MP calling for Government intervention in Ricoh row. (1 Viewer)

oucho

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Hot air. Government haven't got the powers or inclination to intervene. Bit of free self publicity / grandstanding for him.
 

Nick

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It would help if he said what action he wanted them to take.

What does he want them to do?
 

chiefdave

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Will take all the help we can get but not sure how much this will do. As he's a labour MP he'd probably be better off pushing the council to pressure Wasps.
 

Captain Dart

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Not going to make any difference & not even going to generate much publicity.

Cunningham & Colleen Fletcher would be better employed getting a statement out of the EFL on which they can comment publicly.
 

Nick

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Not going to make any difference & not even going to generate much publicity.

Cunningham & Colleen Fletcher would be better employed getting a statement out of the EFL on which they can comment publicly.
What do you think the efl can do?
 

Captain Dart

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What do you think the efl can do?

There has been speculation the EFL will prevent CCFC playing next seasonif they can't play in Coventry.
This is not going to happen in my opinion, I don't think they have sufficient control to do that.
I think it is worthwhile that the MPs find out what options are on the table as far as the EFL are concerned.
 

Hobo

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Brexit v Ricoh? Don't hold your breath.
 

Nick

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There has been speculation the EFL will prevent CCFC playing next seasonif they can't play in Coventry.
This is not going to happen in my opinion, I don't think they have sufficient control to do that.
I think it is worthwhile that the MPs find out what options are on the table as far as the EFL are concerned.
To see if there are other options to help save ccfc or fishing for information for wasps?

I doubt the efl will state publicly the options
 
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Magwitch

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Any help from anywhere has to be welcomed, MPs were always going to get involved, I’d be surprised if there hasn’t been contact and conversations with the EFL but we’ll never know for sure. This issue is sure to bubble.
 

NortonSkyBlue

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It would help if he said what action he wanted them to take.

What does he want them to do?
I agree, if he had a semblance of a suggestion it may be beneficial but the reality is he doesn't have a dog in the fight.
As the days go by without a clear picture of what is going on behind the scenes I am inclined to say that the group that should offer an action plan are the ones with a vested interest. Us.
 

Nick

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I am sure they will all be fighting to help CCFC

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SkyBlueCRJ

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I do question the legitimacy of a statement like this. Surely Cunningham knows that in reality little can be done to resolve our plight with governmental intervention so what purpose does he have for speaking to the press? It seems to me he just wants to put his head above the parfait and paint a portrait of himself of being 'an MR that cares'. Maybe I'm being sceptical but bizarre to be coming out with it now.
 

Captain Dart

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I do question the legitimacy of a statement like this. Surely Cunningham knows that in reality little can be done to resolve our plight with governmental intervention so what purpose does he have for speaking to the press? It seems to me he just wants to put his head above the parfait and paint a portrait of himself of being 'an MR that cares'. Maybe I'm being sceptical but bizarre to be coming out with it now.

Surely the last hurrah, he will be 80 come the next election, he can't possibly stand again?

PS it is parapet.
 

shmmeee

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Luckily our parliament has shown such skill resolving entrenched divisive issues, this will surely be a walk in the park for them.
 

NorthernWisdom

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Anyone actually disagree with what he's said...?

Jim Cunningham said:
This football club is part of our fabric as a city and as we enter 2019 as the European City of Sport, it would be unforgivable for the Government to stand idlily by and let our football club leave our city or worse, collapse altogether.

...

This cannot continue. We must ensure the home of Coventry City Football Club remains in Coventry.
 

Ashdown

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He may be singing the right hymn but not sure what good it's going to do. Truth is politics and government both National and Local has never been such a shambles. Dominated by self interested, nest lining, expense fiddling, pension amassing vultures. No one trusts any of them any more do they ?
 

shmmeee

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He may be singing the right hymn but not sure what good it's going to do. Truth is politics and government both National and Local has never been such a shambles. Dominated by self interested, nest lining, expense fiddling, pension amassing vultures. No one trusts any of them any more do they ?

I don’t know why, they’re almost certainly cleaner than previous generations, we just didn’t have the means to find it all out in real time.

Now the curtains been drawn back and the facade of strong capable leaders has dissolved, and everyone knows we are all morons just flapping around.

Now if you said they’re all *incompetent* self interested, nest lining...
 

Ashdown

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So much would revert to that London centric bias again anyway. Government might sit up and listen if it was a Crystal Palace or a QPR going down the tubes but not one of those unfashionable back waters in the provinces............whose owners incidently are taking to court one of THEIR rugby clubs in a fashion.
 

chiefdave

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The more I think about this the more I wonder if someone is pulling his strings to create a distraction.

Absolutely agree with the sentiment but I'm not sure what asking the culture secretary to arrange a meeting of Coventry and Warwickshire MPs, which surely he could do himself anyway, is really going to help.

He's a labour MP and we have a labour council who stated that Wasps ownership would not impact the football club, maybe that is where he should be targeting. Would expect him to have more influence there and while the council can't directly solve the situation they undoubtedly have influence over those that can.
 

NorthernWisdom

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Yes but how are the people he is sending the message to able to do that?
That's not really the point, is it.

For how long have we complained that nobody sends a single message we can all get behind, that Coventry City should remain in Coventry?

For how long has it been criticised that there is too much partiality, and no re-iteration of this simple message?

For how long have we asked for the profile of this to be raised?

And then, when someone with a public profile, asserts exactly that, we decide to try and break it down, run it down, or look for holes.

As opposed to getting behind said unified, simple message and raising it still further.

We're fucking doomed.
 

Nick

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That's not really the point, is it.

For how long have we complained that nobody sends a single message we can all get behind, that Coventry City should remain in Coventry?

For how long has it been criticised that there is too much partiality, and no re-iteration of this simple message?

For how long have we asked for the profile of this to be raised?

And then, when someone with a public profile, asserts exactly that, we decide to try and break it down, run it down, or look for holes.

As opposed to getting behind a unified message and raising it still further.

We're fucking doomed.

Yeah but it would help if he says what they could do and how they should help.

I could shout that Theresa May and the UN need to help Coventry City stay playing in Coventry but it is just me shouting.

As he's an MP, surely he could say how they could help, what they have the power to do etc?
 

NorthernWisdom

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Yeah but it would help if he says what they could do and how they should help.
Alternatively, you start with the simple, unifying message and, once you get people behind it, you then sort out the detail.

Or... you argue over the detail, get nobody behind the core message, as a result everybody thinks nobody cares if the club remains in Coventry, and it goes tits up.
 

skysblue

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The more I think about this the more I wonder if someone is pulling his strings to create a distraction.

Absolutely agree with the sentiment but I'm not sure what asking the culture secretary to arrange a meeting of Coventry and Warwickshire MPs, which surely he could do himself anyway, is really going to help.

He's a labour MP and we have a labour council who stated that Wasps ownership would not impact the football club, maybe that is where he should be targeting. Would expect him to have more influence there and while the council can't directly solve the situation they undoubtedly have influence over those that can.

Good point we should all write to our MP's & ask how they will enforce stated Wasps zero impact on Coventry City football club for who the Stadium was created.
 

Nick

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Alternatively, you start with the simple, unifying message and, once you get people behind it, you then sort out the detail.

Or... you argue over the detail, get nobody behind the core message, as a result everybody thinks nobody cares if the club remains in Coventry, and it goes tits up.

Surely it's easier to put the details out there a bit to start off with?

Is there a detail or is it somebody jumping on it for a reason? Can the people who he is calling on to change things actually make any difference?
 

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