Anna, Kendal,

I think the phrase 'value for money' is fundamentally at odds with the concept of art - money isn't really the point is it?

Ella, London,

Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts - Quango. Another classic example of Waste under LABOUR.

steve tea, manchester, cheshire

This is a great opportunity to show that we Brits have not lost our sense of humour, eccentricity or creativity. Here's hoping that those on the plinth will prove Adrian Gormley right.

Sarah Hague, Montpellier, France

Its a brilliant idea. I'd love to see who goes up there and hear why they want to do it. Anyone can make a statement and 'belong' just by being there. Free and harmless, great. I want a go.

Mary, Coventry,

What scares me is that we have to pay for another one of these in 100 days, and again, and again, for 20 years. Surely just one permanent monumental work of art would be better value for money. Modern art yes, but not at this price.

Anna, kendal , UK

Le Tundoir, Liverpool

I'd pay £300K to see you standing on a street corner with "a small plague" in front of you! Great concept!

Anna, kendal , UK

Its not the inane nature of the 'piece' that I find offensive - a lot of 'modern' art is a total waste of time. It is instead the fact that he gets paid £300k of my money! In what world is it just to give a bloke 18 times the average sallary for the idea of letting a bunch of geese stand on a rock?

Ricardo, Cambridge,

Hey! I've just had an idea!

I'm going to stand on a street corner for an hour with a small plague in front of me that reads "talentless".

Where's my £300k???

Le Tundoir, Liverpool, England!

We pay £300,00 for nothing, very New Labour!

Dean, Southampton, England

He should donate all 300000pounds to charity or some college of art!

Edwin Heng, Singapore, Singapore

This man gets £300,000 from the public purse for putting up an empty plinth?

This world has truly gone mad.

John F, London,

"the body becomes a metaphor, a symbol and allows us to reflect on the diversity, vulnerability and particularity of the individual in contemporary society". Pompous, statist drivel. Luckily we still have Gilbert and George 'Living Sculpture" 1972 (now on youtube) if we want the real thing.

Roger, Southwark,