give it to gordon
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Is this written in Scottish ? Nor guilty
Replies are hilarious
If City were found to have broken the rules, there would be complete and utter silence about ‘wouldn’t look good… bent country’ as it would be drowned out by the tsunami of self righteousness bollox wallowing in the demise of City.Just thinking if City were guilty it wouldn't look good on the government for getting billions of investment into the country from a bent country lol
All this is old news from months ago. And you wonder why it's being dragged out again? Also the rumours that the case won't go the full 10 weeks? It seems the media are getting there excuses in early as they know the way its going and its not what they or their paymasters want.IF this is the case then the only place these leaked emails can come from is the PL.
As you say, that's what Embassies do or at least should do to be aware of facts. I'm sure they read the media view of news but facts come from untampered documents.It’s an old story. You would expect this to happen as a matter of routine. Khaldoon runs one of the Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Funds which invests hundreds of millions in the UK. The Embassy will always be working on trade deals and the 115 case could damage relations. Of course the Embassy would be interested. This is what Embassies do. It is a desperate story by Ziegler. I wonder who prompted this story and what was their motive.
Or we could just let them do what they want and if they go belly up then so be it.Loans for Infrastructure are no different to a mortgage imo. You get one based on income & credit worthiness, adjustable by deposit size.
Imagine Ipswich Town applying for a £1.5bn commercial loan to build a 150000 capacity Super stadium, with a retractable roof & rotating pitch. Any sane lender would tell them to go fuck themselves!
HOWEVER, if their owner rocked up with £1.4bn of his own money & gave a personal guarantee by way of a charge against his personal assets of £50m & borrowed the £50m balance on a 25 year deal against the club, most lenders would probably snatch the owner's hand off.
If the owner went belly up, Ipswich Town would only be liable for £50m over 25 years to build this preposterous white elephant, which is easily achievable if they remain the the English Football League & the Premier League.
This way, clubs can dream as big as they like without putting their existences in peril. BUT the total annual servicable debt repayments levied against any club can never exceed ⅓ of their annual turnover. I can see no issues with a football governance proposal along these lines.
It's a regulations vs rules argument. We may operate in a dog eat dog free market capitalist system, but football clubs are representative of their communities & it's understandable that many would want to see clubs protected from going belly up.Or we could just let them do what they want and if they go belly up then so be it.
They're not leaked emails, they were obtained from a freedom of information (FOI) request to the home office(?). The PL isn't involved.IF this is the case then the only place these leaked emails can come from is the PL.
You're absolutely correct of course, but who told the applicant of the FOI, to request those particular correspondence?They're not leaked emails, they were obtained from a freedom of information (FOI) request to the home office(?). The PL isn't involved.