digg

The logical conclusion? A big pile of steaming *****.

I can think of 2 million reasons why this is a total waste of money! If I wanted to see a giant horse I'd buy a magnifying glass and go stand in a field.

Because obviously in the logic of the "cultured" art community, bigger means better.

f you gonna, gonna, gonna, gonna
If you gonna ride, by ride, by ride
If you gonna, gonna, gonna, gonna
If you gonna ride, by ride, by ride
If you gonna ride
Don't ride the white horse
If you gonna ride
Don't ride the white horse

Brilliant, just what the area needs! It's taken over 3 years (and counting) of roadworks to try and get the A2 right, spending tons of money on a giant horse will at least give people something to look at whilst they are waiting in the traffic jams!

Funny how it has to be compared in size to the Angel of the North, like it is a competition that southerners have to win, Pathetic.

It's called "Watling Street" not "Wapping Street".
"The Anglo-Saxons named it Wæcelinga Stræt which developed into the modern Watling Street."

How tacky. And nothing the Celts didn't do first and better. :-|

It is not going to be Britains tallest sculpture: buried as inacurate. Nottingham university is buiding a 60m sculpture very soon (July is the plan) and planning permission has allready been approved.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=1330
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/public-affairs/press-r ...
http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/news_page/news_ab ...

What a waste of money. This money could be used to build up communities in Britain but instead it goes towards a giant white horse that the average working person won't give a ***** about.

Think they never heard of what happend in Troy ...

Angel of the North is celebrated? It kind of stinks. There isn't much artistry to the horse but at least it's nice to look at. They could probably find something better but it's definetly the best of the 5 suggestions.

What a waste of money. £2m on a oversized horse structure, who is paying for this monstrosity? I'm going to guess the tax payers?

There are much, much bigger wastes of money around, so don't sweat it too much there.

The artists impression looks delightful, framed between two electricity pylons and with that charming power station in the background.

Kent is my home county, every summer we have water shortages, public services are stretched to the limit and the council's response?.... Build more houses and a giant white horse.

Why don't they just build a tiny horse on a pedestal and tell people to stand just so, so that it appears to be huge when silhouetted against those lovely power lines.

"In fact, I think it may be a moth."

OK, one last time. This horse is small... but that one out there is very far away. Small... far away...

The pathetic thing was just how poor these submission were. Not only were they not impressive, they were actively crap with 'artists' seeming not to put any effort into them despite being paid to submit ideas. The horse, boring as it was, was the best of the artist submissions - which tells you something about the rest.

I don't know about you, but for 10k I could come up with far better, plus how to build it (something they ignored).

If anyone is wondering what the Angel of the North looks like, here is a couple of photos for you...

http://www.edwud.com/2007/07/16/angel-of-the-north ...

http://www.edwud.com/2007/07/25/angel-of-the-north ...

I am sure this horse will make for a fantastic photograph given the right conditions, not going to say that makes it worth £2 million ($4 million USD) but the Angel of the North is NOT ugly in my opinion!

Shouldn't Brtains largest sculpture be something that is related to Britain? A giant horse is kind of lame.

Angel of the North is waaay better

They should just build it out of Legos.

I'm going to express my artist side and send them the "waste of money" message but breaking it up after it's built.