A group of Westminster MPs are set to accommodate administrators Rangers FC PLC in London tomorrow in the hope of using whatever influence they have to pull a deal together. Political interference in distressed companies is not uncommon but on this occasion the risks of collateral damage are enormous.
Fifa strictly prohibits political interference in football matters and has banned national teams and their representative clubs from international competition for matters as trivial as politically motivated appointments, never mind overt political lobbying on behalf of a football club in tax delinquency.
Prime Minister, David Cameron, commented on Rangers situation last week, although unlike Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, he limited himself to a neutral comment, however, I hear that Treasury officials have already been lobbied to exert pressure on HM Revenue and Customs to agree to whatever necessary to prevent Rangers from suffering the consequences of not paying tax.
Ironically, it’s Celtic and the Scotland national team who are set to suffer. Craig Levein hopes to take his Scotland team into the World Cup qualifying tournament in September while Neil Lennon will hope to give his Celtic team a chance to qualify for the Champions League. Fifa would be delighted to take the British government and football associations down a notch or two after the accusations of bribery at the international body emanating from England when their bid to host the World Cup perished.
Duff and Phelps have nothing to lose from meeting the MPs but with so much at stake for Scotland, Celtic and our other European entrants next season, the Scottish and London politicians must rein-in their over political interference and the SFA must get off their backsides and remind everyone of Fifa rules.
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If this was a poker game, my money would be on one hand.
son of VanShugsidonk says:
22 February, 2012 at 00:38
I see what you did there :) :p
HH
Oops forgot Templar Smith is still there……..
And I don’t think he has constipation. ;))
Perhaps he can make a comment, any sort of comment will do.
ahm too steemen te think of anymore :p
Won a couple of pounds lately betting against them. I intend keeping the run going this weekend. Fill yer boots bhoys.
8/ (Secret Protocol).
The MBB is exiled to an uncharted desert island,populated only by randy male goats…..
Why dont the “millions”of loyal fans worldwide come up with a payment plan to pay all debts
If they flooded ibrox with money and all debts were cleared , sir mintmeiser could come back and start it all again
noticed wee gatuso was saying that he would play for milan for nothing
he could come back and play for the rangers for nothing
or was that just a craig whyte he was telling
Paddy Gallagher,
PaddyPower is showing ICT @ 5s currently on oddschecker.
Good price and good call m8.
BlantyreKev – Parcel=> says:
21 February, 2012 at 23:53
Auldheid
Theory is ok, but with no chance of competing for a prolonged period the crowds would be tiny from year 2, the budget colapses and they are back to the court of session.
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Maybeez aye, maybeeze naw but a wee story.
There is a sad king who has had a long list of jesters beheaded for failing to make him smile never mind laugh.
As the latest failed jester is about to be dragged off he begs the king for a pardon if after one year he has taught the King’s favorite horse to talk. Now the king knows it unlikely but loves his horse so much he agrees.
As the jester leaves he is met by his friend who says “You really are a fool , you will never teach the king’s horse to talk after ten years never mind one year”.
“I know” replies the jester but in a year the king might die, the horse might die or I might die.
Government Ministers, as should be obvious by now, are more Court Jesters than kings.
I propose that we Play Kill Bill on 10,000 Cd players at Ipox. Why? Cos it has this great song in it:
Bang Bang he stole my cash
Bang Bang an he took the sash
Bang Bang that awful Sound
My Whytey Put me Down
Down, Down, Down
petec says:
22 February, 2012 at 00:45
As an expert in cyber security (not entirely true) I managed to gain access to Smith’s last Google search, he’s too busy to make a comment. Seems avoidance is his plan!
Gordon Smith – Media Avoidance Plan
The Singing Detective says:
22 February, 2012 at 00:48
8/ (Secret Protocol).
The MBB is exiled to an uncharted desert island,populated only by randy male goats
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His ‘Ram’ drive faltered just as he tried to explain his ‘Ewe’ are the peepil policy on succulent mutton.
TSD @ 00.22
“At a stroke,Al Jazeera English gains access to a considerable proportion of Scottish homes….Political aim achieved?”
Aye right enough. Arabs showing us oor fitba and before you know it we’re Muslim pawns.
