Shame on the Mail for publishing Ken's programme notes for this evening without crediting him.
On 19 Dec 2012, at 07:57, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > From respected on line news source To Ella nd Back, the last sentence tells > us all we need to know. > > http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/leedsunited/fb_news.php?storyid=18901 > > Mail smear LUST chairman whilst toadying to Bates > Wed 19th Dec 2012 07:02 > > Neil Ashton of the Daily Mail take a bow! Granted a rare, exclusive interview > with Leeds Chairman Ken Bates on the eve of the titanic Leeds v Chelsea > League Cup quarter-final he keeps his ink fluid to conduct an astonishing and > personal attack on LUST chairman Gary Cooper hours later. > > It is a well-known fact that Bates and LUST are anything but friends. I also > thought that despite being very much aligned with their right-wing politics, > Ken didn't have much time for the Daily Mail. > > However in an "exclusive" Ken throws open the doors to his Leeds City Centre > penthouse flat, which is opposite the Malmaison should you ever be passing on > your way to the stadium (I'm sure Ken would more than welcome you in for a > cuppa should his tax domicile status permit him to be in), to the Daily > Mail's Neil Ashton and gets out his Chelsea scrapbook and even says Roman > Abramovich, who he once dubbed "a shyster from Siberia" would be welcome in > the ER boardroom as long as he wore a tie. > > The usual claptrap of how he saved Leeds United and ploughed £20 into the > stadium follows and ends with Bates may be tempted to crack open the bubbly > if Leeds beat his former club tonight. > > However Mr Ashton then pens another article about another Chairman, the LUST > Chairman Gary Cooper. Entitled "Business failures of potential Leeds buyer > who 'loves the club but hates Chelsea' stand out" > > The article alleges that Mr Cooper has three county court judgements against > him and there is a freezing order on his home in Hull. His last company was > wound up in 2011 and his business partner, his brother Simon is currently > serving seven years for growing cannabis. > > A story of public interest? Maybe if Gary Cooper was actually buying the > club. As far as I am aware he has merely spoken to interested parties and > never actually prepared a takeover bid? I'm not a LUST member and have often > been suspicious of their "sources close to the deal" hyperbole however I do > feel this is nothing more than an attack on the credentials of Gary Cooper > who represents 8500 members no matter what Ken Bates thinks of him. > > A coincidence maybe, that the story smearing Gary Cooper by the same > journalist appears just hours after his visit to the Bates's holiday home in > Leeds? > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
