That this House welcomes the decision of the Premier League arbitration panel to reject the challenge by Sheffield United and Fulham to the decision to fine West Ham United rather than deduct points; notes their view that this decision was not irrational or perverse; congratulates the players of West Ham United on their magnificent great escape by winning seven of their last nine matches to end the season with 41 points; notes that Sheffield United were relegated because they lost at home to Wigan in their last match and as a result only had 38 points; welcomes the fact that matters of survival and relegation were decided on the field of play and not in the law courts; and wishes West Ham United a successful Premiership season and Sheffield United a successful Championship season in 2007-08.
Naturally, as you would expect, I wholeheartedly agree with his sentiments, but do we really need, as taxpayers to spend £300 on the printing of this rubbish in the Order Paper? Should I ever become an MP, would someone please shoot me if I resort to this sort of thing?
Note: As you can imagine, it was all I could do yesterday to avoid writing about West Ham. Thanks to Mike Gapes for giving me the excuse today!
I heard Sean Bean was looking for you Iain!
ReplyDeleteYes but as Gapes ought to know, being their MP, despite West Ham being their most local team, more Ilford based footie supporters are Arsenal or Spurs fans than Hammers ones. I should know, I grew up there.
ReplyDeleteMPs should be allowed to put down EDMs only if they pay a non-returnable fee of £300.
ReplyDeleteYou could use the same argument for asking some parliamentary questions
ReplyDeleteIain - a genuine question.
ReplyDeleteHow do you know it costs £300 to print this on the order paper?
Iain, I think we would have indulged you ...
ReplyDeleteAfter all, it IS much more important that life and death.
Alan Douglas
Do you not have a West Ham blog where you can write about your fellow irons?
ReplyDeleteHandy having Trevor Brooking so prominent in the FA, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI have commented before that this is the biggest outrage ever perpetrated by the no name, lily livered, corporate twats that run the "premier" league.
ReplyDeletewest ham were guilty and should have had points deducted - the "premier" league bottled it.
I detect the work of Trevor Brooking here.
Utter, utter farce and scam.
I have no great interest in club football as it is all about money and cheating.
I find this whole business of politicians pretending to like and more to the point understand football ,ludicrous.I have never heard a single word of sense on the subject from any of them.
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ReplyDeleteThis is only a reply to the Sheffield Mps who had an EDM suggesting Sheffield United escape relegation. EDMs cover allsorts wortthy causes and some not quite so worthy but it is a little unfair to pick on Mike Gapes when lots of other MPs do the same for their own pet causes
ReplyDeleteYawn..
ReplyDeleteMog said.. You could be correct on this for most of the football fraternity. But in the case of gods chosen club( his colours, White, claret & blue) your are incorrect. West ham united FC are the epicenter of the wonderful game, and do not bleat like lesser clubs.i.e Man u maggies, asenal etc.
ReplyDelete"Should I ever become an MP" - probably no is the best advice. Anyway they're after younger blood these days aren't they?
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with you Iain; the EDMs can be superficial, and this is one - but they do act as an important test and filter of opinions in the House of Commons.
ReplyDeleteLike you wouldn't have signed it!
ReplyDeleteis an edm a bit like a loan from the abbey bank. Its the £300 bit?
ReplyDeleteFootball. Outrageous to even mention it on here when you have a West Ham blog for all the deviants who like that sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteThat £300 figure is so bogus. Those sums are just invented by the Government as a way of trying to embarrass MPs who are active.
ReplyDeleteDemocracy and parliaments are expensive, but money isn't everything.
From the Oxford English dictionary:
ReplyDeletegape: to stare at with open mouth, to gaze upon in curiosity or wonder.
So Mike Gapes is living up to his name.
Clothilde Simon
Gapes has to do cheap stunts like this because he's under threat from the LibDems in Ilford South.
ReplyDeleteDon't know what Rosindell's excuse in Romford is, though.
Are you sure they aren't after the Wednesdayite votes?
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