Quote: WormInHand "Serious question. What exactly [iis[/i Allam's beef with the council, for him to call them liars and cheats with hidden agendas? As far as I can see, their only crime is not to give him the stadium.
Lots of calls for boths sides to grow up and sit round the olive-laden table, but what's the incentive for the council to do this? They've got nothing to gain so why on earth would they make the running, especially in light of the lastest venom spat at them?
So why does Allam hate tem so much? Perhaps Lambrettaman can enlighten us.'"
Assem's like a slightly bonkers rich uncle, he sometimes comes out with some strange things, but you let him off because he buys you better Christmas presents than everyone else.
He's a very successful man, he's made hundreds of millions and as a consequence he's used to being respected and he normally deals with other successful people. What he's not used to, is dealing with some slightly dim bloke from Orchard Park who's never achieved anything and only gets into office because barely anyone in his ward bothers to vote.
The bloke offered to raise over £100m to improve sporting facilities in Hull(creating the best sporting facilities in North East England) and create thousands of jobs, just so long as the council were willing to give him the site to do it on. It had no downside, it look the responsibility of improving the KC(which generates zero income for the council), improving West Park and improving Hull as a whole, most councils woukd have bitten his hand off.
Ours though, as is their tradition, just see it as some rich bloke trying to get something for nothing, rather that the opportunity that it presented. They're cretins, union men who see success as a threat, rather than an opportunity. It's nothing new, years ago Hull City Council turned down a major car plant, as they thought it would cause problems for wage level on the docks. I wouldn't give Geraghty a job as a cleaner, I suspect that dust could outwit him.
Assem's PR is often terrible and much of what's gone on has been handled very badly, but he's still the man who offered to invest a fortune in this city and it was thrown back in his face. Voters get the politicians they deserve and Hull has an appalling record when it comes to selecting it's politicians, there's only Alan Johson who knows what day it is. Hull is suffering badly at the moment, with our current politicians in charge, I see no chance of that situation improving.
