Author: simon
Summer Madness! Tickets Go On Sale Today From VentnorBlog: UPDATED
Friday, 3rd July, 2009 at 8:12 am, Isle of Wight
As you might have already heard somewhere :), Madness will be playing a special gig on the Isle of Wight, Sunday 30th August, called Summer Madness!
Homegrown (aka the legendary promoter John Curd), the promoters who are bringing The Stranglers back to the Island next week have managed to secure this massive coup for the Island.
It’s taking place at Carisbrooke Castle Fields with gates opening at 3pm on the last bank holiday Sunday of the year.
Get your tickets
When we published the original story back in May, the level of interest from people was huge and when you combine that with the fact it’s the scooter rally that weekend, it’s expected that tickets will be going fast.
We’re thrilled that VentnorBlog is able to offer you tickets.
Ticket £35 + £5 booking and handling fee
Cash discount £1.50
Special delivery £4.95
Here are some Madness delights to keep you entertained.
and some new stuff
TERMS
AGE RESTRICTIONS
NO UNDER 5s
UNDER 16s MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT OF 21+
DISABLED
ONE TICKET TO BE PURCHASED, ONE CARER TO GO FREE (WRISTBAND TO BE COLLECTED ON SITE ON SHOW DAY)
REFUNDS
NO REFUNDS (except in exceptional circumstances – at promoter’s discretion)
CONCESSIONS
NO CONCESSIONS
PURCHASING LIMIT
6 PER HOUSEHOLD
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Simon is sitting in on the Licensing Sub Committee hearing...
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there are quite a few electric scooters on the market nowadays :
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/06/kld-scooter/
is there still a donkey `operating` the well at carisbrooke?
it’s nice to imagine him/her groovin’ along to madness!
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Will there be any other outlets for tickets?
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nice to see you are leeching off the back of our islands scooter rally thanks to you and your greed there is a very good chance it will be cancelled next year i am sure all the business owners in ryde will be very impressed.
as an island resident and a very well known scooterist i will be doing my utmost to get your event to line your own pockets boycotted by the scooter scene.
sometimes you can bite off more than you can chew you underestimate the resolve of scooter riders we know when we are being used by fly by night profiteers like you and your cronies.
i do hope your greed bites your hand off.
vfm put back what they take out of our scene i wish you utmost failure
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i have been into the skinhead/ska scene since 1979 and welcome anyone to the island who wants to put good live bands on.i am not stuck in my ways and take sides with no scooter organisations as i am an individual !!!!!!!!!!!!.vfm need to open there eyes and stop being so narrow minded!!!,it sounds more like jealousy to me!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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Sour grapes mate. The VFM do not have exclusive rights to stage events on the Isle of Wight or anywhere else for that matter. They kicked up a fuss last year when some local businessmen put on a free event on on Ryde seafront and these guys did not make any money from it but they still got slated. Over 2,000 scooterists patroned the event even though the VFM claimed it was boycotted. All the admission money went to the poppy appeal. I dont beleive that the VFM will be affected by this event financially so whats the problem?
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VFM do a good job of running their part of the Rally…but unfortunately they think blackmailing the Island and its inhabitants and visitors is a good idea…well let them pull out. Next year is the 30th anniversary of scooter rallies to the Island…VFM have only run it for 12. Other people turned this Rally around after the trouble the scootersits caused in the mid 80’s and turned it into the great Rally it is today…VFM just jumped on their bandwagon.
VFM should concentrate on what it does best..and leave the rest to people who know better, especially those that live here.
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We hav’nt got a problem sailor sam.. we just want to get on with putting on the Scooter Rally, which we’ve been doing for fifteen years or so.. its just that we rely on the income from this event to put back into UK scooter rallies.. thats why we may seem a little over protective.. We just love our Scene.. But Craig is right in saying that the British Scooter Rallies association is considering moving the scooter Rally to the mainland next year.. which makes us very sad.. Steve VFM* Scooter Collective
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let it…it will loose its biggest cash cow.
This is the showcase scooter event in the world and it doesn’t need VFM…VFM needs it to showcase its events.
If VFM can’t recoqnise that a tourist Island on a Bank Holiday will have a range of events put on then it needs to re-evaulate its ability as a promoter.
Its childish reaction to the event last year and the one this year seriously detracts from its persona as a genuine event organiser.
