You may have seen the news today that the Local Plan Inspector has recommended to John Prescott that he refuse planning permission for Brighton and Hove Albion's proposed new stadium at Falmer. The report calls Brighton a "provincial club" and states that there is "no demonstrable national need" for the stadium.
Prescott isn't obliged to follow this recommendation, but it would be unusual for him to go against it. There is, however, still time to convey to him the level of support among football fans (not just Brighton fans) for a community stadium for Brighton and Hove.
As you'd expect, Brighton fans have been writing to Prescott in their thousands already, and I'll be sending my letter off to him shortly. If you get a free minute today, try to send an email to the address listed on North Stand Chat, or better still, send a letter directly to Prescott. All the details are here:
The site is obviously extremely busy today, so keep trying if you're unable to connect first time.
Various draft letters have been posted on NSC for you to copy and paste if you're short of time. These letters set out the many reasons why Falmer is essential to the future of the club and the development of the city. They also list the steps taken by the club to ensure that the proposed stadium respects its environment, local residents and local transport links.
I'm absolutely raging. Nobody can quite believe this, but everyone's doing their bit to point Prescott in the right direction. Probably the wrong time to call him a sh*t-for-brains lard-*rsed street brawler - we'll save that in case he officially says no to Falmer.
I'm sending this email to every football fan I have an email address for, and would urge everyone else to do the same. If this stadium doesn't happen then we won't have a football club.