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According to Giblet's academic expert on the radio this morning, the EC rarely get involved in state aid cases like this that are in the past, and that things are normally brought to them in advance of the aid being given. I'd say they are even less likely to get involved with something 15...

Well they'll start looking into it in the meantime (preliminary evidence gathering, etc), but might not make a decision for quite a while - i only looked at one case, which may have been horrendously complex or something. This might turn out to be open and shut, fuck off and grow up! Cue ECJ...

It MAY be that the EC have only just told the parties that a complaint was received in February

But OSB58, is it not the case that SISU (or any of the parties you cite) may have made the complaint to the EC, but it is the EC ONLY who will investigate and deem if any state aid laws have been broken, which might be followed by recovery of such state aid (presumably from Wasps)???? So you...

Don't hold your breath on this one, guys! EC has a searchable database of decisions on State Aid cases. One in the UK was notified to the EC on 21/12/2012. The decision to progress to full investigation was taken on 21/02/2019. So the preliminary investigation mentioned by Giblet's "expert" on...

From ec.europa.eu: "the Commission has the power to recover incompatible State aid." That's why!

Give us the F&B income and we might consider it! Oh and can we use our own stewards instead of their officious cunts?! Isn't that the way negotiations work?? It's not that fucking difficult is it?

Must be true then!

NEWS: Aled Williams appointed Head of Goalkeeping Aled Williams, from Wolves. Looks like a good appointment, and pleased to see the club still doing business despite the latest rumours.

Giblet is now in a shameless act of self-promotion on Twitter, saying "Sky have now picked up on our story ..." to which i replied wondering why he was surprised that Sky "journalists" read Twitter, as that was where they all get their content these days. Also retweeting it being on BBC Midlands...

He seems quite quiet these days! Maybe he doesn't want to get embroiled and is respecting the NDAs quoted?

There is nothing to suggest that they are, currently. But it is alleged by Giblet that SISU have complained to the EC about the actions of the Council being contrary to EU law on public support of commercial organisations.

He's right on his first point! Calls himself a Cov Kid? Don't think so! He's an insect larva!

The route in national courts hasn't been exhausted - there is still the potential for civil action against Wasps or the Council (or even Higgs Trust), but that would only have a reasonable prospect of success (in my view) if the EU Commission found that they had acted illegally under EU law...

True, but you've got to admit it seems like they're willing to have a punt at anything, out of spite as much as anything!

Fake news - it hasn't been "blocked by European Commission" at all! It is one party's attitude that may have blocked CCFC's return

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I was surprised they didn't have David JHW Johnson on last night or this morning.

I don't know how much of it is "SISU going after the Council". SISU may (or may not) have made a complaint to the European Commission that CCC used public money to support a commercial organisation (Wasps), by selling the Ricoh to them below its value. It would be the EC who will be...