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There's a petition going round now:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ ... 1460153946
"Cease communications with a company who's director was banned from being a company director for 8 years to essentially 'give' the Coal Exchange away and turn a globally unique building into a alcohol fuelled haven for stag parties and hen do's.
To have an official tendering process where council officials aren't vetted by the 'sole developer' out of rumoured 'dozens.'
To have fair planning consent with FULL public participation (section 106)."
Silly, in my opinion. "Alcohol fuelled haven for stag parties and hen do's" is sensationalist at best. What do these people propose should happen to the building? It's literally rotting from the core. Would they prefer it just stands there? The only outcome of that will be the inevitable wrecking ball...
I really don't like online petitions. It's just lazy and people have very rarely done any research at all before they click that virtual "Sign" button. They probably just saw someone share it on Facebook. Online petitions have taken all seriousness out of petitions as a whole.