Nigel Whitfield, a Backstreet regular and director of the Breeches and Leather Uniform Fanclub which has led much of the campaigning against the development, said it was “flabbergasting” that Tower Hamlets council had spent so much time listening to club regulars’ concerns. “It is simply unimaginable that 20 years ago a council officer would write reams of pages in defence of a leather nightclub,” he said.
I liked this quote, which is 100% in favour. But reads like it isn't. I wonder if the Guardian writer concerned isn't convinced?