet and thinks the world should stay the same forever.

The bit I like is from Falmer Parish councillor Melanie Cutress, who seems to think she lives on set in the Vicar of Dibley:

"We are an idyllic Sussex village with a little church, a duck pond, flint cottages and downland views"

And a stadium, Mrs Cutress

It also features a photograph of the site, taken presumably from the most favourable angle the Telegraph could find, thus minimising the university prefabs, along with Mrs Cutress looking solemnly on. I'm afraid to say they haven't captured her best side...

yeah very true, but near the back there is a pro falmer one!

 

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

yeh i saw that...........sad bastards clutching at straws. FFS concede defeat......its over.YOU LOST deal with it

 

[Drumstick]

from nimbys in paper ' The football club has been able to pay huge sums to consultants,expert witnesses and so forth in the inquiry but we have had to fight our corner our selves.'

YEAH WITH THE HELP OF LEWIS COUNCIL!

 

[Cantona's Flying Dropkick]

from nimbys in paper ' The football club has been able to pay huge sums to consultants,expert witnesses and so forth in the inquiry but we have had to fight our corner our selves.'

YEAH WITH THE HELP OF LEWIS COUNCIL!

Why would a Scottish island council want to help the NIMBYs?

 

[Basil Fawlty]

yeh i saw that...........sad bastards clutching at straws. FFS concede defeat......its over.YOU LOST deal with it

I'm getting quite sick of there moaning, just give up and shake the hand of DK.

 

[Normandy seagull]

Melanie Cutress is a fcuking Bitch- FACT

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Melanie Cutress is a fcuking Bitch- FACT

I second that.

 

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

thirded

 

[sullyupthewing]

Melanie Cutress is a fcuking Bitch- FACT

Has she got something to do with Forfars Bakery, if so I will boycott it.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

fourth...ded

 

[desprateseagull]

did the 'locals' have any objections when the TWO uni's were built?

i wonder how house prices wil lchange (up or down?) when building starts...

also, will the (Swan?) pub extend premises, to cater for all the extra fan$$ ? or ban them all, and swiftly go out of business?

 

[1959]

Has she got something to do with Forfars Bakery, if so I will boycott it.

Yes. The Cutress family own the Forfar's chain of bakers.

 

[Juan Albion]

Cutress Stadium.

Tee hee.

 

[London Irish]

did the 'locals' have any objections when the TWO uni's were built?

Or when they drove a motorway through their village? It really is two villages, Falmer East and Falmer West

 

[portlock seagull]

My auntie in Norfolk rang to congratulate me and she's such a middle england dedicated tory-graph reader / gardeners questiontime listener that I'm sure she irons the paper. Love her to bits though. But even she said re: page 12 article "how can they (Falmer opposition) still get away with calling it an AONB?! It simply isn't one with the A27 running through it".

Nice one auntie J, there lies the reason why the NIMBY's lost. They talked a load of shite! Of course, I may have "influenced" my aunts views down the years.....

 

[1066gull]

All talk about Falmer is a AONB and that is bull.

If anything, it will be one.