Why must people pinch bits of the West Pier? All the stupid twits coming into the city brought the A259 to a halt, held up the buses and taxis in a long, slow queue to the Sealife Centre and an even longer one along the seafront to view what is left of the West Pier.

Thank you, Brighton and Hove City Council, for letting it rust away for 30 years. You have condemned it to death - another storm and it will be gone.

-Ian Smith, St Georges Road, Brighton