Andy Burnham - City Benefited From Significant Public Investment Linked To The Commonwealth Games

Prophet of Doom said:
He won’t. He has hardly showed his face at any time of planning and construction of Co Op Live or the NS development.

He has completely distanced himself from City - check out his beano to Austin in the USA last week - where he exchanged a Utd shirt with the Austin Governor.

He has made sure he has no connection whatsoever to City whilst in bed with Ratcliffe and co.
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I think this is true. Burnham has plenty of critics within Labour party ranks in the Greater Manchester local authorities. Of course there has always been internal in-fighting but he does have a reputation of talking a better game than he delivers. And he does seem to have distanced himself from Sheikh Mansour's developments in Manchester. It is strange because City were the only club to support the new football regulator proposal and we do have some friends in Government circles. The Trump-supporting Glazers do not seem to be a natural bedfellow for any Labour government.
 
jrb said:
FFS!

I'm astonished she didn't name check Lou Macari's Chippy.

It really is depressing when you hear a government minister come out with predictable sound bites, spin, and guff like she has, along with a fake and cheesy smile.

What the fuck has a new 100,000 seater stadium got to do with young boys and girls playing football?

As for the reporter, could he have asked her anymore loaded and softer questions than those?

It's happening, with no serious question asked.


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Not managed to listen to it as at work but is this not Labour playing politics (semi-competently for once)?

Playing the 'we are proactive and ready to help out with the investment in country infrastructure (and in the north) for a project that'll never get started?

I still don't see how this goes ahead BUT I don't think labour will end up on the wrong end of it in the public eye as they were publicly supporting and offering their assistance to the project.

Or, I'm reading too much into it as usual..............
 
Burnham is a disgrace. Last year he talked about part funding the new stadium then backtracked when fans complained .
He's barely ever mentioned our charges yet went flat out to defend Everton.
After Ratcliffe wined and dined him, he went full in on this project, as he went full Bandwagon mode. He spent last summer convincing the Labour Party to back the proposals and gave a speech at the Labour Party conference to convince them. He probably wants this to be his legacy .

He's already committed to spending £300 million to prepare the groundwork and how much will follow.
The figures of 92,000 new jobs are a work of fiction. The new homes are already part of the GM Masterplan.
Stefan has already commented that the projected financial benefit to the area is way over the top.

This whole project needs to be scrutinised by Blues as Burnham does us no favours.
 
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