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Olympic Stadium - Please sign the NEW PETITION

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  • Over 16,000 now .
  • We could do with getting the BBC story back into the top ten read stories on the BBC website as this will bring the story to a lot more people.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33998299
  • Just a quick one.....
    Why does CAST have London/Kent on their twitter?

    Where does 'kent' come in to it?
  • Jarman said:

    Just a quick one.....
    Why does CAST have London/Kent on their twitter?

    Where does 'kent' come in to it?

    Just south of London.
  • Signed now almost 17,000
  • Gone through the 17,000 mark.
  • Don't read the comments on the Evening Standard article if you are easily annoyed.
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  • 17,000 signatures in 1.5 days is pretty amazing.
  • EastStand said:

    Don't read the comments on the Evening Standard article if you are easily annoyed.

    Link?
  • West Ham fans appear to be a bunch of c£*!s.
  • EastStand said:

    West Ham fans appear to be a bunch of c£*!s.

    'Appear?'
  • kafka said:

    'Appear?'
    Are. I try to give most fans (barring Spanners and Nigels) the benefit of the doubt. Until proven otherwise. This has just done it for West Ham for me.
  • You won't be surprised to hear that I found the Evening Standard article refreshingly balanced. If you've read it it's also very critical about the redacted bits of the deal and the secrecy attached to it all.
    While also arguing why West Ham moving in there under the circumstances makes a lot of sense.
    Which of course brings us back to the tough issue of determining what is a fair deal under the circumstances.
  • You won't be surprised to hear that I found the Evening Standard article refreshingly balanced. If you've read it it's also very critical about the redacted bits of the deal and the secrecy attached to it all.
    While also arguing why West Ham moving in there under the circumstances makes a lot of sense.
    Which of course brings us back to the tough issue of determining what is a fair deal under the circumstances.

    Which article are you looking at ? Apart from reprinting statements from both sides the article linked above by EastStand contains no comments from the ES correspondent.
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  • Cracking infographic Stig. I'm assuming that's your work?
  • edited August 2015
    I have found it depressing that even the decent West Ham fans i know seem to have no issue with the tax payer funding their private business, so they can move into a soulless mega stadium, watching a slightly better class of players on the pitch(from a distance) sure but that is ultimately about increasing the wealth of two millionaires when they sell the London brand to a Chinese/Russian/American/Middle Eastern(take your pick) consortium within a couple of seasons.



  • You won't be surprised to hear that I found the Evening Standard article refreshingly balanced. If you've read it it's also very critical about the redacted bits of the deal and the secrecy attached to it all.
    While also arguing why West Ham moving in there under the circumstances makes a lot of sense.
    Which of course brings us back to the tough issue of determining what is a fair deal under the circumstances.

    You obviously don't want the contract facts to come out otherwise you would sign the petition. So, why don't we consider something we do know. WHU supporters appear to be pinning their hopes on paying a 'fair rent' for hiring the stadium up to 26 days a year. The retractable seats are being installed for WHU. We believe that they are manually operated, a one way process taking 7 days. This effectively makes it WHU's stadium for almost 10 months. This is confirmed in this document where it states that athletics will only be possible from third week of June till end of July (I assume the delay is for relaying the pitch).

    So, if it is rented for only 26 days, what do you envisage the football-configured stadium being used for during those 10 months ? I can't see a rugby club moving in and we can rule out athletics and cricket.
  • Something that hasn't been raised so far is the installation and maintenance of the pitch. Not specifically the pitch but the under soil heating which I assume is mandatory for a PL club. I can't see any other event using it so it can only be for WHU's sole use.
  • PA have you also contacted Southend and Dagenham's supporter's trusts if they have them? Has there been any contact with West Ham's as I imagine some of their fans can't be happy with it all.
  • Nah. Boris only orders beatings, not killings
    How far from Bulgaria are you PA ?
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