He's a senior businessman of both country and city so his pledge of being an activist against his known politic allegiance is certainly newsworthy at local level, at least. His whole view on things is very convoluted and bears listening to - if he can explain them properly. I don't see how the HDM have done anything wrong here.
i agree with his point of view on leaving the EU Though his loyalty to Labour will need to be looked at . realised it could stray into Party politics so ill leave the comparisons of where he could focus his support out of my post and focus on the actual story.
Indeed. Any story about him will get people reading. In the same way that people will always read a story about whatever Katie Hopkins has said.
I think the opposite is true, as folk find his interviews bizarre and uninteresting. I think anyone with interest in politics and Europe will be interested to hear his rationale - those who support his view need to be wary as he could easily be counterproductive to what they hope to achieve (by how he expresses it).
Mr Allam gives his twopenceworth on the turmoil in the eurozone. "Greece is a lousy name. I would use a name from the Greek Myths and call them Orion the Hunter."
I do find it amusing though, when people talk about political allegiances. this is something that fascinates me about how politics work when you're super-rich. For me, on my modest income, when an election comes round - I have a look at what the parties say, I choose the things that appeal to me the most, and I then side with that party at the ballot box. Allam is constantly touted as a Labour supporter, and he donates money to them. But during the election he criticised their manifesto, he is opposed to their policy on business, he doesn't like their links to the unions, now he is opposed to their almost certain position in the euro referendum, as every city fan knows, he really hates the local Labour council - oh yeah - and he hates their name. Just a thought - maybe Labour isn't the party for him? If I had that much money, and wanted to back a party, agreeing on something - anything, would be a requirement before I opened my chequebook.
His political donations have nothing to do with party politics and everything to do with a fat, thick (previously significant) local politician sorting his knighthood.
With not many businessmen giving to Labour maybe you get more bangs for your bucks by giving to them.
This^, People who stick to the same party because they "always vote for them" or " My family have always voted for them" make my piss boil. They're not ****ing football teams... I vote for whoever's manifesto sounds right for the country. Yeah, it always turns out they were lying, but what else can you do?
I totally agree, which is exactly why I think men like him should be scrutinised; we should follow him closely, we should see where he goes as he is a strange man and I don't trust men of his nature. I think Hull Tigers has only been the fringe of what we will see.
"When we go for the referendum here, you will see the results will be in favour of getting out". Not so. AA's recent track record at getting things wrong endorses my view the referendum will vote to stay in the EU, like it or not. The bookies back up this opinion by offering odds of only 1/4 to remain in the EU.
I don't know about that. A potential Grexit (both eurozone and EU) would have a huge effect on British public opinion. Denmark is becoming increasingly Eurosceptic and Le Pen could win the French presidential election. The whole thing could unravel in the next 5-10 years.