If BSRA pull out, then someone else will step in. The rally is bigger than VFM and the BSRA.
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Sorry Steve..That probably seems a little harsh…but you need to realise that this is a tourist driven Island in the Summer and promoters are going to want to put on events…if every single scooter rider pulled out of the Isle of Wight on the bank holiday, we would still be overbooked.
You provide a brilliant service, but don’t let it lead to complacenty. If you are not here, someone else (scooter orientated or not) will be.
You could have worked with this event if you choose to.
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Moving it off the Isle of Wight will make no difference Steve, where ever you stage it the same thing will happen… people will put on events to make money. Its called competition. With the amount of scooterists you are claiming to be attending this year, I cannot beleive you will not at least cover your costs.
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Since when did VFM hold the monopoly on scooter rallies and events. If it was held on the Saturday i could maybe understand your frustrations. But its the Sunday, Only the bar above the bowling alley has a do on by the VFM on Sunday night and thats never usually full. Maybe you should look at yourself first Steve before talking about people beeing greedy. If you don’t like the competition mate. Get out of the business. Its in another town on the island. Not in Ryde. I don’t hear you complaining about Jim’s Skinhead do at the Town Club. Or Phil’s do at the cellar club. Or the Mod do at Ryde castle or the many other do’s on over the weekend. Grow up son and except that not everyone wants to go to the Ice Rink, the attmosphere is usually dull, The sound appaling, and the price for a pint is outragious. Just to line your pocket. Nah i will go to Jim and Phil’s do and watch Madness on the Sunday thanks. Because you know what. I have a choice.
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well said
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Hey.. You can do whatever you want.. But like you we are entitled to an opinion, We love whats happening in Ryde with all the different do’s organised by people into our scene.. And we love Madness!.. But we dont like people latching on who dont know a sidepanel from a HeadCowling.. You go and spend £44 a ticket.. Do whatever you want to do.. It £8 to get in the Ice Stadium on the sat night, and the whole event is run by Scooterists who are attending the SCOOTER rally..
The money goes back into UK Scooter Rallies.. Cant see why you’ve got a problem with that… You sound a bit bitter to me… At the end of the day we are here for the Scooters and the Crack.. Could’nt give a monkeys about this concert at the other side of the Island
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Oh please…don’t see tou complaining about the IOW Steam Festival the same weekend.
VFM had the chance to be involved in the Madness Gig..they refused.
What other promoters do in Newport is of no interest to VFM. They do not own the Island, they don’t even own Ryde.
This gig would have happened and been sold out even if the scooters weren’t coming..its the August Bank Holiday and more tourists get turned away than manage to find somewhere to stay
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I’m not going to Madness either, not my cup of tea. I won’t be going to the Ice Rink either..its a terrible venue for music, but I will be a loads of other venues on Friday Sat & Sunday
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why would vfm want to be involved in the Madness gig?
they are a group of Scooterists who in their spare time put on Scooter Rallies, and have been doing it on the Island since 1983.. They are not concert or Festival promoters. Just a bunch of amatures who ride scooters and love the Scooter Scene.. Parts Fairs Custom Shows, evening Entertainment all rolled into one…
Why would they wanna work with huge commercial promoters who are scarily in a totally different league to them… As you can see by the ticket price..
as you say the concert will probably sell out, and will be a great day out, but it has got nowt to do with our Scooter scene, which if you travel around the UK to all the other National Rallies you may understand.
Visit Smallbrook during the day.. Talk Scooters visit the LCGB stand… Chat with the Vespa Club, admire all the machines in the Custom Show at the Ice Rink ..Watch the Scooters gathering on the Green.. Soak up the atmosphere…
I’m riding from Manchester on thursday on my scooter.. Meeting mates on route, who are also riding, some as far away as Scotland.. Most of whom are Sewarding the Site, working in the ice Stadium.. Hav’nt seen a lot of these guys since the last National Rally in Weston Super Mare..
For us it will be yet another great National Scooter Rally this Summer..
