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Post by Blue Mist on Nov 12, 2014 16:26:09 GMT
None of us will really believe a ground will be built until its made official etc etc but can we not just celebrate this victory. Things are certainly getting interesting.
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Post by Blue Mist on Nov 12, 2014 16:17:14 GMT
Tony the till on twitter saying that they hope agree on a date to start work on the site. Seriously?
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Post by Blue Mist on Nov 12, 2014 15:50:30 GMT
They've set aside £31m today for some new store development(s) which is no longer going ahread, surely there's a reasonable chance that's the Mem store given the sum involved? Dear God, I hope so. If the sale does happen then I will, in person, apologise to NH but only for that and not the debacle that led us into the Bananrama conference I guess they have to weigh up the cost of a prolonged legal battle, paying compo + costs and having no land versus paying £30m and having the land that's worth a lot less. Pure economics will win.
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Post by Blue Mist on Nov 6, 2014 17:47:59 GMT
I can't agree I'm afraid. I can't see that the Corporation Tax point is a straw man - the opposite in fact. I think ignoring it to make a subjective point on morality is the straw man. The tax is met as it objectively falls due. There has to be a causal link between the charge and the duty to pay surely? Why does the motive toward becoming non-resident have to be factoral? Otherwise why not make the statutory test a moral one? Or at least a subjective one - in fact we do - FA 2013 has a general anti-avoidance rule which says it can discount contrived steps used to avoid tax if they can not reasonably regarded as reasonable steps. If he's not even caught by that how much further can you go? Bloody hell ... sorry ... last week my Mrs said "Do you love those Yellow books more than you love me"? I don't. I think there is a causal link, it just stretches further back than the current tax year. My issue is that wealthy people moving to tax havens obviously disproportionately benefits the wealthy and negatively affects the UK tax take, not necessarily the case for those that become non resident for other reasons, which should overall be cost neutral. Therefore this is a deliberate attempt to break the link to ability to pay, a moral principle. You undoubtedly know more about the legal standpoint than me, but I can only imagine the reason that this isn't illegal already is that it would disproportionately restrict the subjects other rights, eg freedom of movement
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Post by Blue Mist on Nov 5, 2014 15:42:48 GMT
You're not suggesting a quiff of scandal are you ampg ? We don't want any more fringe players. It seems clear cut, in the end we gonna get rinsed.
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Post by Blue Mist on Nov 5, 2014 13:47:47 GMT
Still it's great news that Sinclair is back in action, no coincidence that our form dipped when he got injured. Welcome home Ryan and good luck.
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 31, 2014 23:57:56 GMT
Of course if the UWE wanted to extend, then perhaps the Mem would be worth them buying? After all they know that they would get planning permission for a faculty, and student flats, which in a long term would be an investment. or am I just talking bollox? I think you answered your own question LP. Being polite, that would be a pretty odd business decision.
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 30, 2014 17:52:58 GMT
Got it!
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 30, 2014 17:52:28 GMT
These are great! but I cant see any link?
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 30, 2014 17:45:16 GMT
But it's better than this one: But it surely can't be a genuine sh*thead T-shirt, can it aghast? Think I found the genuine one.
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 30, 2014 12:41:25 GMT
Oh yeah def the best chips in the world too in Belgium! Well that's controversial. I think you'll find they are frites! Great with moules though. Excellent post Jan, really made me smile. Welcome to the madhouse.
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 30, 2014 9:41:22 GMT
I thought dc said were looking to get someone else in by the next league game.looks like we won't be getting anyone else in again I think the transfer window opens in January Milesy. Only window shopping allowed at the moment.
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 25, 2014 14:21:22 GMT
Blimey
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 25, 2014 14:17:28 GMT
We have scored right?
