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Olympic Stadium; our day in court
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I don't think you should be surprised. Just look at some posters on here. There are people who voted for him (not everyone of course) who choose to ignore his indiscretions for their own reasons and attack anybody who points them out as being political.N01R4M said:I am amazed that, in view of the controversial moves Boris has made since becoming PM that there has not been more reference made to his various shortcomings as Mayor of London - of which the Tax Payers' Stadium (love that description btw!) is such a glaring example.
Comparisons with the Garden Bridge seemed to me an open goal when this latest vanity idea of a bridge joining Scotland to Ireland was recently mooted - but it appears the popular media are totally lacking a striker in their reporting teams.
With Parliament prorogued, surely now would be a golden opportunity for the subject of the lease terms for the London Stadium to once more be aired in public?
I certainly mentioned it when replying to a recent survey from my MP, as an example of Boris having history of redacting inconvenient truths from documents he was forced to release, and predicting (accurately as it soon transpired) that I could see the same being true of the Yellowhammer and proroguing papers which the Commons demanded should be published.
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Well i like him... and that Trump fella!addick1956 said:
Come now you can do more than that. He is a fat self indulgent, self serving , lieing tosser who has the attention span of a moth ,the honesty of corrupt cheat who always blames someone else. They ignore his failings which are legend and many because it means they have been duped and misled.MuttleyCAFC said:
I don't think you should be surprised. Just look at some posters on here. There are people who voted for him (not everyone of course) who choose to ignore his indiscretions for their own reasons and attack anybody who points them out as being political.N01R4M said:I am amazed that, in view of the controversial moves Boris has made since becoming PM that there has not been more reference made to his various shortcomings as Mayor of London - of which the Tax Payers' Stadium (love that description btw!) is such a glaring example.
Comparisons with the Garden Bridge seemed to me an open goal when this latest vanity idea of a bridge joining Scotland to Ireland was recently mooted - but it appears the popular media are totally lacking a striker in their reporting teams.
With Parliament prorogued, surely now would be a golden opportunity for the subject of the lease terms for the London Stadium to once more be aired in public?
I certainly mentioned it when replying to a recent survey from my MP, as an example of Boris having history of redacting inconvenient truths from documents he was forced to release, and predicting (accurately as it soon transpired) that I could see the same being true of the Yellowhammer and proroguing papers which the Commons demanded should be published.
The bloke is a self serving corrupt cheat.
On the stupid London Arena and I say stupid because it is nowhere near a tube or rail or bus point without walking round and round , Labour promised a legacy instead of just allow for its knocking down . Every other bloody Olympic Stadium is now a tribute to the stupidity of not reusing them again. The upkeep is ridiculously expensive too. That is why they end up crumbling edifices despite political promises.
The politicians responsible move on before leaving the mess to other mugs like Bozo,in this case.
Having the proxy games here was the big mistake.
After Covid they won't find so many fresh idiots in hot competition.
Facing finding a legacy for it was a pain and people with more ability than Boris would have not been anymore successful. Considering we all paid for it I can't countenance it ending up in the Porn Bros hands with that bloody witch they employ.
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Yep. They've seen sense. Nevertheless, we are continuing the effort to find put who exactly was behind this attempt, and why. Using FOI, natch :-)
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/information_tribunal_seeking_to
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From where?PragueAddick said:Yep. They've seen sense. Nevertheless, we are continuing the effort to find put who exactly was behind this attempt, and why. Using FOI, natch :-)
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/information_tribunal_seeking_to4 -
SE9 1QT, guv. If anyone asks...guinnessaddick said:
From where?PragueAddick said:Yep. They've seen sense. Nevertheless, we are continuing the effort to find put who exactly was behind this attempt, and why. Using FOI, natch :-)
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£600M for club that rents its ground.
