Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has managed to register his image rights on the off-shore tax-efficient territory of Guernsey. Income received there for use of his rights everywhere else will not attract the kind of tax mere mortals pay in their daily lives.
Pellegrini, 60, developed a genial personality to combat profound ugliness, an affliction which has affected him for decades, so news that his image has commercial value is a wonderful boon for the multi-millionaire. Manchester City will also benefit as any monies they pay for use of their manager’s image will not attract tax or National Insurance contributions.
Uefa president, Michele Platini, who has never had to worry about ugliness, now has a different challenge. Whether or not to abandon his well-meaning Financial Fair Play aspirations, or get ugly on those who try to usurp his best intentions.
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TET
Did you include stamped and addressed envelopes ?
the exiled tim
I’m surprised at that.
They were wrong.
KTF
mungolian bhoy
what use is a Spanish stamp outside Spain
glendalytonsils
i am a long time lurker never seen any of your posts a proud season ticketholder so who is the hun
Clink\o/
I don’t know.
I guess I should have added something like LOL
clink\o/
00:32 on 10 October, 2013
mungolian bhoy
what use is a Spanish stamp outside Spain
Sometimes ole CQN makes me go back in time to my previous life as an umbrella………
Morrissey
For the mans b day could you copy and paste “beautiful boy” I have a new grandson and I love the song, I don’t know how to copy and paste, am an old guy ;)
mungolian bhoy
That was what I did wrong, well feck me, I learn something every day >}
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pigalle
Aye, I was surprised as well, but there you are, they just weren’t bothered about rocking the boat.
Tis a recurring theme, no rocking the boat.
I firmly believe, now is the time to be rocking the boat, it’snow they are at their most vunreable, now is the time to stick the hose down their throat, we should have done it numerous times before, but we didn’t, and I doubt we will do it now, but as a support, now is the time for us to stick together more than ever.
They will come out of the blocks spitting their hate and bile worse than ever, we need to be able to withstand all they can throw at us.
The msm will do their usual and make us out to be all the barstewards of the day, they are good at that, nothing we aint heard before, and who really gives a feck what they say, they lie about us every single day, so nothing new there then, feck them, it’a about time we stood up for what is right and proper.
Let The People Sing.
HH
Sleep well Timland
Take care and god bless
HH
KTF
HH
Pigalle
when you were an umbrella were you in the closet ?
whats the French word for umbrella ?
Goodnight TET
i think a french umbrella is parapluie
vertpourlefenian
the exiled tim
Your point is a good one
I agree totally that this is the perfect time to “rock the boat”
Is there ever going to be a better time ?
Hail drunkenly Hail
tonydonnelly67 @ 00:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_j-tpmdPlI
Close your eyes
Have no fear
The monster’s gone
He’s on the run and your daddy’s here
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It’s getting better and better
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Out on the ocean sailing away
I can hardly wait
To see you come of age
But I guess we’ll both just have to be patient
‘Cause it’s a long way to go
A hard row to hoe
Yes it’s a long way to go
But in the meantime
Before you cross the street
Take my hand
Life is what happens to you
While you’re busy making other plans
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It’s getting better and better
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Darling, darling, darling
Darling Sean
Greenyinfurrafenian
Para ? whit ? parapluie yer kiddin surely. Ah wid never talk aboot the weather wi that tongue twister.
mb
yer right there, small talk in french is murder
mungolian bhoy
00:41 on 10 October, 2013
I have absolutely no idea of frenchiness re umbrellas
Is this a gay thing ?
If Ally was here he would probably demand to know.
It’s all too damnably late for anything
OK……yawn……..Vive la something or other…………..
Stumbled on a radio snyde phone in last night where the caller states that an orc director had the title deeds to the stadium, training ground and car park in front of him during a press conference.
Has it ever been divulged who is actually the bona fide legal owner of the assets? This is the true mystery of the debacle.
Whoever owns the real estate owns the power………so who is it?
I still think wee craigie boy retains it all with Ticketus holding a floating charge on it and Chales G providing the smoke and mirrors…..in return for a stately pile in France :)
allez le vert et blanc
On the 29th of August
In terms of the agreement at the South Gauteng High Court, sitting at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court, King pleaded guilty to 41 counts of contravening the Income Tax Act and agreed to pay a fine of R80,000 per count, or R3.28m.
41 counts……..
Fit and proper obviously
Mr. Cardigan coming out from under recently it would appear that somebody thinks big changes are about to occur. He perceives that kind of thing and is sniffing around the perimeter for crumbs from the main table. He seems to have issued a veiled piece of advice to the orcs that the protests are doing no harm and may actually be a good thing – strange that. Or maybe not.
Pigalle
Vive La Quinte Brigada
Good Morning ( as it is now ).
Can I just point out that the Scottish Legislature only has jurisdiction over events that occur in Scotland and so conducting yourself in any which way you want in England, France, Spain or Mongolia could not be, and is not, governed by the law of Scotland.
Accordingly, singing or chanting or doing something which may be deemed to be unlawful in Scotland may well not be unlawful at all anywhere else.
Now, it is more than a few years since I gave up treading the legal boards and in that regard I would refer one and all to the opinions of my learned friend PF Ayr as they are certain to be far more valid and …. ahem….. carry far more weight than my own rambling thoughts ( and yes I know I am going to get a smack for that crack when he next sees me! ) on matters legal.