If you dont ride a Scooter No5 then you are welcome as our guest…
If you do then Respect
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Your the one who’s constantly moaning about competition Steve. The scooter scene is vast. VFM are only a small part of our scene. Like i say i will be going to JIM and Phil’s Skinhead do’s. Only £5.00 to get in. I will however be making the most of the rally and going to see Madness. My ticket cost me £28.00 not £43.00. I personally think it will be money well spent. You and VFM are the reason why so many club rallies are becoming so popular. The Nationals are being invaded by non scooterists, and you are happy to cater for them eh? Gone are the days when we are treated like shit and used by our own kind. Accept that competition keeps the scene healthy on the Nationals. We want variety. If you keep up your arrogance mate, VFM and scootering in general will suffer in the long run.
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Thanks JB…I’ve been riding a scooter since 1979 and first came to the IOW on the 1980 rally.
VFM have only been running this rally for 12 years. Before that it was the CCI and Nuts Mod Rallies that restored this Islands faith in Scooterists. The NSA agreed with Nuts they would’nt encroach on their rally, but a soon as VFM took over they jumped on the band wagon.
They do a fantastic job of running the rallies. I hope they continue to so and keep their noses out of Island business
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Get Ska band Orange Street from Portsmouth as one of the support bands.
Have a look http://www.myspace.com/orangestreet
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here here,orange street are a very good live act!!!!!!!!!!!.
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I would strongly advise people not to buy tickets yet – they may not be able to get their money back when the event is cancelled. Currently the event does not have a licence, and the application is opposed by local people, local councillors and English Heritage, among others. It is proposed for a Conservation Area in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the access is down a long dirt track restricted to a width of 2 metres, so it does not satisfy Health and Safety rules for emergency access. English Heritage will close off Carisbrooke Castle parking and are worried about damage to their Grade I listed building and its grounds. None of the lanes and footpaths leading to the venue have any lighting, and there is no site integrity to prevent gate-crashers or overloading of portable toilet facilities which will have to be trucked in. It looks like a disaster waiting to happen, and this kind of rave in a quiet inaccessible part of Bowcombe valley has not been properly thought through. It may never happen, folks.
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Unfortunately I believe that there are a number of factual inaccuracies in your comment CPRE-IW.
I will not answer them all, as it is not my position to speak on behalf of the promoter, but rest assured that if for any reason this event is cancelled, tickets holder WILL receive a refund of the face value of their tickets from the promoter (ie. the price they paid minus the booking/handling fee and delivery cost).
I am sure that the promoter can respond to your other comments.
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Hi Everyone -
As promoters of the ‘Summer Madness’ event in Carisbrooke we are happy to set the record straight and correct misinformation.
Operational plans submitted for the Madness concert do not and will not require any use of Carisbrooke Castle car parking. We have a good working relationship with English Heritage and are addressing all of their concerns as part of our event management plan.
We have and will continue to comply with all statutory and ‘good practice’ requirements under both the Isle of Wight Act and the Licensing Act 2003.
John Curd is a promoter of over 30 years standing, including outdoor events of much greater capacity throughout the UK. All services and infrastructure have been commissioned from the best professional agencies and sourced where possible from Island companies and services at his insistence.
Our security management plan is led by a premier and experienced UK provider supplemented with local staff and we have addressed English Heritage security issues at our expense.
We are working with local emergency services who will be working with us on the day i.e. IoW Fire & Rescue, local NHS & St. John’s Ambulance and Hampshire police. These costs have been agreed and bourne by the promoter. Our traffic management plan, access & egress to the event has been agreed with IoW Council Highways, Police, English Heritage and shuttle buses provided by Southern Vectis will run from the Co-op in Cowes and Ryde Esplanade to and from site. Car parking and drop off points have been identified.
All necessary and legal requirements re: toilets, ancillary services, rubbish clearance security of site etc. have been addressed as one would expect of any professionally run event.
The Isle of Wight Act is a piece of legislation that prevents events that have “not been properly thought through in advance” or “last minute wheezes” from seeing the light of day. As promoters we have complied and will continue to comply with all statutory notice periods, stipulations and requirements.
John Curd comments “As an Island resident, I want to create a boutique music event, that offers fantastic fun at a great location. The Isle of Wight has a growing reputation for great music and we want to add to that reputation by providing a yearly event that puts on the very best of music in one of the most beautiful settings in the British Isles.”
Outside of the issues covered above, any genuine and relevant concerns should be submitted through the appropriate channels where they can be addressed responsibly.
Hope to see you there – licensed capacity permitting!
