Can't sign it until the email addy's verified do they think us Tims'll ruin it for them or something?
I'm sure Cameron will stick up for them. Remember Murray funding and supporting the anti-devolution campaign? Remeber him posing outside the red brick facade with "No-No" cards? Didn't Murray also repeatedly say that he wasn't going to get involved in politics? Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrricks
Call for the Prime Minister to intervene in the HMRC v Rangers Football Club tax issue Responsible department: Her Majesty's Treasury Rangers Football Club are one of the biggest sporting insitutions in Britain in terms of support,stadium,history and trophies won. There is a need for a swift resolution to the tax case with HMRC, the way the club was run in the last 14 years by Sir David Murray as well as the last 9 months by Craig Whyte and any administration or liquidiation so that the club can prosper once more. There is a precedent with the prime minister lending his support to Portsmouth FC. Will he do the same for fans of Rangers FC ------------------------------------ Prime Minister David Cameron has today thrown his support behind Portsmouth's battle for financial survival. Pompey were last week issued with a winding-up order by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over an unpaid tax bill in the region of £1.6million, with the petition due to be heard in court on February 20. Portsmouth's bank accounts were subsequently frozen on Monday although the south-coast outfit are confident they will be reactivated in the coming days so staff wages can be paid. The club are seeking new owners and want HMRC to give them more time to find a solution to their financial issues. The situation was raised by Portsmouth North MP Penny Mordaunt during today's session of Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons. And Cameron replied by agreeing to call upon HMRC to work with Portsmouth to help the club through their problems. Mordaunt said: "If a local supermarket closes down another quickly takes its place. If Portsmouth Football Club closes down, the Pompey fans will not be content with buying their season tickets from Southampton. "Will the Prime Minister add his voice to mine in calling for HMRC to meet with the club so it recoups the taxes it's owed, that our club survives and that the fans have their chance to become its owners?" Cameron responded: "I will certainly do that. I think she is absolutely right to raise this issue. Knowing one or two Pompey fans I can completely understand. "The idea that they can go and support Southampton is completely incredible. We must do everything we can to keep this friendly rivalry going." The high-profile support has been well received by those at Fratton Park. Pompey chief executive David Lampitt told the club's official website: "I would like to place on record our thanks to Penny Mordaunt and to the Prime Minister for supporting the efforts of the club and its supporters in pursuing an exit route from its current circumstances. "We will continue to do everything we can to that end, including working with HMRC and other creditors to ensure that the club has the time it needs." The Independent -------------------------------- There appears to be a slight difference in the two situations. The baloon who has started this petition seems to think Cameron has offered to write off Pompey's debt or something. Rangers may end up owing HMRC as much as £75m according to Craig Whyte, and although he may be exaggerating the amount that could be due, one thing is for damn sure, it's a lot more than a paltry £1.6m which Pompey owe. David Cameron has lent his support to Pompey and asked "for HMRC to meet with the club so it recoups the taxes it's owed". So what does the feeblemind behind this laughable..nay desperately inept, think he will gain by this attempt to put pressure on David Cameron to bail out Rangers? He says "There is a precedent with the prime minister lending his support to Portsmouth FC. Will he do the same for fans of Rangers FC"? If it's support he wants i'm sure that will be a simple matter for the PM, he can simply state that he "supports Rangers in their attempt to deal with HMRC", what good it will do "for HMRC to meet with the club so it recoups the taxes it's owed"? If that's all the petitioner wants I'm all for it, let HMRC meet wih Rangers "so it recoups the taxes it's owed". Best of luck with that
Neither do I. Right enough, I don't want my Sky subscription to fund English Football team's unsustainable spending. Unfortunately, unless I don't want to see Old Firm games at Ibrox, I don't have much of a choice in it.