However, back in the day one of the things I loved about legal practice was that occasionally…… just occasionally…… you got the chance to tilt at windmills……. and on the odd occasion you got to bring “The Big Guy” down…….. with the Big Guy being the Government or any other large powerful institution.
There are some very clear and simple laws in this country, one of which is that no one is allowed to kidnap or detain another person against their will. Similarly, you are not allowed to inflict pain or harm someone as that will constitute an assault.
So far so good.
An exception to the two laws stated above is when a policeman acts in the proper and lawful execution of his… or her…. duty.
An officer of the Law, when on duty, is granted what is known as the legal privilege to act outside the laws which would otherwise apply to the rest of us provided that he, or she, is exercising these special powers in good faith and in the reasonable exercise of their duty.
I cannot recall off hand all the cases and statutes that have developed this branch of the law over the years– and it is not necessary to do so— but I think it is safe to say that any piece of criminal legislation can only be effectively enforced by a police officer if that officer is acting within the scope of the powers given to him or her as a Police officer.
The argument that we see tonight is not actually about who sang what, or whether the song is a republican one, a loyalist one, an offensive one or a sectarian one, nor is it about whether the people charged are fans of Celtic FC or any other football club.
No– the important thing is to stop and consider whether the actions of the police in arresting and detaining any of these people in the manner that they did is within the law.
Whether those charged with offences are guilty of anything is irrelevant, although it goes without saying that there seem to me to be some pretty big holes in the legislation as framed as the way the law is being interpreted seems to lead to a legal nonsense with alarming frequency.
However, that is by the by.
There are many offences, and many circumstances, under which a party is charged by the Police and subsequently released until such time as they are summoned to court.
That is standard practice.
There are also times, when a party who has been charged with an offence is detained pending a court appearance. This should only happen in certain strict circumstances such as when there is a real risk of the person fleeing the jurisdiction of the court, or when the person is a serial offender, or where there is a real risk that the person will re-offend if they are allowed to remain at large.
Equally, a Police officer is entitled to investigate an unlawful event or what might be deemed a breach of the law, but of course he has to have a reasonable suspicion that an offence has been committed. Further, in investigating any potential offence, the police officer must exercise their extraordinary powers in good faith and with respect to the public at large— They must not exercise those powers unreasonably or in bad faith as if they do, they are liable in damages and such a situation will be enforced through the courts if you push it.
I do not know the details of each case that the police actioned today, but the question to be asked is “were the actions of the Police reasonable in all the circumstances?” or were any of their actions in detaining people exercised in bad faith? Were they acting under a warrant from the fiscal, and if so what was said in support of that warrant in each case as the fiscal also has a duty not to act without proper cause.
Note that none of this is dependent on whether the accused is guilty of any crime or not, as that is an irrelevance because the police must act properly at all times and in all circumstances.
I have seen many instances where Government departments and others have been threatened with a claim for damages because they have abused a court process or a police power and they soon fall into line when they realise that if they overstep the mark then someone will sue their Elkie Brooks off and probably cost someone with scrambled egg on the hat to lose their job.
Horses and Janefield Street spring to mind.
Tilting at Windmills….. I recommend it.
BRTH
The quality of photography that can be obtained using mobiles (cell phones) is exceptionally high quality these days. In the circumstances you describe we should never hesitate in obtaining photographic evidence.
Just as an aside:-
Are defence lawyers still expensive ? maybe CQN should have a Defence Fund.
Education in reverse – part 117
“I have learned to smoke because I need something to hold on to.”
“…I wonder why no one has noticed that I am dead and taken the trouble to bury me”
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept, by Elizabeth Smart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaI9Tf6Dvos
BRTH
Your posts are magnificent.
Why did Craig Whyte’s father not want him to take the job ?
No laughing.
Thank you morrissey, I love that song, you da man.
A debate earlier over on TSFM has the Celtic end at the old Hampden being, on its own, one of the biggest grounds in ole Blighty.
Wow o wow
What list ?
I’m in the Celtic end at the ole Hampden getting my face burned.
(Reliving old stuff)
Sorry
Another hat trick and still no on the list….sack the board……
In the words of the prophet………AFF OOT
I believe that’s Arab for “sack the board and appoint me”
Ah well then…
That’s just not right
Mmmmmmmm
Are we all that old and gone to bed ?
Shudder
No matter
I go to bed now too
It’s for the best
Hail Hail
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Brogan..
Just logged on so don’t know exactly what happened and what you are referring to..
But against the Police you have next to zero Chance of Anything sticking against them..Zero..
I will make this Brief..
When l was Very young about a Dozen Police beat my Dad to near death..Took him his brother and 2 guys who worked for him to a Railway station handcuffed the other 3 to railings and took my Dad round the Corner..
As a Teenager l found the A4 black and white photos..over 200 Stitches to the head..it was impossible to see any skin Colour on his back.. Black and blue..my dad has never spoke to me about this..
Result..
My Dads Lawyer was Joseph Beltrami.. He got 6 Months for Police assault..
Summa
gordybhoy 64
youre an infrequent t poster you must be a a hun!
Summa
Think it’s to do with this.
@FACKilltheBill: 7 members of the Green Brigade and their families have been harassed at their homes this morning. 2 GB members arrested, charged and banned.
@FACKilltheBill: @GlasgowRoad It looks like charges under the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act for allegedly singing The Roll of Honour.
HH