labour party manifesto:
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Protecting the integrity of professional sport is vital: we will toughen
measures to combat cheating and the use of illegal substances in sport.
We will work with governing authorities to ensure that professional
clubs are accountable to their stakeholders, and run transparently on
sound financial principles, with greater involvement of local
communities and supporter representation. Sports governing bodies will
be empowered to scrutinise takeovers of clubs, ensuring they are in the
long-term interests of the club and the sport. We will develop proposals
to enable registered Supporters Trusts to buy stakes in their club.
green party manifesto:
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Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green Party, and candidate for Brighton
Pavilion, was given a tour of Falmer stadium today, and she met with
Martin Perry, of Brighton and Hove Albion FC. Caroline Lucas said:
"At our autumn conference in September 2009, the Green Party passed
policy to say that we would help football fans could take over their
clubs and turn them into co-operatives."
"Labour's newfound support for co-ops is another case of where Greens
lead, others follow. Football needs to return to being about family fun,
not about lining shareholder pockets." (1)
"B&HA also do great community work, with football coaching sessions in
Brighton and Hove's parks, and their award from the Football League
Trust for Best Community Project for their 'Making A Difference'
disability project."
*Notes:*
1) This is part of a wider policy where the party wants to gradually
establish legal ways for companies to be transformed into mutual
organisations, if a sufficient majority of the relevant workers or
customers agree. The Green Party would push for a cooperative
development fund, operating mainly through local authorities. This would
provide initial capital on a matched funding basis for new cooperatives.
When a majority of the season ticket holders, supported by the wider
local community, want to bring a local club into mutual ownership,
existing shares could be converted into non-voting equity or loan stock
Lib Dems and Tories:
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Nationally, the Conservative Shadow Sports Minister Hugh Robertson has
been quoted as saying that there are other ways in which supporters can
be guaranteed representation without needing ownership stakes, whilst
Don Foster for the Liberal Democrats dismisses the idea of
supporter-ownership as a ‘pipedream'.
Discuss.................
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