New Everton Stadium

Jacko93 said:
Certain individuals in the council have been acting unlawfully, which absolutely should be punished to the full extent of the law. The city has however been underfunded for years, criminally so. The city has bore some of the biggest cuts in the UK (£463m/63% since 2010) with austerity and requires one of the biggest social outlays. I heard once off one of the councillors that Liverpool's monthly social care responsibility would wipe out all council funds if Govt. and other incoming sources froze for one single month. That kind of loss of income is nothing to do with what's happened at council level, it is purely a Tory govt that has removed that through political choice.

It would not surprise me one tiny bit if the Tories come in to run it and identify areas that need spend, then allow that spend to happen through Govt. funding. Its exactly the same approach they are taking with the Towns Fund - make people desperate for anything with one hand, give it to them with your other and claim to be their saviour. They can only do that in areas they control and Liverpool is not somewhere they could control at this level in normal times.

Is it all engineered? Who knows, but nothing would shock me.
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Firstly Jacko - great post & as discussed in the Covid threads, I wouldnt put anything past this government in terms of engineering a situation for their own game.

But in this case, im not sure what the win is, they are not going to convert spend into seats in the Liverpool, which is clear, but also I dont think it is going to have a "Halo" effect for them (the gov) - for me, I think it is simply a headache they wont want.
 
davek said:
My prediction here is that the decision for this stadium will be delayed substantially and we;ll see a public inquiry.

Let's see how wrong I am about that.
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Having just watched the statement in the HoC, I believe the SoS will go over the process for our plans with a fine tooth comb. They will no doubt check the history of land purchase going back many years before our involvement and will check for any possible future involvement from people who may have been involved in the shenanigans of the past. The last thing Jenrick will do, and it’s just a personal opinion, would be to sign this off quickly then have something jump out later to bite him on the arse. I think there will be a delay, probably not huge because everyone wants a ‘win’ for the City, but there will probably be a delay......
 

Dooguk said:
The government report can be downloaded here.

No mention of Everton FC.
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It does have this line though which sounds positive for BM.

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Hickson9 said:
Over to @davek for instant reaction.
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He’s busy composing his deflection speech - about how work on the new ground will be stopped in a few months time, when the W.H.O. declare that the pandemic did in fact start in a disused warehouse at BMD, when a tramp who was sleeping there, roasted and ate a manky pigeon.

Thereby also proving that he was right all along, that the virus started in Britain and it was us that MURDERERED the world.
 
COYBL25 said:
He’s busy composing his deflection speech - about how work on the new ground will be stopped in a few months time, when the W.H.O. declare that the pandemic did in fact start in a disused warehouse at BMD, when a tramp who was sleeping there, roasted and ate a manky pigeon.

Thereby also proving that he was right all along, that the virus started in Britain and it was us that MURDERERED the world.
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You laying this on Aldo?
 

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