lookwhaticando Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Cameron terraces pledge to fansFootball terraces, which were phased out at big grounds after the Taylor report into the Hillsborough tragedy, could be brought back under the Tories. Conservative leader David Cameron vowed to review the ban taking into account the views of fans, police and clubs. Safety had to be "priority number one", he said, but there may be a way to organise limited standing areas. All-seater stadiums were recommended after 96 people were crushed to death in Sheffield's Hillsborough stadium. Football clubs in England's top two divisions are legally obliged to have all-seater grounds. In response to a question on the Tory leader's website, asking about the possibility of reinstating standing areas, Mr Cameron said: "Obviously the first principle here has got to be safety first after the dreadful events at Hillsborough." "But I do understand the point that other countries manage to organise things in a slightly different way, and there may be some more modern ways of organising the limited standing areas." He said he would ask his sports minister to review existing regulations and "have a really good look at this". "But priority number one has got to be safety," he said. [...] Linkage to full article. That news might please some people on here. I know there's some that would love to be able to stand again.
The People's Hero Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Votewinner then forgotten. Guaranteed.
Daggers Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 I don't know where you got the quote from...but it was a misquote. I have copied the actual text from the interview below. In response to a question on the Tory leader's website, asking about the possibility of reinstating standing areas, Mr Cameron said: "Obviously the first principle here has got to be Me first after the dreadful events at the last election."He said he would ask his sports minister to review existing regulations and "have a really good look at this for at least three minutes". "But priority number one has got to be getting me elected and then you can all go stuff a duck" he said.
leicester1884 Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Votewinner then forgotten. Guaranteed. Absolutely correct. Could not see any club spending £Â£'s to change their stadiums back to terracing anyhow.
lookwhaticando Posted 1 February 2007 Author Posted 1 February 2007 Votewinner then forgotten. Guaranteed. Much like the Labour promise to be tough on crime. Meanwhile, the Home Office has lost all sorts of dodgy scum and paedophiles are escaping jail.
Louise Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Votewinner then forgotten. Guaranteed. Don't think anything could make me vote Tory (even though all political parties are becoming pretty much the same now anyway..). Vote TPH on the other hand..
Lord Nibblington Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Don't think anything could make me vote Tory (even though all political parties are becoming pretty much the same now anyway..). Vote TPH on the other hand.. Would possibly be the funniest two days in the country's history. Before he got us all horribly killed in someway. Probably in an electric toothbrush related incident.
The People's Hero Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Much like the Labour promise to be tough on crime. Meanwhile, the Home Office has lost all sorts of dodgy scum and paedophiles are escaping jail. Think it's a bit harsh. They have got progressively tougher on crime - then they forgot to build any more prisons. Now they just have to let them go!
lookwhaticando Posted 1 February 2007 Author Posted 1 February 2007 Think it's a bit harsh. They have got progressively tougher on crime - then they forgot to build any more prisons. Now they just have to let them go! I'd call that a failure of strategy. If you want to be tough on crime, you'd best be sure the criminal justice system is ready for it - from the courts to the jails. Where did it go wrong? Didn't they expect to find this many criminals? Did they fail to understand the potential issues that could arise from jailing more people? Did they jail people in a hurry, so it would seem they were being tough?
davieG Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 It seems to me they've spent too much time and too much legislation trying to please/appease minority groups in order to increase their percentage of the vote. With so much on their plate they failed and have as a result alienated the majority by trying to introduce so much unnecessary legislation as well as failing those minorities due to their ineptness in making the legislation work.
Lord Nibblington Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 I'd call that a failure of strategy. If you want to be tough on crime, you'd best be sure the criminal justice system is ready for it - from the courts to the jails. Where did it go wrong? Didn't they expect to find this many criminals? Did they fail to understand the potential issues that could arise from jailing more people? Did they jail people in a hurry, so it would seem they were being tough? They've also been tough on crime by creating shiney new laws for everyone to break, that are completely pointless. I'd give an example, but I'm a lazy lazy man.
The People's Hero Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 This is all very well, but it's not easy to police a society which is full of chavs and others with no respect for the law. Seriously. I have a few ideas which MIGHT improve things a bit... but at the end of the day, if someone is going to break the law, they're going to break the law.
Manwell Pablo Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Votewinner then forgotten. Guaranteed. Thank fu*k 90% of the Ultras aren't old enough to vote (Whens the next election )
filbertway Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Votewinner then forgotten. Guaranteed. Exactly what I was thinking.
Jon the Hat Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Tory landslide is coming anyway. Everyone is fed with the tax is the solution to everything mentality.
The People's Hero Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Tory landslide is coming anyway. Everyone is fed with the tax is the solution to everything mentality. You're probably not wrong that the Tories will make considerable gains - although perhaps not a landslide. I'd comment though that whilst the Tories may have caught on that tax is not the solution to everything, they don't appear to have any solutions, to me.
James. Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Tory landslide is coming anyway. Everyone is fed with the tax is the solution to everything mentality. talking of tax i got my bonus the other day. looked quite good on paper. then the government took 40% for tax and 1% for NI and then the student loan company, sensing a free for all, took a nice 9% chunk for themselves. half of it gone. bastards!!
Jon the Hat Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 talking of tax i got my bonus the other day. looked quite good on paper. then the government took 40% for tax and 1% for NI and then the student loan company, sensing a free for all, took a nice 9% chunk for themselves. half of it gone. bastards!! Ah yes. I know that one well.
Jon the Hat Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 You're probably not wrong that the Tories will make considerable gains - although perhaps not a landslide. I'd comment though that whilst the Tories may have caught on that tax is not the solution to everything, they don't appear to have any solutions, to me. I would rather pay less for the Tories not to solve things that prolong the Labour public sector emplyment and money dispensing scheme any longer.
Leonisco Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Linkage to full article. That news might please some people on here. I know there's some that would love to be able to stand again. Trying to win the working-class vote. Would love standing to be brought back but I'd hate that smug twat to be in charge of this country. John Reid for Prime Minister!
cisono Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 Linkage to full article. That news might please some people on here. I know there's some that would love to be able to stand again. Who's that? Standing could be dangerous...
Daggers Posted 1 February 2007 Posted 1 February 2007 I would rather pay less for the Tories not to solve things that prolong the Labour public sector emplyment and money dispensing scheme any longer. :laugh: Yea - they were always dead good at "solving things"...like the way they ran the prison service? By filling prisons with Tory MP's? I will never forgive them for the 80's.
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