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 25, 2014 13:55:19 GMT
Rovers representatives Pause for thought as they reveal signing of new Player. "We finally got ourselves a fast forward with reel talent"
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 16, 2014 9:15:51 GMT
Why get upset about ZFC? He is an unrepentant racist. Has been for years. More to the point,he doesn't go to games so his "opinion" is entirely irrelevant as he will not even see the card referred to Eight posts and the majority of them following me around the forum making digs and brandishing the well worn out pathetic race card. I have told you before and yet you still cannot understand that neither Somalis or Muslims are a race so there is no racism.If you want to continue being offended on behalf of people who have no desire to integrate into British society and see it as normal to bring into Bristol their vile customs like slicing off their young daughters genitals with a shard of glass or a tin can thats up to you. But you go ahead and be offended on behalf of the Somali or the muslim community who wouldn`t think twice about hanging you or stoning you for what you believe in.How you get offended on behalf of these people is beyond me but if it makes you feel better and gives you the platform to act like a pompous tw*t then carry on. As for not watching Rovers how do you know how many games I have attended this season? I have never had to report to you before games nor is there an attendance register for people like you to tick and declare if people are allowed an opinion on Rovers.Many on this forum do not attend matches yet I do not see you following people around the forum telling them they cannot have an opinion as they do not attend. I have been to The Mem twice this season, ideally I would like to have gone more but it isn`t possible as I am committed to my golf where I am only two strokes away from being a single handicapper.My Missus works two weekends per month and I also have a young son who takes up much of my free time so weekends are pretty much full on and there is very little time to take in a Rovers game.On the brighter side as the poor weather arrives the golf will take more of a backseat which will give me an opportunity to take my son to Rovers games during the winter months. During the week I work long hours and take any overtime thats available as the money helps and allows us to take those holidays abroad that a family enjoy. I find it bizarre that I am having to explain myself to a self confessed weak minded individual who refused to follow Rovers because I do not have time for the Somali community who take the p*ss out of every single hardworking taxpayer in this country or a political ideology dressed up as religion made up by a bloodthirsty peado to control people and drive the fear of a mythical tyrant Allah into them. You are a disgrace fingers!!!!!!!! I love the Somali people myself, heard they make great pirates. Anyway back on topic, wish I was there to see 5000 red cards held up on Sat, it will be a spectacle for sure.
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 14, 2014 23:21:55 GMT
Hat off to the club for taking a stance. I can imagine what bleacher report will make of this though. "Out of an average home attendance at the Memorial Stadium of 6200, only 5000 were showing red cards in the clubs red card to racism campaign. Using objective statistics, 1200 fans did not show a red card making Bristol Rovers 19.34% racist and our number 1 racist club of the 2014/15 season." All we have to do to avoid adverse Bleacher style reporting is not to do what they accurately reported our supporters did. Its really not rocket science. Entirely agree.
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 14, 2014 23:12:17 GMT
Hat off to the club for taking a stance. I can imagine what bleacher report will make of this though.
"Out of an average home attendance at the Memorial Stadium of 6200, only 5000 were showing red cards in the clubs red card to racism campaign. Using objective statistics, 1200 fans did not show a red card making Bristol Rovers 19.34% racist and our number 1 racist club of the 2014/15 season."
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 11, 2014 21:35:13 GMT
I'm quietly happy but don't want to get too excited and jinx the form. I think many gasheads at the start of the season would happily have taken this position at this point in the season. We've hit a blip perhaps drawing a few games we should've won and yes we should be scoring more but the team look like they're together as a unit, they are fitter and as a consequence I think we have less injuries. Lots to be happy about and I have to say well done to DC.
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Post by Blue Mist on Oct 10, 2014 0:08:21 GMT
No I can't see it and neither can a majority of gasheads. It's more worrying that you think racial abuse isn't or shouldn't be a criminal offence and that you liken it to some form of freedom of speech. There's a big difference between criticism and abuse, look it up. I'm astounded by the ignorance of a few on here who seem to think that an anti racist stance is only for loony liberals. The ignorant few don't even appear to understand what racism actually is. Then there are those who do know but defend it anyway. Thankfully there are many intelligent gasheads who know right from wrong and if you are one of them but haven't yet added to this thread then I suggest you stand up and be counted! Guess you're either with you or against you, and anything grey in the middle is not a correct opinion and needs to be shut down. If you excuse the pun, nothing is as black and white as you say, and ignoring a valid concern of an argument many educated, intelligent individuals make shows a rather bigoted view, in my humble opinion. That's isn't actually opinion, its based on making unqualified accusations without explaining your reasons, which ironically is exactly what you are accusing others of. So it's closer to fact than your subjective dismissal of opposing views. You immediately spring to describing other view points as ignorant, whilst sticking your fingers in your ears and refusing to understand the ideas of others and slander them as less intelligent and enlightened as you. You won't win many people over but from the sound of it, you would rather enforce than persuade, which pretty much sums up the attitude of "loony liberals" you make reference to. Wow, you say I am a bigot in your humble opinion. I don't have to explain my reasons as the evidence is in this thread. There isn't a grey area in much of what you and many others have said in defence of racism. I don't refuse to understand, i just don't understand. I have listened to the arguments and where as I respect peoples right to opinion I don't have to accept it and yes if people want to draw comparisons between race and ginger hair as being the same thing or racial abuse and political criticism on a par then yes I would say that is ignorant. You can cloak it however you like but it's still racism. I wouldnt want to enforce anything on anyone but I want gasheads to stand up and be counted because this whole thing shames you, me and BRFC, is that persuasive enough?
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