"A great article - well done! There are some very good ideas here as well, but I am disappointed that a remarkably important subject is still being ignored:
Hasn't anyone noticed that the Restoration of the West Pier is never mentioned any more? Not by the Argus and not by the West Pier Trust.

The idea was to build the i360, and to use the funds to restore the pier to its former glory. (Many piers in Europe have been beautifully rebuilt - even those which were completely destroyed over the years). Why isn't Brighton even attempting to address this? and why the silence???
We really do need a statement from the West Pier Trust. Foreign tourists are often horrified at the wreck of the pier - and can't understand why its being left in that state.

As with the Palace Pier Theatre - which was dismantled, stored for future rebuilding, and then "lost", the newspapers were happy to never ask any questions or investigated what the hell really went on.

It's time to start asking questions."