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Blimey, that's a hell of a lot to get done in 40ish days. You've got to find candidates, draft an initial manifesto, debate and alter manifesto until agreement is reached and then start campaigning. Don't count on getting any sleep for the next few weeks!

Didn't know they were both putting candidates forward in the local elections.

Interesting, a couple of questions spring to mind and hopefully Rob will be happy to answer as he's after votes! This needs a lot more detail, is there a website or somewhere to read a full manifesto? You can't really expect people to vote for you if they don't know what you're going to do...

There's a lack of stadium tours this summer so it's the same for many other venues. Just one of those things that happens every few years as different artists use different touring cycles. Pretty certain it doesn't reflect in any way on the Ricoh which is very highly regarded as a concert venue.

The trust should push this above the council and up to the information commissioner, can certainly make an arguement that this should be disclosed in the public interest. Should get NT fans on board as well, sure they aren't going to want SISU trying to move us into their area.

Are we ever going to have a chance to see what evidence Higgs submitted? Seems odd that we haven't had access to that but have everything from SISUs side, did the documents we do have come through official channels or were they leaked?

Fisher stated at a fans forum less than 2 years ago that every penny put in by SISU had been converted to equity and therefore there's no debt. On that basis we're losing about £30m a year!

Without wanting to open a whole can of worms yet again there are 2 reasons: 1) Wimbledon themselves have moved on from this and turned up in large numbers themselves when they playing at MK, if the club involved have moved on and are not boycotting what is the point of anyone else boycotting...

But we all know councils can't loan money for this kind of thing, expect SISU to launch a JR any minute now! To be serious if SISU were to win the JR would there not be a knock on effect for other stadiums that have received council funding / loans or plan to do so in the future?

Not sure they haven't got quantity, they're got a squad of getting on for 40 at the moment and another 5 or 6 out on loan! They're still getting premier league parachute payments which cover that (the they're being paid straight to the PFA) so pretty much all income from this season is going...

Hasn't a lot of the money put into Leicester gone in as equity rather than a loan, or at least been covered to equity? Spending millions and not having to pay it back would be a nice position for anyone to be in.

The Ricoh tea lady showed him.

I've always been under the impression it was done as a short term thing to help out CCFC. I also thought the formula cost for Higgs share was nearer £10m but if we're talking about a moral argument and Higgs were helping out the club then I think you're correct you would expect them to not be...

This is an interesting point and one that probably needs its own thread. Even in a best case scenario where we started under new owners with zero debt and back at the Ricoh with access to all revenues without running at a loss how do you remain competitive? Look at Pompey this year, they have...

To be honest when they came in I thought they would be just what we needed. The business side of things seemed to be in such a poor state that the thought of someone coming in, turning that around, and then selling on at a profit was appealing to me. I worked on the basis that the only way you...

It can't be that simple can it? Even if we assume SISU have no clue about PR (although didn't they employ a PR firm at the same time they were taking pot shots at ACL for having a PR firm?) but noone can be that bad at their job they allow 90% of their customers, and nearly all their revenue, to...

Was quite surprised at the verdict when it was announced yesterday but having read Simon’s report in the CT it’s pretty clear why Higgs didn’t succeed as there was only certain circumstances the cost payment clause applied to (SISU withdrawing, SISU taking an unreasonable bargaining position...

Haven’t had time to read through all the documents but can I assume these documents have come through official channels and not a leak? Assuming they have will we also get to see the evidence Higgs submitted to form a full picture? Looking at the exerts people are commenting on I think moving...

So on to the main event. While this weeks case has covered a different area I wonder if anything that has been revealed with change either sides approach to the JR or what happens should SISU win. A JR victory in itself is unlikely to get SISU the Ricoh so a case for damages would most likely...

Given that it was SISU and not CCFC that incurred costs it would be nice to know if they've paid it or it's been lumped onto our debt.