https://www.claretandhugh.info/why-gold-and-sullivan-wont-sell-up-before-2023/
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I thought the porn duo said that would not sell when asked that question before the move to the Olympic stadium0
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I think there in that picture they are assuming the position ready to take their latest product, the "12 inch triple speed black mamba anal blitzkrieg"?guinnessaddick said:
£600M for club that rents it ground.
https://www.claretandhugh.info/why-gold-and-sullivan-wont-sell-up-before-2023/
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“Kinder, gentler politics”addick1956 said:
Come now you can do more than that. He is a fat self indulgent, self serving , lieing tosser who has the attention span of a moth ,the honesty of corrupt cheat who always blames someone else. They ignore his failings which are legend and many because it means they have been duped and misled.MuttleyCAFC said:
I don't think you should be surprised. Just look at some posters on here. There are people who voted for him (not everyone of course) who choose to ignore his indiscretions for their own reasons and attack anybody who points them out as being political.N01R4M said:I am amazed that, in view of the controversial moves Boris has made since becoming PM that there has not been more reference made to his various shortcomings as Mayor of London - of which the Tax Payers' Stadium (love that description btw!) is such a glaring example.
Comparisons with the Garden Bridge seemed to me an open goal when this latest vanity idea of a bridge joining Scotland to Ireland was recently mooted - but it appears the popular media are totally lacking a striker in their reporting teams.
With Parliament prorogued, surely now would be a golden opportunity for the subject of the lease terms for the London Stadium to once more be aired in public?
I certainly mentioned it when replying to a recent survey from my MP, as an example of Boris having history of redacting inconvenient truths from documents he was forced to release, and predicting (accurately as it soon transpired) that I could see the same being true of the Yellowhammer and proroguing papers which the Commons demanded should be published.
The bloke is a self serving corrupt cheat.
On the stupid London Arena and I say stupid because it is nowhere near a tube or rail or bus point without walking round and round , Labour promised a legacy instead of just allow for its knocking down . Every other bloody Olympic Stadium is now a tribute to the stupidity of not reusing them again. The upkeep is ridiculously expensive too. That is why they end up crumbling edifices despite political promises.
The politicians responsible move on before leaving the mess to other mugs like Bozo,in this case.
Having the proxy games here was the big mistake.
After Covid they won't find so many fresh idiots in hot competition.
Facing finding a legacy for it was a pain and people with more ability than Boris would have not been anymore successful. Considering we all paid for it I can't countenance it ending up in the Porn Bros hands with that bloody witch they employ.
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The Ronnie and Reggie poses as well as the silly Roger Waters The Wall hand signals are getting a bit old now.guinnessaddick said:
£600M for club that rents it ground.
https://www.claretandhugh.info/why-gold-and-sullivan-wont-sell-up-before-2023/1 -
You have to admit, they’re having a hell of a season under Moyes. Who’d have thought??0
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If they sell before May 2023, then Gold & Sullivan will have to pay financial penalties to the taxpayer. I'd be amazed if they sold up before June 2023!cafc999 said:I thought the porn duo said that would not sell when asked that question before the move to the Olympic stadium3 -
And i bet there are no change of control provisions in that shitty contract
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UK Athletics is planning legal action after being barred from staging the Anniversary Games at the London Stadium in July – with the chief executive, Joanna Coates, warning the decision risks affecting athletes’ preparations for the Tokyo Olympics and trashing the London 2012 legacy.
Around 25,000 spectators were expected to watch Britain’s star names in action at the Diamond League event on 13 July, 10 days before the Tokyo Olympics. But this week the London Legacy Development Corporation told UKA that the £3m cost of converting the football stadium to an athletics stadium and back was too expensive, and that the event would have to be staged in Gateshead or Manchester.
Coates believes she has a watertight legal case, however, given there is a 50-year contract for UKA to use the venue each July. “We’re just not going to walk away from this,” she said. “It’s outrageous the way they’ve treated us. Hosting a major event each year in London was a major legacy of the 2012 Olympics, so to seek to trash it is just unbelievable.
