“More smoke-screen nonsense from our inept politicians, akin to the ridiculous comments of Westminster politicians complaining about so-called 'bullying' following the expenses scandal.

Come back to Earth, Bristol Politicians, we want a word with you. You are an utter embarassment.”

“Greens = no progress?

Jase, sometimes real progress happens because people can't just keep on doing things the same old way, and they're forced to think of new ones. Maybe BCFC should realise that.”

“A lot of City fans pretending to care about Bristol. How about the council invest the £4m in our hospitals instead of lining a tax exiles pocket. That WOULD be good for Bristol

Can someone give me a list of what Mr Landsdown has done for Bristol?

When I say done, I mean without making a profit himself.”

“Barbara Janke has surprised many, I'm sure, with this very direct statement, and it's good to see. No doubt half the people wanting to "string up" the councillors who voted against the stadium didn't bother to vote themselves in the last election. Either vote them out next time, set up your own Revolutionary Robins private army, or shut up. But don't bully people if you don't like the outcome of democracy.”

“I think it is you who are deluded. No Sainsburys mean no stadium. Simple as. We all have big supermarkets in our areas now, it is simply a fact of life nowadays. I am sure we would all love to go back to small local stores but those days have gone. It is a very good compromise that benefits the whole area. Let's all get behind this and bring Bristol out of the dark ages. Who knows, we may even get the trams back next!”

“City Red, BS3 = Bluebluemoon, # 83”

“Oh good grief they are at it here too....spouting half-baked nonsense and Sun/Daily Mail type tripe. This isn't an issue half of the griping posts really care about, it's just an excuse to say vile things purportedly in support of BCFC/against the Gas, or South Bristol or bad mouth anyone talking anything vaguely like sense!
There are BCFC fans, music fans and residents of South Bristol, a lot of whom are 'born amd bred' and often all of those together WHO JUST DON'T WANT AN ENORMOUS SUPERMARKET IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA FOR LOTS OF VERY VALID REASONS ....DO YOU UNDERSTAND? IT'S REALLY VERY SIMPLE! And do you know what? Bristol will survive as city, the club will find a way to sort out a stadium new or old and Ashton Gate won't disappear under a cloud of traffic fumes and the real moaners(described earlier) can move on to the next thing to vent their spleen about.”

“Greens = no progress. The football club and arena would bring a great deal of income into the area. Hotels, shops, airports, trains, jobs, tax, etc all benefit. Oh but hang on the "greens" don't believe in any of those either. Perhaps we should go back to horse and cart and forget all this progress. Let's all bury our heads in the sand whilst other cities progess. Shame on you all....... Brunel is turning in his grave.”

“The most disturbing thing about Cllr Janke's statement is that she wrote "I am grateful to the Evening Post ¿ which has so strongly demonstrated its interest in these matters over the last few days ¿ for allowing me to put the council's position."

So the Leader of the City Council had to check out with the main local paper that they'd publish her statement on a matter of major public interest.

Given that the Post has been leading the bullying, from the day it chose to list the key councillors names just before the application was heard, I'm not surprised she should have to take that precaution - but it doesn't say much for the BEP, does it?

In practice, of course, every party on the council has expressed enthusiasm for the city getting a better stadium, and the LibDems have been leading the way with lavish handouts to the club, in terms of relaxed planning requirements and transfers of public land. The only political doubts have been expressed by the Greens, who don't want to see a new stadium plus all the accompanying development built at this particular Green Belt site, who don't go along with throwing public money at a very wealthy man at a time when we're stuck with stark cuts in vital public services, and who don't believe a new hypermarket will do anything to make South Bristol a better place to live.

The club has made a mess of the whole project, and has let Bristol down by being so inept. It should have had a more acceptable Plan B ready, in case any of the flaws in Plan A should be exposed - as one was last week.”

“Much is being made of the 'foolishness' of one councillor who wanted to know more about the possible terrorist threat to a megastore built on stilts. That was, in fact, Cllr Alexander, who went on to vote FOR the store.”