Having had a summer sabbatical Southvile Roads blog sprang back into action to comment on the sudden appearance of yellow lines around A$hton Gate making match day parking more difficult. Perhaps they need a new stadium. Strange.
On the BERATE website we find out that God is now on the side of the anti-Tesco campaign, as Bedminster Churches condemn the superstore plan.
At long last our local MP Dawn Primarolo has come off the fence on the Tesco issue and is now swinging on the gate. The Evening Post reports: ‘Ms Primarolo says in a statement: "I would prefer to see affordable and social housing at Ashton Gate. I do not believe there is a shortage of supermarkets in the area. Bristol City Football Club own the majority of the land on the site and I accept that they need to maximise the return for the sale of this site, in order to build the new stadium. This stadium would be fantastic for the future of our city, and is essential to progressing the World Cup bid. It is for members of the Development Control Committee to decide on the appropriateness of this application." See why she’s a politician? She’s tried to appease everyone in one statement. No outright ‘no’ to the superstore, just a ‘prefer’ to see houses. Roll on the election.
The Bristol Blogger reports on the Council trying to sell its share of the A$hton Gate site to the multi-millionaire Lansdown on the cheap. You have to read the comments alongside this post to see some of our elected members squirm and spin. The Bristol Blogger also reports on the growing wealth of Steve ‘there is no other way to fund this stadium, honest Guv’ Lansdown. And for a bit of fun the BB has created a make-your-own-mock-Bristol-City-need-a-store poster. Hours of fun.
Simply Southville says, 'No to a suprstore and no to Tesco'.
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