I was rather appalled at the partial nature of the consultation document but, surely, the best option for those of us who think the new pools should be built on the present site is to vote for option 1 (so the final numbers show a majority in favour of retaining the present site, irrespective of timeline). Then, separately, continue the petition etc but also start making the Mayor's ridiculous behaviour and the Council's crappy options analysis a problem more broadly - through letter campaigns, parliamentary questions from MPs, Freedom of Information requests, whatever - to broaden the political / media interest and fall-out. Of course - we also need a positive, credible vision of how an adequate pool could be delivered quickly and cheaply on the current site (which I know lots of people have discussed already on this thread).