“This is the Diamond League, this is our most prestigious event. So to be told this news in April, when the event is on in July, is just not acceptable. It is devastating for us and for our athletes, many of whom will be just days away from going to compete on the biggest stage of their lives. We believe the LLDC are categorically in breach of their contracts, and we are going to fight this all the way.”
What also pains Coates is that UK Athletics was planning to stage a large community event alongside the Diamond League, including opening the stadium to the public, as part of plans to entice more people to enjoy the sport. Additional events were due to be put on before the official Diamond League meeting so that most British athletes could compete before flying to Tokyo.
“We have to give those athletes the best possible opportunity to perform, because the public will not want to see us fail in Tokyo,” she said. “And then there is the fact that this has been the worst commercial year that sport has ever had, and this was meant to be the first time we were going to have fans back in a stadium. I’m so angry that they’ve done this to us.”
While recognising that finances are tight everywhere, Coates pointed out that UKA saved LLDC £3m last year by not staging the Anniversary Games during a pandemic. She added that another £3m would probably be saved next year, with the event unlikely to be staged because the world championships, Commonwealth Games and European championships are all scheduled for 2022.
Coates believes it is vital for the sport’s future that a major athletics event remains in London. “I urge politicians to recognise the long-term benefit of athletics at that stadium,” she said. “All this is really shortsighted.”
The LLDC, which was taken over by the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, in 2017, said it had made the decision because the Anniversary Games was the only event lined up to take place at the venue in the period between West Ham’s Premier League seasons.
A spokesperson for the LLDC said: “Like many venues, the Covid pandemic means London Stadium will not host the usual summer events in 2021. For the stadium, and ultimately the taxpayer, to face costs of around £3m to prepare for just one evening of athletics rather than the full summer calendar, where the cost would be spread between several events, seems disproportionate in these extraordinary times.”
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Shocking, especially as the football season will be over by May
The "excuse" is that with the summer concerts cancelled, this is the only non "West Ham) event there this year, but it's a poor show. Football isn't the only sport needing crowds back
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The cost of removing and returning the extra seating has clearly not been significantly reduced. It was supposed to cost 300k pa, but somehow turned out to cost £4m the first close season they did it.I respectfully remind all readers of this thread that the bloke who signed this contract off as the centrepiece of his Mayoral legacy, and then moved heaven and earth to stop the contract from being revealed, is now the Prime Minister.19
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Don’t worry I’ll text him and get him to sort it out.PragueAddick said:The cost of removing and returning the extra seating has clearly not been significantly reduced. It was supposed to cost 300k pa, but somehow turned out to cost £4m the first close season they did it.I respectfully remind all readers of this thread that the bloke who signed this contract off as the centrepiece of his Mayoral legacy, and then moved heaven and earth to stop the contract from being revealed, is now the Prime Minister.
