Prescott and new Swindon Stadium - Channel 4 News - NOW

[Gilliver's Travels]

Separate items, but they're showing Prescott playing footie with kids - AND the Swindon "Eden Project or New Stadium - Prescott to decide" issue. On now!

Watch it and comment / use tomorrow?

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

Update -

Item 1 - actually about Prescott's thoughts on Blair's future, showed JP playing a football kickabout with local kids in his constituency... subliminal message.. man of the people, loves footie, engages with his beloved local community

Item 2 - Swindon's environmentally aware townsfolk up in arms about wicked developers wanting to build a vast new sports complex - including new 22,000 seater STFC stadium - right on top of their lovingly tended, 10 year old, regenerated, ex-council tip forest of 46,000 trees.

The report did at least concede that the stadium site itself is still a landfill area though. Usual worthies trundled out, inc Jonathon Porritt - plus an STFC fan / tree-hugger who asserted that he was against it, and in any case, "These clubs put up all these new stadiums but they never increase the gate at all. Just end up having no money left for team building"

The top of programme Channel Four News intro did link these two stories by saying that the football playing Prescott would have to decide on the STFC stadium, but the second report itself didn't mention Prezza's involvement at all.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

The report did at least concede that the stadium site itself is still a landfill area though.

Just like Waterhall then!!!