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As your doing something that’s going to bring more revenue to the island do another little thing and give a local band a support slot.
http://www.myspace.com/orangestreet
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the comments made above are a sad reflection of a small percentage of islanders who dont like to see people enjoying themselves!!!!!!!!!!!!,so they try and do everything in there power to cancel live events for whatever reason!!!!!!!!!.sad lonely people with no real reason to exist!!!!!!!!!!
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Oh dear,The above person complaining I wonder if he does not like motorbikes at gore basin as well.
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!!!!!!!!!?
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I’d have to say I’m not exactly over enthusiastic about having another weekend ruined by the distant thump thump of loud music from an outside source.What hope of ever being able to sit in one’s garden on a summer’s day or evening without hearing that, chavs racing around in clapped out old wrecks or even planes racing around the Island for no apparent good reason. None of which are particularly “green” for a so called green Island. But, it’s all about the money and people having to do loud, anti social things to derive pleasure these days. Shame.
And call me what you like, I could care less.
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Unfortunately for you Dr Eggman you are part of the human race, some of which have the temerity to have a different agenda to you. The boisterous noise that ensues is almost entirely good natured and full of joie de vivre. Perhaps not for you then.
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A Madness gig = antisocial? Get a grip of yourself Dr Eggman. Surely the benefits of such an event, for the island as a whole, far outway a night or two of ‘thump thump’ that may or may not shake the ice in your personal G&T. Why don’t you buy a ticket and put your baggy trousers on? :-)
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Dr Eggman, what a sad isolated little word you must live in.I guess that by your petty comments you are an aged person and as such have problems with “the youth of today”.You say that music thumping fom an outside source will be an annoyance,by this do I understand that your own choice of music can be played loud enough to be heard by your own neighbours ? Tollerance is a word that should be used and adhered to .Chavs in wrecks ? You assume all those who attend will be unrully and unemployed teenagers (deffinition)? My friends and I all in our 50s and working can’t wait.
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Hold on stiggycow, that’s enough of that agism. I’M on my way to being an aged person. Don’t lump me in with Dr Eggman.
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Just like to say for the record (re latest CP mention) I have no intention of throwing anything at a cow on my way home from this event ….. good luck to the promoters!
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Madness fans come from all ages and walks of life – any that remember their heyday are now 40+, or like me 63. Looking forward to it, even if I can’t dance any more…
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I heard a mad rumour that tickets were £15 to Islanders and £35 to anybody else…id this true..
If so, the wife might go as I’, busy DJ’ing
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Sorry No.5 this is not true. Same price for everyone.
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…and I was never a fan
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Have read all the above with interest, I am an island scooterist who will be happy to mix going to various V.F.M. events as well as the Madness gig, my only disappointment is the news that Kid Creole and the Coconuts are the support band!!
What’s all that about???
Heard all the rumours of various other bands mentioned, Prince Buster in particular, what a let down to find out who it actually is!
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loves the madness!!! whats with kid creole? somebody said the aggrolites were playin the night before in ryde..why not them? it seems to be the way these days..really good main act and really bad support!!!!! lovely setting..bit expensive for a seven hour event,..alot of people i know who should be goin are’nt cos of the expense..by the time you get there,pay for drink etc..theres no live music for the pauper these days! less about the dough,more about the music and people! but cant wait, see you there woop woop
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was told the full line up should av been released today too…where is it!?!
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Event the Isle of Wight council are promoting this event, so can’t imagine it will be a problem to get through the license.
http://www.iwight.com/home/pressreleases/frmView.aspx?prid=752
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Dear oh dear.
As I’ve said previous years why do VFM not pick on the Theatre, Hipshaker at the Castle, Liquid Lounge and all other establishments that put on entertainment over Aug bank hol? I personally have never been to a VFM event at the ice rink as it doesn’t appeal to me, if they have the same loyal punters the Madness gig won’t affect them.
As for the scooter rally not returning to the island, didn’t they say that last year due to the ‘Ryde Interchange’ that hasn’t appeared?
I myself own a scooter and love August bank holiday and have bought a ticket for Madness as it will make a change. Ryde is always quieter on the Sunday night so may perhaps keep more over here meaning the island makes a little bit more. Can’t be a bad thing surely? And as for people boycotting it….. tickets seems to be selling well and I know a lot of people from the scooter scene going.
As for Dr Eggman, is this the same person who on iwight.com moaned about the festival because he couldn’t get home on his lunch break? The trend seems to be ‘no fun allowed’.
