It seemed like all was lost but Tesco have just announced that they are not going to open a store on the site of the Lewes Road Community Garden.

“There is clearly a great deal of ongoing local debate about the site, the future of the community garden, and the question of whether it should be developed,” Tesco’s David North told Caroline Lucas today. “We do not think it is helpful for us to become the unintended focus of this debate, nor do we want to become an obstacle to it being resolved by the local community. We have therefore decided to remove ourselves from the issue by confirming that we will not now be seeking to open a store as part of this proposed development.”

See, if you stand up for Brighton you can win against insurmountable odds. The tide is turning. Where’s our community’s next victory?