tbh I didn't particularly mean you, but your's was an apt one to quote. I know, for example, you buy into the concept of Michael Byng being a ridiculous buffoon who nullifies what little credibility SISU have to start with...I suppose by 'Council' I mean those with executive authority or as good as.
He really has nothing to do with sisutbh I didn't particularly mean you, but your's was an apt one to quote. I know, for example, you buy into the concept of Michael Byng being a ridiculous buffoon who nullifies what little credibility SISU have to start with...
Richardson was blamed for not allowing it to advance
But he's been referenced in this thread to back up a certain narrative...He really has nothing to do with sisu
Honestly he is mad and trust me he is not being asked to do anything on their behalfBut he's been referenced in this thread to back up a certain narrative...
He’s the joker who tried to head up the Chinese deal years ago I was on about in earlier posts, but couldn’t get a fax machine to work !! HahahaHe really has nothing to do with sisu
tbh I didn't particularly mean you, but your's was an apt one to quote. I know, for example, you buy into the concept of Michael Byng being a ridiculous buffoon who nullifies what little credibility SISU have to start with...
Honestly he is mad and trust me he is not being asked to do anything on their behalf
Are you sure the council would have called a match-funding arrangement a "bailout" ? They could easily called it an "investment opportunity" or a "regeneration project"Blamed by who?
A proposal was put forwards. It didn’t go anywhere. If it had got past the Wasps board it still wouldn’t have gone anywhere because the council were clear there would be no bailouts. This is very obvious from the replies from Labour councillors who would be needed to win a vote. Which there would have to have been because you can’t just spunk public money without winning a vote.
Then we can do some nuance, and accept his only role is a comedy character akin to Dale EvansHonestly he is mad and trust me he is not being asked to do anything on their behalf
Are you sure the council would have called a match-funding arrangement a "bailout" ? They could easily called it an "investment opportunity" or a "regeneration project"
I pity your contact being in Byng's phonebook!Correct. And I was in fact present when he phoned up my contact to tell him about plans for 'admin day'!
No. I’ve posted the article but to save you a click “At a public vote on the recommendation to approve the loan…”
Coventry City Council will lend an eye-watering £22.7 million to its own waste firm Tom White following a private meeting,
No you’re very careful in what you claim. Which is why when I asked if Sisu had put a bid in you went off on a Martin Reeves tribute act.
With respect you change the question every five minutes
You told me I lacked an education as I didn’t understand the council could not be involved in the sale at all
how’s that one holding up?
I know some and only what people have deigned to tell me and they’ll be good and bad reasons for that. They have not bid as far as I know but were and are interested.You seem to know a lot Pete. Can you say whether Sisu put a bid in?
Is that the meeting the public and media were excluded from? the one that no minutes were taken and oddly not a single person present made any notes? Not sure that's the best example as to this day nobody seems to have a clue what happened at that meeting past the result of the vote.The answer you’re searching for it “No shmmeee, of course they can’t because I have the first clue how council expenditure works”
Council vote unanimously on sale of Coventry's Ricoh Arena
Councillors supported a deal to sell the Council’s share in ACL – the company that runs the Ricoh Arena - to Wasps Rugby Club. The deal ensures the Council makes a return on its original investment of £13.7million into the Arena development alongside significant investment into grassroots and...www.itv.com
Leader of the Council, Cllr Ann Lucas said: “The decision about the Ricoh Arena’s future has been made with the interest of Coventry taxpayers and communities at its heart.
“This deal would not have happened if it threatened the future of the Sky Blues or Coventry Rugby Club.
“This is the most important decision this Council has ever made about the future of one of its best community assets, and we would not have made it unless we were confident it was the right thing to do.
“It’s really important for the city and its future. This sees significant investment by a successful sports franchise that believes Coventry is the place to develop a world class sporting facility and is here for the long term."
It does in this situation - SISU didn’t even render a bid when everyone else was
Who is that twat shaking Vaughan's (?) hand?
How do you honestly know there would have been no support to a new company to take on acl lease? That reeves still wants wasps around the city is beyond bizarreCall it what you like, there’s no way full council would pass a vote giving money to Wasps. Not just because so many of the newer councillors are against it, but also because the fricken leader has repeatedly said so. It just wasn’t politically possible even if Reeves and Duggins and everyone else on the shit list really really wanted it.
Ridley and Gilbert have been hammering the “CCC wastes cash on unviable businesses” drum for ages. Even Duggins isn’t stupid enough to had them another example. You can get a bunch of Labour councillors on board with TWW with talk of the green economy. You can’t do that for a rugger club.
Even if they did that on "Admin day" we wouldn't be having a different conversation because CCC have been desperate to try to get deals through with other parties. On "admin day" they were knee deep already with NEC group and talking of them as preferred bidder and having a period of exclusivity....If SISU had bid 17m on the day of admin we’d be having a different conversation, but at this point they hadn’t.
the council have been shady as fuck, but it’s irrelevant if SISU didn’t have a horse at the race
It's a pet project though, innit. And when they came, he could gather support as there was a material threat to the local authority functioning as it should, due to constant litigation against it, and he offered a solution. There's less need for that solution now.How do you honestly know there would have been no support to a new company to take on acl lease? That reeves still wants wasps around the city is beyond bizarre
Yep and why would duggins not just say reeves has spoke to many parties about the situation and is actively looking for solutions to ensure the future of the arena. Rather than conversations didn’t take place . Maybe just badly advisedI think the issue is, the Council (Reeves) entertained the idea of a bail out of Wasps, no matter how it’s worded, and got found out. They have then lied through their back teeth about it ever being an idea and that’s whets really fugging people off. The lies keep coming.
I know some and only what people have deigned to tell me and they’ll be good and bad reasons for that. They have not bid as far as I know but were and are interested.
Who is that twat shaking Vaughan's (?) hand?
did they make that clear before or after the possibility of a bailout was leaked to the local media and there was a public outcry?2:15 of the Reeves interview: “the polticial leadership were very very clear there was to be no bailouts”
Who is that twat shaking Vaughan's (?) hand?
But not interested enough to try and buy it?
tbf shaking hands can just be polite. The applause is beyond comprehension though. I mean, even for our own chairman and chief exec it'd be a bit odd if they walked into a room to whoops of approval, however well liked they were!Well the first is Moz Baker, can't make out the other.
Old fiver is attempting to answer that for you without spelling it out.But not interested enough to try and buy it?
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