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REGENCY — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:58:09 +0000

The end of an era – one of the Green councillors for Queen’s Park, Ben Duncan, has closed his online blog. Ben, who gave as such bizarre rants as his opinion that the “White Nights” citywide event had too many white people there, claims the closure is to do with him opening his new parliamentary website soon. I’m sure it’s nothing to do with the barrage of criticism he faced from online pundits. Honestly.

Starbucks Battle

Conservatives Pick Pavilion Candidate

REGENCY — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:46:46 +0000

Brighton Tories were out in force for Sussex’s first selection of a Conservative candidate by the general public as opposed to the usual local political party group meeting. It seems however that the majority of the public stayed at home. It probably didn’t help that the published email address bounced back and the telephone number wasn’t always answered, according to residents that we spoke to. The winning candidate was Charlotte Vere from London who will wrestle (literally I hope) Caroline Lucas (Green) and Nancy Platts (Labour) for the Pavilion seat. Oh, and there’ll probably be a Lib Dem thrown in too.

Tories Hold Open Primary For Some Strange Reason

Pensioner Charged Extra By British Gas – For Insulating Her House ‘Too Well’

REGENCY — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:22:19 +0000

A pensioner who took advantage of the government’s “Warm Front” scheme to insulate her loft and replace her lightbulbs with energy-efficient models has found herself drawing the ire of British Gas. Margaret Pracy, who lives in Brighton, received a correpondance from the energy giant which informed her that customers on prepay schemes who used less than £9 worth of electricity per week would now be charged an additional 54p for the privilege. Councillors, especially the Greens, were quick to condemn the move by British Gas, branding it “madness”.

Ms. Pracy, who is 61, explained that she used the prepay scheme as she could not afford to pay any other way. Councillor Bill Randall has contacted Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Climate Change and Energy, and demanded that he investigate energy suppliers who overcharge the poorest customers and penalise people for trying to save energy.

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Starbucks Battle

REGENCY — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:34:39 +0000

Over 70 people have been protesting outside the new Starbucks coffee shop in St. James’ Street. The firm failed to gain approval from the city council to trade in the old Sussex Stationers premises, but opened their doors anyway, which led many angry residents to take part in the protest. Starbucks have appealed the council decision. Ben Duncan, Green councillor for Queen’s Park, said: “People feel quite strongly about this for all sorts of reasons but predominantly they don’t like the idea that planning decisions should be ignored.”

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