Will YOU be happy if Brighton & Hove Council have loaned in excess of £36m .....

[Deleted User X18H]

Of public money to the private enterprise that is the i360?

 

[whitelion]

They have haven't they?

 

[atomised]

Of public money to the private enterprise that is the i360?

Not all that bothered. Now if it was to cut off your internet connection for life id be over the moon.

Hope that helps

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Nice mix of future and past tense.

Are the council on a different time line ?

 

[Gwylan]

That's not quite the whole story though

Brighton Council is run by Labour and the Labour group voted against the loan. It was passed by the Greens and the Tories rather than the council as a whole

 

[whitelion]

Why?

 

[Deleted User X18H]

The ICO have decreed that the council release papers in relation to an FOI request re their business plan. The council have appealed this.

 

[HantsSeagull]

Not all that bothered. Now if it was to cut off your internet connection for life id be over the moon.

Hope that helps

I am with you!

 

[Albumen]

WILL I be happy if they HAVE? Glad you're not a journalists and Im glad there's not another massive thread on the i360.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

The ICO have decreed that the council release papers in relation to an FOI request re their business plan. The council have appealed this.

Now why would an institution working for the people on behalf of the people possibly want to prevent their people from knowing what they are up to?

 

[jaghebby]

The £36 million coming from Brighton and Hove City Council is not from the authority’s own funding pot. It isn’t local tax payers money and it wasn’t a case of spend it on the i360 or paying for children’s centres, schools or social care. The money comes from Public Works Loans Board which only funds projects with a commercial return. Projects like the i360. If the loan had not been earmarked for the i360, it simply wouldn’t have been coming to Brighton and Hove. So therefore it is not a loan from the Council. The Council merely acts as a middle man. So end of thread I think!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Indeed. The Council have facilitated the loan. They haven't lent £36 million of their own money to the project.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

The £36 million coming from Brighton and Hove City Council is not from the authority’s own funding pot. It isn’t local tax payers money and it wasn’t a case of spend it on the i360 or paying for children’s centres, schools or social care. The money comes from Public Works Loans Board which only funds projects with a commercial return. Projects like the i360. If the loan had not been earmarked for the i360, it simply wouldn’t have been coming to Brighton and Hove. So therefore it is not a loan from the Council. The Council merely acts as a middle man. So end of thread I think!

I think you mean guarantor

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Indeed. The Council have facilitated the loan. They haven't lent £36 million of their own money to the project.

So they say!

 

[MattBackHome]

So they say!

I don't understand. Are you implying the council are lying about the loan?

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Indeed. The Council have facilitated the loan. They haven't lent £36 million of their own money to the project.

Sounds like a bank..

 

[clippedgull]

Quite a low risk venture, with potentially huge benefits to our city.

 

[Buzzer]

No, not happy at all. And not happy either with it being a big part in the Brighton Eye coming down. The Eye was a great part of the seafront landscape.

 

[clippedgull]

No, not happy at all. And not happy either with it being a big part in the Brighton Eye coming down. The Eye was a great part of the seafront landscape.

Yes, it has definitely made that side of the pier less attractive with the wheel being taken down. But I can understand why it had to go to maximise the i360's revenue.

 

[papajaff]

Not all that bothered. Now if it was to cut off your internet connection for life id be over the moon.

Perfect response