[Misc] Ivor Caplin's twitter account has taken an unexpected turn

[ROSM]

Sorry old boy, these fuckers thrive on fast footwork, the late, much missed Barry Lloyd told me the 'ring fencing' was doable right up until after the last game at the Goldstone in April 1997, even stopping the bulldozers as late as the night before in the June.

They just chose not to, for whatever reason.........

Once the land is sold its nigh on impossible to get a covenant placed on it. A judicial review would have been held and would have incurred costs for the council and likely compensation toward club and developers.

They would have had to explain why it wasn't deemed necessary at planning application stage in 1992 /3

 

[schmunk]

Assuming this is the offending post

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What does "DL" mean...?

 

[nickbrighton]

What does "DL" mean...?

generally on sites like Grindr, and other dating or gay sites DL means "down low" -as in keeping it on the down low- hiding or not publicising your sexuality- so meeting on the dl would be a discrete out of public site meeting. So the person is not "out" -

 

[clapham_gull]

Nudity alone isn’t porn though? I’m assuming there must be at least some standing to attention?

Put it this way, if you needed to hang up a wet Duffle coat to dry there are options.

 

[schmunk]

Put it this way, if you needed to hang up a wet Duffle coat to dry there are options.

Could we employ them in the 1901 club...?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Steve Bassam was on Brighton council, not on Hove so it had nothing to do with him

It's a bit harsh on Ivor Caplin too. Labour did gain a slim majority in 1995 but, as that was the same year that the ground was sold, that may well have been too late. I've no idea of the exact timescale but that would have required some fast footwork.

Don't mess with a determined narrative, even when it's incorrect.

Mind you I would have thought that @Lenny Rider had some idea about the history of the club. Apparently not enough

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

A lot more likely to have been hacked, I should think.

Not a lot of people seem to have considered that, in the Great Labour Pile On of early 25.

Apparently Caplin was involved in secret talks to sell the Goldstone to Alan Sugar to be redeveloped as an Amstrad factory.

There is no evidence for this, but it is a scientific fact.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Sorry old boy, these fuckers thrive on fast footwork, the late, much missed Barry Lloyd told me the 'ring fencing' was doable right up until after the last game at the Goldstone in April 1997, even stopping the bulldozers as late as the night before in the June.

They just chose not to, for whatever reason.........

Is that Barry Lloyd MP, or Barry Lloyd QC? Or Larry Boyd?

 

[jackalbion]

A lot more likely to have been hacked, I should think.

Definitely not hacked, as every now and then he slips in a selfie or something political/football related. He's just a horny horny man.

 

[Springal]

Definitely not hacked, as every now and then he slips in (…) a horny horny man.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Could we employ them in the 1901 club...?

In @Herr Tubthumper's lounge, you mean?

Decent idea.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Just how many gyms are there in Brighton ffs?!

I’ve had to re-charge the car 3 times already.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

To see if this has any legs outside NSC I did a search.

It seems Caplin parted ways with the Labour party before the last election, for apparently undisclosed reasons:

Former MP suspended from Labour Party over serious allegations

A former MP has been suspended from the Labour Party over serious allegations.

www.theargus.co.uk

And the tweeting of nudie pix of men was reported last June.

Former Hove MP suspended from party over ‘serious allegations’

A former Hove MP has been suspended by the Labour Party after serious allegations were made about him. Ivor Caplin,

www.brightonandhovenews.org

How come we have a thread about it only now?

 

[Cotton Socks]

Well you weren't lying when you said NSFW! I wasn't expecting that!!!
I'm too scared to click on the 'For You' tab now!! I might send the link to my friend to see how quickly she suddenly develops an interest in politics!

 

[clapham_gull]

Could we employ them in the 1901 club...?

Might need to rename it the 19 and hung club.

 

[Brovion]

Sorry old boy, these fuckers thrive on fast footwork, the late, much missed Barry Lloyd told me the 'ring fencing' was doable right up until after the last game at the Goldstone in April 1997, even stopping the bulldozers as late as the night before in the June.

They just chose not to, for whatever reason.........

With respect, (and I do mean that, it's not the start of a comment that ends up being gratuitously offensive) I don't think Town Planning and land deals were Barry Lloyd's area of expertise and I'd treat anything he said on those topics with a bit of suspicion. However I accept that he might have believed it himself.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

In @Herr Tubthumper's lounge, you mean?

Decent idea.

I know I complain alot about there being nowhere to hang my coat, but this isn’t quite what I had in mind. That said, beggars can’t be choosers.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

With respect, (and I do mean that, it's not the start of a comment that ends up being gratuitously offensive) I don't think Town Planning and land deals were Barry Lloyd's area of expertise and I'd treat anything he said on those topics with a bit of suspicion. However I accept that he might have believed it himself.

Yep. Like what I said, albeit put more politely.

I am afraid that selective confirmation bias gets on my tits. My bad, perhaps.

I did make an attempt to be polite earlier in response to a different post and it was well-received by the recipient (who appeared to be unaware of the ability to list an unwanted match ticket). But sometimes life is too short.

 

[Sussexscots]

I guess just after Christmas it's still OK to let your Dong Ding Merrily on High?

 

[schmunk]

I know I complain alot about there being nowhere to hang my coat, but this isn’t quite what I had in mind. That said, beggars can’t be choosers.

You'll need to bring a shorter jacket, or it'll just trail on the floor.