Sadly it's become evident to me that Wakefield council has become a dictatorship after years and years without opposition. You could put a donkey up in some wards and as long as it's got a labour badge on people would vote for it. I hope the tide is turning

Oh the irony.

The galling thing for me is that the Newmarket development appears to have been used as a "test site" for the Glasshoughton project.

At least it gives the trust members a bit of a lift, because it must be one hell of a slog.

What do you mean by that?

I think he means that Box realises that he made mistakes in his dealings with Yorkcourt and has learnt from these mistakes to ensure that his beloved Cas Tigers get their stadium built, whilst ours never will !!

Ok, cheers.

still can't believe how a council leader who for years has stressed that Newmarket was nothing to do with WMDC has suddenly become the potential saviour of the project. We need full transparency from now on, and ALL meetings should have members of ALL sidesf the multilateral parties present, and ALL meetings fully minuted. Also, if Sir RMW has formed a breakaway Community Trust, how come there was no mention of it yesterday?

It's blatantly the actions of someone who doesn't want any further digging into the actual reason why Newcold was granted approval outside of the UU.

If SRW has done that and Box decides to by pass the present trust and deal with that man instead I believe it would cause a massive uproar. Especially after the council meeting where he acknowledged the trust he would be dealing with is the one in place. He even spoke to TRB in the gallery and pointed out it would be his responsibility to make it happen.

It has always been my opinion that SRW is bluffing in order to save face after his failure in the matter.

It must also be pointed out that in the last couple of weeks there has been more progressed made than all the years he was in control.

It must also be pointed out that in the last couple of weeks there has been more progressed made than all the years he was in control.'"

Well I've started wearing my destination Newmarket T shirt again, so it's happening.

Yup pretty much, the Glasshoughton application appears to be fairly water tight.

The bit about ours never being built though was your interpretation not mine, this is Wakefield Trinity & nothing would surprise me anymore.

Exactly this - he obviously had an attack of the squits when the story hit the national media and that quickly translated into local pressure - including a lot of difficult questions on social media. Box may be arrogant, but he's not immune to being embarrassed into action - which appears to have been the case here.

I'd suggest that Andrea Jenkins is our best friend right now - Box can't gag her like he did with the Labour councillors, and she seems very willing to ask the difficult questions for the sake of gaining some political traction; so whilst ever our aims are aligned with her political aspirations, we should exploit that, just as she is doing with us.

One would also hope that from here onwards, the Trust will take specialist advice on every single step, to avoid any further skullduggery by York Court - the first being to ensure that whichever legal entity is named on the S106 agreement can't simply dissolve itself to avoid liability.

I emailed the three councillors for my area - 2 labour and 1 UKIP
No prizes for guessing who replied

I've had a good think about this and tried to think "deceitfully"
If I was in Box's shoes I'd have had this agreement sorted and in my back pocket ready for the publicity to hit home, hoping that the pressure wouldn't come for a while.
I'd then wheel it out at a council meeting taking a while to hand over details to the trust. Fanfare in the local press etc.
I'd then be hoping for long and protracted negotiations, all taking time and taking it through to December when the original Planning permission runs out.
By this time Box can publicly state that'd he tried, it hadn't worked and a new planning permission will be granted with no nod to the 60.000sqM trigger.
Does that make sense?

Or there is a problem with the Glasshoughton project and Cas need somewhere to play.