Same thing happened when ESPN showed us the fitba. We were all wearing stetsons and voting for the Tea Party :-)
You should stick to your Antifa spoofs
petec says:
22 February, 2012 at 00:49
Paddy Gallagher,
PaddyPower is showing ICT @ 5s currently on oddschecker.
Good price and good call m8.
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Good odds even before Armageddon :-)
Naka’s freekick is up there wi Nessun Dorma!!
:)
HH
Rumour has it, this man paid a wee visit to the marble staircase not too long ago :))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLxgmWe-6ZU
Nakagod
I hope Templar doesn’t fall for the Sheikh of the Mountains (Assassins Leader) trick of the head on a plate. ;)
That would be so funny.
Catch up tomorrow night after the game.
hh
A very good night to you all – thanks.
Lliquidation? More like liquidised.
Too much penetration into our media by foreign powers is undesirable….
The Independent,The I,and the London Evening Standard now owned by Russian national who was formely a KGB agent.
Russia Today (Sky Channel 512) has gained a considerable foothold in UK.
However,it has recently become increasingly anti-western in its output,as diplomatic relations deteriorate..
With the USA,we have a ‘Special Relationship’……
Dontcha agree,Time-share Comb-bhoy ?
;-)
TSD not only are you are you disparging to lefties like myself your now coming up with theories about the Quatari Government Buying rangers, its not going to happen thankfully. SFTB I don’t know why you needed to bring my name into TSD’s daft political and social right wing views. I can’t remember if you’re an SNP voter or a Tory but I know you ain’t a socialist. That’s for sure else you would like me.
Glad Paul 67 threatened that ejiit earlier who was SHOUTING AT PEOPLE LIKE THIS to vote for SNP on the banana republic referendum ( I get the feeling Paul 67 would vote no to said referendum, lol) .
Senhore(a)s,
Carnival is almost over here in Ro.
One thing amongst all our collective revelrie (sp?) that bothers me is.
IF (if, if) the Uglies do survive in some form or other (which I BELIEVE/hope won’t be in the SPL) – where, or what, is the light from our “leaders” that there is/will be a sustainable plan in place for the continued impovement of Celtic FOOTBALL club (I choose my bold carefully, I could have used “improvement”)?
Odd that I’ve not seen much discussion on this – or maybe too much samba’ing these past few days?
Yer maun in Rio
Lol Russia Today, now there is a great program. And the Independent/i are great wee papers, right up my street.
Rioskorrie says:
22 February, 2012 at 01:13
You/me we don’t have the right to criticise the Celtic board till they play their hand.
What do I think?
I think they are playing a blinder, and if it was a boxing event, trust me the referee would be stopping it now whilst tripping over blue towels.
Westminster MPs ready to accommodate Administrators….
Interesting leader.
I suppose it makes a change from them souly accommodating banks..
The Black Horse and the White Knight would appear to have had an understanding.
In trying to make sense of the surreal characters (who seem so out of step) in this unfolding Comedy of Errors, I am confused.
Then I think of Credit Default Swaps or other similar derivative…
Just in my imagination mind you.
I would never bet my house on it.
Ever. But someone else might…
TSD
I do agree that we have a special relationship with the US.
Did you see the excellent Jonathan Meades programme on the French and their homage to the US the other night? A few wee right wing fantasies were dispelled there too.
Antifa
A successful spoof needs to have a consistent tone. That is why Declan’s post works and yours do not. You are quite obviously flying a false flag and trying to undermine your stated position. Nothing wrong with that but could you not make it funnier?
G’night CQN
Eh What are you on about SFTB? Geez oh I despise you nationalists. Nationalism and Capitalism are the destruction of all human goodness, only a world ran by a global socialist government where colour, creed, nationality and profit are consigned to the dustbin of history are worth living in. I get it your a SNP fan who thinks, wrongly, they are on our side or are in some way left wing.
This is a genuine poster not a spoof of anything, and other than my first comment tonight about a song we can sing to celebrate rankers demise I have made no attempt to be funny therefore I would have been doing something wrong if anyone did find my other posts funny. I repeat the i is a bloody good paper, just cause you prefer the daily telegraph…..
MPs can talk all they want….
But the outcome will be the same regarding HMRC
The only way a CVA will be accepted will be if Whyte is gone and new owners are in place and prepared to pay off a lump sum early doors.
