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It is different though mate. There is no court case, so no costs to Wasps to defend, and no damages can be awarded by the EC. It's an investigation into the Council directly. it won't be adversarial or played out in a public forum. The EC will presumably ask Coventry City Council to provide...

Just to flip this on it's head a little. I know it's SISU and everyone hates them, but if by some small chance the EC finds the Council have done something wrong on the sale of the Ricoh, wouldn't we want to know regardless? It may or may not be that somewhere down the line that costs Wasps...

The only thing that bugs me is that I seem to recall he defended the CET when they withheld the Les Reid story about the £14 million taxpayer bailout of ACL. I'm all for open journalism and letting the truth out come what may, but it's difficult not to see a degree of pro-council bias in the...

You're right, most people have at least two cars so they can go more than 100 miles if the need arises. Even new, 100 miles might be optimistic at motorway speeds or with the heater on (and as everyone knows, batteries never degrade over time)...

Sure, because we're all minted and all of us only work 3 miles from home or at places with charging points. Get the infrastructure right, get buses back under regulation, and then look at where congestion charging might make a difference to behaviour. Otherwise you're punishing the poorest, as...

Bollocks. Might work in central London or large cities with decent infrastructure, but without efficient and cheap public transport this is a flat tax that will hurt the poorest most. OK if you've got a cushy fucking office job on the edge of town where you can work from home every now and...

As far as I'm concerned, that shows that the information didn't come from a SISU source. So it must have come from someone at the Council. I can't see how that leak isn't a clear breach of confidence. The Council couldn't be more stupid or bent if they tried - in itself I think this could open...

Good detail as ever OSB, but under what grounds could Coventry City Council 'leak' the details of a complaint to the EC about their conduct, to a third party? This is not legal action and my understanding is that complaints of this kind are confidential. It isn't going to the ECJ, indeed it...

Who benefits? It's hard to see it as being in SISU's interests, mid-negotiation. The only other party who should have been aware of it would be the Council, after being asked by the EC for a response. So either SISU leaked it, to scupper the talks for reasons unknown, or someone at the...

So, it's a complaint direct to the European Commission about whether the council acted against EU law. This isn't a court case, so no further legal costs to any party. Reading the blurb on the EC site, there's no way to claim damages other than via national courts, and as it stands that route...

First off, violence isn't the answer here. It'll end up with one or both of you sacked for gross misconduct and possibly with a criminal record, and the other hurting, resentful and looking for revenge. How does that help things now or in the future? I'd start by having a few days off sick so...

Just a reminder, the standard internet unit of currency when discussing funding rumours is eleventy-billion. How many eleventy-billions can we expect, please? :)

It. Literally. Did. EXCLUSIVE: This leaked email reveals council bid to block Coventry City F.C Butts groundshare Anyone trying to blag their way through simple, obvious lies like this should definitely consider running for office at CCC, they'd fit right in!

Lied about re-building trust with the club. Lied about doing a deal with Wasps that would not negatively impact the club or CRFC. Tried to install a clause in the lease preventing any possible ground share at the Butts. Tried to keep that quiet too. That's just three, I suspect there are...

Irritatingly dark for me personally, though still a great episode. Tactically, I'd have pushed another line of barricades further out and fought behind them if possible, and split my Dothraki cavalry into two and harried from the flanks and the rear of opposition rather than waste them all in...

That's him! Starts with a 'G'.... ahem... :)

Well remembered, but not the one I was thinking of (or imagining, possibly). Think he had longish hair, name might have started with 'G'. Blimey, I'm hopeless.... sorry!

Who was that Italian(?) bloke we had for a while, not Dimi, kind of tall and lanky (and hopeless, iirc!). Or this just my early onset dementia kicking back in? Nurse!

Always Oggy for me, played in the top division forever, behind defences that weren't always top quality, and rarely made any howlers. And all that over an epic number of games. Kirkland next, imho, if it wasn't for the injury problems I think he might have had a truly stellar career. Westwood...

I'd expect a one-year deal, a bit more expensive, and possibly with some contingency around settling the court fees in a timely manner. What are the odds that they make it subject to a non-disclosure agreement, so we can't find out the full details. That would probably suit Wasps if the price...