In all seriousness though this is truly shocking, if not at all surprising. I love football, but I also love all sport too. How we can have an Olympics less than a decade ago and then say we can’t host a national athletics event flies in the face of any claim of legacy.West Ham were one of the clubs, quite rightly up in arms about the super league, have they come out in support of British Athletics? To put it in to context the cost of hosting the event in the stadium as per contract is not much more than double what was spent painting a room in Downing Street blue.7 -
If the Hasters keep going, in a couple of seasons they may be ready to take Spurs place in the next ESL2
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The Diamond League athletics meeting has been moved from London Stadium to Gateshead0
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This is outrageous. Why is it not getting more coverage?5
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As the article @Covered End posted, it looks like the LLDC may face legal action over it. But with the elections in May, everyone who might have kicked up a fuss has been preoccupied. It's all about those bloody "retractable" seats.Saga Lout said:This is outrageous. Why is it not getting more coverage?2 -
Showing your age there mateaddick1956 said:
What did you expect then. Most everything he is involved in costs a huge amount and ends up a failure. Mind you trying to make a legacy out of an Olympic stadium has baffled the world since 1896 !PragueAddick said:The cost of removing and returning the extra seating has clearly not been significantly reduced. It was supposed to cost 300k pa, but somehow turned out to cost £4m the first close season they did it.I respectfully remind all readers of this thread that the bloke who signed this contract off as the centrepiece of his Mayoral legacy, and then moved heaven and earth to stop the contract from being revealed, is now the Prime Minister.3 -
It always should have been the national athletics stadium as we don't have one of those and probably have to build one. It shouldn't always be about money.addick1956 said:
What did you expect then. Most everything he is involved in costs a huge amount and ends up a failure. Mind you trying to make a legacy out of an Olympic stadium has baffled the world since 1896 !PragueAddick said:The cost of removing and returning the extra seating has clearly not been significantly reduced. It was supposed to cost 300k pa, but somehow turned out to cost £4m the first close season they did it.I respectfully remind all readers of this thread that the bloke who signed this contract off as the centrepiece of his Mayoral legacy, and then moved heaven and earth to stop the contract from being revealed, is now the Prime Minister.4 -
A watch reportedly belonging to footballer Jesse Lingard was stolen from a changing room during a Premier League match.
Met Police officers are investigating a report of the burglary at the London Stadium, home of West Ham United, on 9 May.
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This country has no need for a national athletics stadium of over 25k capacity. The athletics people don't like that as they cant host World and European Championships. If Athletics want one they should pay for it (same as West Ham should)MuttleyCAFC said:
It always should have been the national athletics stadium as we don't have one of those and probably have to build one. It shouldn't always be about money.addick1956 said:
What did you expect then. Most everything he is involved in costs a huge amount and ends up a failure. Mind you trying to make a legacy out of an Olympic stadium has baffled the world since 1896 !PragueAddick said:The cost of removing and returning the extra seating has clearly not been significantly reduced. It was supposed to cost 300k pa, but somehow turned out to cost £4m the first close season they did it.I respectfully remind all readers of this thread that the bloke who signed this contract off as the centrepiece of his Mayoral legacy, and then moved heaven and earth to stop the contract from being revealed, is now the Prime Minister.0 -
Not sure what it's got to do with the hamsters, as they don't own the ground.6
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At least the BBC for it right.23 -
This headline annoyed me in the Evening Standard.
This author mentions Charlton in the body of the message so why not include in the headline? Are people in SE London less important than those in the West, East and North?
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But that is the point. We had it and rather than give it to West Ham and their porn baron, Tory donor owners, it could have been given to UK Athletics as a legacy of the Olympics, even as you say they only need a 25k stadium most of the time. It could easily have met its costs hosting over events like NFL football etc... It is well placed seeing as it is in London with decent enough transport links. West Ham already had a perfectly good ground as well. If you are going to have to virtually gift it, why West Ham? Corruption has to be your answer and no doubt Sullivan will see Johnson right in the years to come. UK athletics would never be in a position to do that.JohnnyH2 said:
This country has no need for a national athletics stadium of over 25k capacity. The athletics people don't like that as they cant host World and European Championships. If Athletics want one they should pay for it (same as West Ham should)MuttleyCAFC said:
It always should have been the national athletics stadium as we don't have one of those and probably have to build one. It shouldn't always be about money.addick1956 said:
What did you expect then. Most everything he is involved in costs a huge amount and ends up a failure. Mind you trying to make a legacy out of an Olympic stadium has baffled the world since 1896 !PragueAddick said:The cost of removing and returning the extra seating has clearly not been significantly reduced. It was supposed to cost 300k pa, but somehow turned out to cost £4m the first close season they did it.I respectfully remind all readers of this thread that the bloke who signed this contract off as the centrepiece of his Mayoral legacy, and then moved heaven and earth to stop the contract from being revealed, is now the Prime Minister.12
