This story below, which is taken from today's Daily Mirror, has more than a passing interest for me. For a number of reasons.
1) As the father of a "personality", I have been witness to a number of incidents and situations over the years that could possibly earn me a quick buck in the media, but that thought is furthest from my mind due to trust and confidentially. People confided in me knowing (or hoping) I would never tell a soul. Anyone who betrays trust such as this creep, Ned Kelly, is to be dispised as the lowest of low. 2) As an active campaigner for Shareholders United Against Murdoch, it was Ned Kelly who frogmarched Richard Briers and myself from the forecourt in front of OT before that year's AGM as we were handing out leaflets urging fellow shareholders to vote against the proposed Murdoch takeover. (We made the back page of the Daily Mail) As shareholders ourselves what we were doing was perfectly legal, yet My Kelly took it upon himself to take the Denis into his own hands. When, surrounded by the national press, Richard and I asked Mr Kelly who had authorised his actions and he said "The Board." When we him, "So, was it A?" "er, No". "So, was it B?", "er, No." etc.. etc.. Of course not. As over sensitive as the Board often is when faced with real-life situations, it's often Ned Kelly who does their dirty work, but in our case it was Mr Kelly himself. 3) A couple of years ago, soon after arriving in Cannes, I got a job selling stands for "Football Expo", a football trade exhibition which used to be held every January in Cannes. (It's now gone bust - serves them right for not continuing my contract) Ned Kelly's security company was one of many companies I was trying to convince to take a stand. Let's just say his whole demeanour during my failed negociations left a lot to be desired. Just thought you'd like to know. Dave Blatt MANCHESTER United are desperately trying to block a book which lifts the lid on the private lives of Premiership stars. Lawyers will next week seek an injunction to stop the revelations by former club security chief Ned Kelly being published. A United source said: "Kelly has been privy to all kinds of things such as flare-ups behind the scenes. "This book would be a disaster for the game which has been rocked by a number of scandals." The book was due to be serialised in a newspaper from tomorrow and sold soon afterwards. But London-based O'Mara Books last night agreed to halt publication until after a meeting with a High Court judge. United claim ex-SAS man Kelly, 54 - who now lives in Florida - is in breach of confidentiality. The dad-of-two was close friends with Sir Alex Ferguson, David Beckham and Ryan Giggs before he left over claims that he became a ticket tout. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Rent DVDs Online - Over 14,500 titles. No Late Fees & Free Shipping. Try Netflix for FREE! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Tq9otC/XP.FAA/3jkFAA/tsUolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************** Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe from the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
