Free derby entry for Whitehawk residents

Free tickets to a crunch derby football match are being offered to locals.

Whitehawk FC will take on Lewes FC at The Enclosed Ground in East Brighton Park, Brighton, today (February 2) at 3pm.

Brighton Kemptown MP Simon Kirby has written to constituents in Whitehawk to offer residents the opportunity to attend the Ryman Premier League match.

Mr Kirby said there will be no cost to the taxpayer.

Residents will need to bring the letter and proof of address with them on the day.

Due to capacity, the offer is only open to Whitehawk residents.

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Comments(9)

mimseycal says...
10:43am Sat 2 Feb 13

Dear Mr Kirby, even with this free ticket - which I received thank you very muchly and promptly consigned to the recycling - my vote ain't anymore disposed to going your way then before.

Hove Actually says...
10:55am Sat 2 Feb 13

Mr Kirby said there will be no cost to the taxpayer

THIS IS A LIE

Who pays to produce and send out these letters, the TAXPAYER

mimseycal says...
11:17am Sat 2 Feb 13

His constituency office? The letter as I recall did not have the Houses of Parliament emblem on it. I could check the recycling just to make sure if you like.

668 The neighbour of the beast says...
12:03pm Sat 2 Feb 13

Is a fee usually payable for these tickets elsewhere?

Does the letter state that he is an MP for the Conservative Party?

Hove Actually says...
12:04pm Sat 2 Feb 13

mimseycal wrote:
His constituency office? The letter as I recall did not have the Houses of Parliament emblem on it. I could check the recycling just to make sure if you like.
Thanks....However, he gets cash to run is constituency office and doesn't matter what trouser pocket he gets it from, it all comes from the taxpayer

Brightonlad86 says...
12:45pm Sat 2 Feb 13

Nice gestures but if you really want to help local football clubs they should reduce rent/pitch hire fees clubs have to pay to use the facilities!!

mimseycal says...
12:53pm Sat 2 Feb 13

Okay ... here goes. I've been grabbling in the recycle bin and the letter came in a plain white, windowed, envelope with the distinctive yellow SIMON KIRBY MP letterhead (House of Common etcetera). No ticket but a nice yellow calling card again distinctive yellow SIMON KIRBY MP.

What is at no cost to the taxpayer is his sponsorship of the upcoming match. He does not claim that the letter/s are at no cost to the taxpayer; regardless of the pocket.

He does however go on at length about his regular constituency surgeries and that he has taken up over 1,000 individual casework issues on behalf of Whitehawk residents.

Being a suspicious cynical cantankerous old bint I expect that the fact that Whitehawk is a large Social Housing Estate within his constituency and that a number of highly unpopular changes are shortly to descend on the government designated benefit scrounging, shirking, malingering hoi poloi ... He's probably trying to show he's a caring guy really. His voting record in the House of Commons shows that he is loyal to the party with only 4 or 5 rebellious votes.

668 The neighbour of the beast says...
2:56pm Sat 2 Feb 13

I don't suppose any other local MPs are available to comment?

Will any other party be sending out alternatives?

Can I have any unused Fatboy Slim tickets instead?

Jetsamandflotsam says...
4:20pm Sat 2 Feb 13

Watch out for the gas clouds

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