I think so. The answer will be to sell quickly and abromovic not to get the money
I probably shouldn't be surprised people care this much about Chelsea as they're modern high profile and in London. If only the same coverage was given to Bury ...
I don't care if 5hey sanction him, what I'm saying is either Sanction them all and end their involvement in this countrys institutions or don't bother.
Same with banging on about Newcastle, the PM is off to meet the Saudis in a few days, ifour PM is doing that why should a football club be any different?
Whist I do agree with you, two wrongs don't make a right here.
If someone had been murdered it wouldn't be ok for some else to steal the dead man's wallet however small their crime in relation to the first.
I suppose the basic answer is the global sanction response to Russia
what I find slightly odd is the general acceptance that a government can freeze a persons assets as they don’t like them very much. The much droned on about delay was clearly as the government were working out ways to ensure no legal challenge was forthcoming
I doubt we’d have been feeezing any assets of Americans here if the us decided to roll back the years and Napalm Vietnam
The general point about whether a government can arbitrarily freeze someone's assets is fair, however. tbh I don't know where I stand on that - on the one hand it's he path towards a controlling dictatorial government that we claim to be opposing, and along the lines of banning protest etc. On the other hand, when times are special, does government *have* to act of its own accord?
Hardly its a pretty direct observation - I think you confuse whataboutery with hypocrisy
You're right. Governments should have limited powers to affect private assets. But, in times of war governments give themselves special powers.
I would argue that we should be "at war" with Putin and his gangsters. I would rather freeze or confiscate assets than send bombs and bullets or send young men to die.
I would go much further, suspending or expelling all with clear links to Putin, as we would do in wartime.
We cannot stand idly by whilst gangsters infiltrate our institutions after looting Russia's wealth, then attack a sovereign nation.
I'd rather the government, whoever they are, made well thought out decisions based on sound logic rather than knee jerk ones based on getting a thumbs up from the public.
For me, that would have meant nipping this all in the bud a long time ago but it is what it is.
Indeed. Similarly I doubt the Americans would have responded so tepidly had Jamal Kashoggi been chopped up by Iranians but that's the world of geopolitics I suppose.
It’s not the government acting unilaterally - our power to sanction countries or freeze assets is based in both British law and UN resolutions which we’re obliged to follow.
Newcastle should be sanctioned because of their horrible despotic murderous owners
It's a nice distraction from the fact that politicians, Tories especially but New Labour ones too, are up to their neck in it with courting these oligarchs
Nah this is whataboutery
doubt we’d have been feeezing any assets of Americans here if the us decided to roll back the years and Napalm Vietnam
no that’s a fact as is the west continuing to pile money into Russia when it needs trade but can play “look we seem tough” - which they also wouldn’t be if 40,000 uk jobs were at stake
Ridiculously, in the last fortnight the BBC have received the most complaints about "Bias against Roman Abramovich and/or Chelsea FC"
Taken from here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/sites/default/files/2022-03/28 February - 13 March 2022.pdf
Taken from here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/sites/default/files/2022-03/28 February - 13 March 2022.pdf
The government allowing Chelsea their full ticket allocation for the cup semi, after talks with the FA.
Wow, the government really has it in for Chelsea, what a disgrace etc etc
Thought this quote was from a Chelsea supporters group at first glance - it’s actually from the head of the parliamentary DCMS committee.
Remember when people (including on this thread) were talking about the government forcing Chelsea into liquidation?
Chelsea allowed to sell tickets again
Chelsea are allowed to sell tickets to some games again after the UK government altered the club's licence.
www.bbc.co.uk
Wow, the hits keep coming - how will Chelsea even struggle on under these arduous government sanctions?