The minute Whyte stopped paying paye this season hammered the final nail into Their coffin.
CVAs were once accepted by HMRC in the past,but in the last year this has changed dramatically.
Short term cash flow is the main benefit of a CVA to a company in trouble however with whytes sale of season tickets over the next 3 years and failure to pay tax this year shows
A clear lack of realism about Rankers ability to achieve the commitments of getting the business back into shape with a clear plan for the future short and long term.
IMO to set a precedent as in the shape of football finance in the uk Rankers are now ‘small time’ I reckon HMRC will issue a winding up order to force a buy out from any potential buyers.
incidentally that Donohue Chap is never getting my vote if he becomes the candidate in my region. His support of tax evasion/avoidance and of an institution which is an anathema of what I thought the Labour Party is supposed to be about that if he was on a list or changed his constituency I would be forced to vote SSP/SWP/Socialist Labour party.
Paddy
Hear ye. but yer no sayin much…….(excuse me for it’s been a long day 4 here).
Just surmising….about (in ma samba overdosed view) the lack of our collective view on what will be good for us as a FOOTBALL club, come the blue nuclear winter?
Anybody?
re MP’s,
freemasonry and dodgy dealing alive and well
re Ogilvie,
no way will he be binned – he is Regan’s best pal since their recent trip to Russia
young Celtic right-back did a Kelvin Wilson / Gary O’Connor and was made to pay by giving away a very unneccesary penalty
a cheeky wee equaliser near the end may have been unfair on the stronger (and stronger-tackling) rfc team
really got to learn to “get right intae them”…
that attribute over and above skill, ability, speed, fitness, stamina etc
hopefully next time
How can we get the Labour Party to Expel Donohue for his support of the very worst aspects of rampant gambler capitalism, for his support of a club which has a group of highly intolerant people supporting them? For that is what should happen to him. Ed Miliband must take him to task for his position which is at odds with my party.
People wrongly criticise Tony Blair who is probably the best Labour politician since Clement Attlee or Harold Wilson. He did much to reduce the gap between the richest and the poorest and living standards increased markedly during his time as did wealth creation through increased public expenditure and wealth redistribution through fairer tax policies. I am dismayed at the older generation losing faith in the essentiality of money being redistributed from the haves to the have not’s, dismayed people see people getting a fair wage as a threat and of people curtailing 6 figure salaries as a restriction on their freedom. God never intended nor liked the people who accumulated mass wealth on the backs of the suffering of others. I have a passion for social democracy and all on here should really start to think the same way.
Rioskorrie says:
22 February, 2012 at 01:40
Glasgow Celtic EPL, away games £££ pay per view, home games £££ EPL supporters on pay per view.
£££ Sky box office operators move us to a higher pay per view market = £££
Paddy G..,
sorry pal, cant agree, none of this is accreditable to the board, they have doene nothing.
They’ve sat on their hands, and from what I’m led to believe, they;ve sat in information and evidence that could land the club in trouble, if they have evidence of criminal practice and not offered it to the proper authorities then they are complicit in the crime. Witholding information is serious.
All we are witnessing, all the information being gathered and exposed is not the result of anything the board have done, its all the result of the tenacious interweb researchers, the board are riding high on the back of the opressed and they spent quite a long time beating us down, only a few months ago they allowed open season on the Green Brigade, the Celtic support were vilified and they stood back and let the pawns die.
They are complicit in allowing our good name be dragged through the mud,
this obviously helps their agenda of making the club a corporate day out.
Inclusive to all who can afford us is their aim.
Nothing in the last 5 years of this struggle can be accredited to this board, all the turmoil is down to us, the dumb support
Dumb support
Just like that tune :oD
This board have been playing the odds with our lives, some may think thats a bit dramatic, just ask Neil Lennon, remember keeping his security issues quiet in the interest of on going investigations, and our board agreed to comply ffs.
Dumb support
Paul 67 would you agree Donohue Must be expelled from the Labour Party? It makes me sick to think we let him into our party.
some issue with using links now ?
made 3 posts past few mins
all binned, for some reason
TopCorner says:
22 February, 2012 at 01:48
Your constant reports on the young’uns are appreciated mate.
You are a credit to this site.