Noting the date on the Twitter, but wasn't this actually when Cleverly was foreign minister ?
It was actually the Tories who first became concerned, as they were battling to attract inward investment into the UK before the General Election, but the PL were fuckin things up with their witch hunt against City.
The first shot across the PL's bows was the proposal for IREF. Politicians, finance & the legal profession know the basic premise of FFP, PSR & APT are anti-competitive, & if replicated across all industry sectors, the economies of the UK & EU would collapse.
In no other business sector is an owner barred from investing how they see fit into their business. It's the most basic competition based foundation of a free market capitalist system.
UEFA & the PL have royally fucked up & are in serious danger of killing the goose that laid the golden eggs in their pursuit of Manchester City. This is why they fear the law courts, because if a club argues what's good for football should be applied across all industries, FFP, PSR & APT would be dead in an instant.
There's a gargantuan difference between regulation to protect the consumer & environment, & a blatant protectionist racket to preserve the hegemony of Europe's elite teams who fear competition from clubs lower down the food chain.
The crazy & sad thing is that the PL & UEFA through their media shills have managed to convince the fans of those clubs who could potentially be affected (Newcastle etc), that these rules were in the best interest of football. They've used the innate tribalism of football fans to justify these unlawful, unfair & unreasonable anti-competition rules.
