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No one, other than Putin, wants war in Ukraine. Describing it as you do elsewhere, as a 'little wander', is frankly ridiculous. Ukraine has only ever wanted peaceful co-existence with Russia, and a right to democracy and self-determination. It gave up its nuclear weapons when Russia pledged...

I think this invasion of Ukraine will almost certainly, probably, possibly, slow down Putin's application for the House of Lords, unless he can pay for some further redecoration of No. 10 or bump off a few awkward journos for Boris. In the meantime, I have absolutely no doubt that we have the...

I sense unhappiness, Moff. :) It's a fair point though, I'd like to see something new tried. There's no point in having him on the bench if you're never going to give him a go...

Evenings OSB, hope you're keeping well. A well argued post, as ever. I think the one thing the Council might be trying to milk out of this is political good will - "we're desperate for the club to succeed", etc. etc.. Anyone with a reasonably long memory will know the truth about that, of...

I think what struck me was just the lack of energy. Cardiff didn't look that much better in truth. I'm still happy with where we are, but maybe it's time to mix it up a bit. Robins will sort it. :)

Interesting... It makes you wonder how it could've gone for us, doesn't it.

Yes mate, apologies, not trying to pick you apart, just trying to see if there is anyone in the same boat as us, renting without income. It is the point, rightly or wrongly, that the owner's keep coming back to as justification for a new stadium.

Wikipedia says they took control of the stadium in 2018? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea.com_Stadium So it's not just a rental deal... https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/swansea-city-finally-take-full-14302712

100% this. What really salted the wound was the Council's added claim that they wouldn't have sold the ground unless they were certain it would have no impact on CRFC or CCFC. That was shown as either complete bullshit or utter incompetence, possibly both!

Didn't know blades shared their ground, but I'm not disputing it. What's key though, is how many of them rent without access to the other income streams? I don't know the answer, but that's always the point that SISU/Fisher come back to.

I don't think there was any way of either side reclaiming costs for the EU complaint. It was never a court case as such. However, you're spot on about the risk involved in an actual court case; there's no such thing as a certain outcome once you're in front of a judge, which is why so many...

At the end of the day, regardless of our opinions, it's about money. If, in the long term, building our own stadium with access to the full revenue streams is cheaper than renting at the Ricoh with access to none, then I think it could happen. I'm not sure it adds up unless you can get hold of...

I am baffled. The one thing I can see is the council pressuring Warwick University into making SISU back down. But what can the Uni offer CCFC that would give them that leverage over the club? The only thing I can think of is some sort of future deal regarding a new stadium, unlikely as that...

Still not sure where this new owner suddenly gets all of his money from. I know it's a bit rich coming from a CCFC fan after all of our SISU-related shenanigans, but I'm not sure that this will end well...

If "cheating on your girlfriend" means having sex with a woman too drunk to remember it, in a threesome with someone else and encouraging your mates to secretly film it from outside, then yes, I guess that's what he did. He was cleared on appeal because he could spend tens of thousands to...

Yep, that's not rare. I did ten years contracting, across two companies. Relatively expensive for them, but in IT it's not uncommon. Keeps the headcount down and comes out of a different budget. As for the council not having enough money to pay the binmen, that's a choice rather than a fact...

Completely agree that it's a farce, Otis, though in truth I thought you would have bought your own train by now. :)

There's a really obvious mistake here that people pretending to be in the know are making. If you're paying for agency staff, then you are covering not only their pay rates, which are likely to be higher, but you also have to pay the agency that provides them a commission on top. It's an...

Especially interesting given that 'Lulu' was coincidentally working in the house in June 2020 on the day of the party, but in November 2020 Johnson was begging for funds so that said imterior designer could start working on 'the tip' left by the notorious hotel-room trasher and vicar's daughter...

I'm sorry but that's rubbish. In my family and friends lockdown covered two significant, milestone birthdays and also two funerals. No one broke the rules, which was hard on everyone involved. Most respected lockdown, it's only people who think they're above the law that propogate this myth...