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Turn it in you lot, grow the ef up will ya,. its bank holiday weekend full of people on holiday looking for something to do, what a perfect event to hold for all ages, creeds and colours, and will give a chance for the smaller bands that will be playing to show there talents and entertain those that wish to go, if ya dont like it, then shut it, we got wars famin and all manor of other problems with this planet, so give everyone a rest with ya gobbing off and put ya money where ya mouth is, let the pleople play thats what i say, its not doing any harm and will bring in business for the local community…
Regards and have a fantastic gig there for all..
The Phreaq…
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The decision to grant a license for the event cannot officially be made until after the meeting on Monday 17th August (very poor planning ahead by organisers and local council officers who seem to be trying to bulldose it through without using the proper channels).
The official organising of this event, in part, notifying all of the right organisations and the local residents, was left until the ‘eleventh hour’ which does not give time for proper processes.
Why buy or sell tickets before this date?
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because that is standard practice…the IOW Festival does it every year.
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Update
With reference to the ‘Pop Music’ Event adjacent to Carisbrooke Castle.
Tickets have been on sale for some time without the event being given a licence to take place.
The meeting to decide whether the event can take place is apparently to be held Monday 17th August 2009, just two weeks before the proposed event.
It seems that there has been no sensible forward planning by either the Local Council or the Event organisers.
Were the local residents officially informed as soon as possible of the intention of disruption to their locality?
The Local Council have been promoting the event and the sale of tickets on their website for quite some time – do the Elected Councillors know about this pre-decision promoting?
From what I have heard from local people it seems that this ‘Event’ is being bulldosed through by unelected council officers who have not used ‘proper procedures’.
I assume that, if ‘proper procedures’ have been taken, physical evidence of this will be present at the meeting on Monday 17th August 2009 – is this the date the licence will be either granted or not?
When was the licence actually applied for?
What happens if permission is not granted?
How much council tax payers money has already been spent by the local council on this event before the licence being granted?
I’ve heard no full refund on tickets – is this true? Is it worth me buying a ticket if a decision is made to stop it at any time before the event?
Are the Bands aware of all of this?
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The county press says that there are 16 people objecting to this.
For F’s sake why don’t you minority just shut up for once and let the majority have good time.
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which is exactley what the V, Isle of Wight, Glastonbury, Reading and T in teh Park festivals all do.
You obviously don’t have a clue and are just stirring up trouble. My guess is that you know nothing about the locals, as only 16 people have objected to the site, not the festival itself…about 8000 locals are in favour judging by LOCAL ticket sales.
When permission is granted you will have to ‘eat your hat’
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suggs was on this morning’s `saturday live` on radio 4.
didn’t listen to it myself so don’t know what he had to say.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m535p#synopsis
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Steve Foster the self proclaimed voice of island scootering.
You and VFM have conducted yourselves in an embarrasing and shoddy manner that stinks to high heaven, toys thrown out the pram last year and surprise surprise toys and dummy out this year
And why would that be Steve, have you and VFM something to protect that the rest of us island scooterists don’t know about ??
At least money raised last year on the green was funneled back into the island….what do you and VFM do with the profit you make from the worlds largest rally…..do you contribute to the island in some way, shape or form ??
As for moving the rally, go ahead do it, plenty of island scooterists/associates who can and will step into the breach.
Maybe yourself and VFM have served their purpose as it seems to me you regard the IOW rally as a cash cow for the exclusive few.
After all everything changes usually for the best.
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We (VB) think that there’s been enough comments about VFM now on this now. It’s not really expanding the debate, just going over old ground.
Let’s call a halt to it.
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Well that appears to have stifled the debate, or perhaps they have taken it elsewhere.
It appears to me that pertinent points were being made and isn’t the whole point of having comments that individuals can give there views and opinions?
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There has been plenty of opportunity for views and opinions to be given and they have.
The discussion was going round in circles and turning into personality bashing rather than construction discussion, hence Simon’s comment.
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“construction discussion” in VBs subjective opinion maybe, but in reality the Internet is a very big place with ample opportunity for people to discuss their opinions unhindered by such constraints.
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Don’t worry this will run and run for months on other sites and in associated magazines…you are better off without it.
Maybe I’ll kepp you posted from time to time
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