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I think the only issue I'd have here is that there's a common misconception that our royalty have no input into how our parliament conducts business, when in reality that's not quite true: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vetted-more-than-1000-laws-via-queens-consent...

In short then, this is the way I see it. If Wasps can't refinance the bond, the primary security is the 250-year head-lease held by ACL (for the purposes of this, ACL and ACL (2006), who actually hold the lease can be considered the same). One scenario is that the bond holders take ownership...

So here's the relevant section of the Bond Prospectus: Under the terms of the head lease granted by Coventry City Council (“CCC”) to Arena Coventry (2006) Limited (“ACL2006”) in respect of the Arena (the “Head Lease”), CCC have reserved the right to forfeit the Head Lease if ACL2006 becomes...

Big difference between being born into power, and being selected and approved by people who are elected democratically. https://fullfact.org/election-2019/ask-fullfact-eu-commission-unelected/

The other thing I'd add, is that I'm not going to let the right claim patriotism as their own. I love my country too, the difference between me and them is that I want it to work for everyone in it. At the moment the ones that need the most get the least, and vice versa.

There are many, many things to question about this constitutional monarchy thing, not least of which is the lack of a proper Constitution - but at least the old girl has some sense of decency and public service. That's considerably more than anyone in the current disgrace in Government can say...

Fellas, I know it's a bit rich coming from me, given my endless bitching with G, but can you just agree to hate each other, stick each other on ignore, and then go back to the actual debate, which was kind of interesting. At least to me... 🙂

8. Picture Yep, wouldn't disagree with that, but the site is so poorly done that I doubt people hang around long enough to generate much click-through revenue!

To wind the clock back to the time of Les Reid, I think it was fairly well established that the CET squashed stories about the secret deal with Wasps, at the behest of the Council (a major advertiser). I'm not sure that there's a conspiracy here, but I also wouldn't put it past them to...

I've not really noticed much on new signings, I'm not saying you're wrong, but who were you thinking of?

There's an interesting question. Imagine if a 250-year lease came up at a price significantly lower than building our own ground. I think the fan pressure would be intense, especially given we can't see any real possibility of building a new stadium elsewhere. I don't doubt SISU are secretly...

Ooh, I think that might be stretching it. From memory, and I'm entirely happy to be corrected, I think Cov might have looked seriously about buying Bedford for exactly that reason. This was in the early days of professionalism when the club had basically missed the bus. Truthfully, as a Cov...

Sorry I'm all out of barleycorns, have you got change for a groat?

I'd hate to lose him, but the teams that come down will have bags of money, comparatively - it's them I worry about. What I'd really hate is for him to go to a Prem side and then end up loaned out to a rival, that would really sting! It he stays, it will be an amazing result, I think he'll do...

Interesting theory, hadn't thought of that. Given the potential hole they're in I wouldn't have thought the lesser European competition would make that much difference, but I guess it's possible.

Didn't make any comment as to whether it was nice or not. Just said I could see what Nick was getting at. The 'nice' thing is entirely in your head. I thought it was worth adding my opinion, especially since others differ.

Must confess that I'm really surprised at that. He's been at the heart of the club for a long time and is much loved. Just seen that they're releasing 14 players in all, plenty more big names in there too, Dacres, Fenner, Boulton for example. I knew about some of those, particularly the...

I'm not sure that either side 'win' in the short term. My gut feel is that we'll enter a period of to and fro in the east of Ukraine, which may well last as long as Putin is in power. Ukraine won't quit, that's for sure. The south I'm not so sure about, I think that might come down to logistics...

I think we used to get more for the reserves, at least in the days they played at HR.

It's not about offering an alternative viewpoint, I'm entirely open to that and I agree that it drives debate. It's about the way that he goes about it, which is generally a brief, pithy comment, typically followed by a long period of deflection and the usual insults, all offered in a similar...