I was under the impression that Brighton was undergoing something of a renaissance, with more and more people seeing it as a city with a forward-looking attitude.

This view seems rather at odds with the defeatist attitudes about how best to remove the embarrassing remains of one of the nation's biggest assets.

The Victorian age was a golden period for English seaside resorts and its architecture is a fundamental part of Brighton's character. Restoring a structure that stands in the sea is a huge undertaking and will always need a flexible budget - but surely this is the kind of project the National Lottery was set up for?

I play the lottery on a weekly basis, without ever winning anything! I would happily stop playing for a year and give the £52 to a restoration fund.

-John Round, Brighton