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That'll be a consortium Purchasing that site, leasing or buying at a below market rate all the adjoining council sites. Putting forward initial plans for apartments and a hotel with profits aimed at building a stadium. Obviously those profits will be made from the procurement of council owned (public owned) land. If the land is acquired initially, they'll be able to proceed with the stadium using loans against the publicly owned (at present) land values. Effectively I can see the council land transferred to the consortium ownership, to be enable BRFC to compete with the nasty billionaire owned franchise, that is BCFC. Aided and abetted by Marvelous Marvin and his gas chums on the council. Pure guesswork and conjecture mind.

It won't cost that much...

Thanks, I am aware that the council own lots of this land, also the yard adjoining the fruit market on Albert Rd where the bin and recycling wagons currently reside. Obviously if this were to go ahead and land was sold/transferred or leased to new owners, the public would expect the council to obtain market values for whatever land and buildings were disposed of. If the land and buildings disposed of meant that new land and buildings had to be found, that would be at market value and as such must be at no extra cost to the local authority. As I stated previously, land deals relating to the AV deal between BCFC and the council, were carried out using existing valuations ie: for unused allotments, also for the East End car park which had a 90 year lease on it, valued as a car park and remaining a car park. It could and was argued that the council themselves could have obtained PP for housing on the allotment site and increased it's value for the residents of Bristol. The same argument applies to any land transferred/sold or leased surrounding the fruit market in central Bristol, where the land values are considerably higher.

I read the part in bold and was about to give you a “like” . I then read the rest and now I feel dirty...

First run in decent rain for ages today. God I’ve missed that!

It has to be valued on the basis of best possible use - if the type of development is a nailed on cert because the Council is facilitating a change of use then that is how it should be valued, otherwise the Council is open to a 5 oclock knock from the Ombudsman, which I would love to see happen.

Marsh Gas (aka Swamp Gas) smells foul. A toxic substance generally associated with decaying vegetation, sewers and noxious industrial emissions. Probably why the Sags want to go there.

It'd be a shame if it sank like a shitty version of Atlantis.

It's been a welcome break for my knees, mixing running and cycling on alternate days has made a big difference to the amount of knee pain I get.

Probably had a watertight case on them, that folded quicker than a bar of dairy milk chocolate that had been left on a car dashboard on a summers day, the moment he walked past Sainsbury's.

That guy was on Bristol.Live the other day bragging that the Gas had sold 1300 Season Tickets for next season. Meanwhile we’ve sold over 12000. Apparently they’re far more loyal than us though, I know this because they bang on about it at every opportunity. Mind the gap.

A rich man living in essex decided that he wanted to throw a party and invited all of his buddies and neighbours. He also invited Dai, the only welshman in the posh neighbourhood.. He held the party around the pool in the grounds of his mansion. Everyone was having a good time drinking, dancing, eating prawns, oysters, steaks from the BBQ and flirting. At the height of the party, the host said, 'I have a 15ft man-eating crocodile in my pool and I'll give a million quid to anyone who has the balls to jump in.' The words were barely out of his mouth when there was a loud splash and everyone turned around and saw Dai in the pool fighting the croc, jabbing the croc in the eyes with his thumbs, throwing punches, doing all kinds of stuff like head butts and chokeholds, biting the croc on the tail and flipping the croc through the air like some kind of Judo Instructor. The water was churning and splashing everywhere. Both Dai and the croc were screaming and raising hell. Finally Dai strangled the croc and let it float to the top like a dead goldfish then slowly climbed out of the pool. Everybody was just staring at him in disbelief. The host says, 'Well, Dai, I reckon I owe you a million pounds, 'Nah, you're all right butt, I don't want it,' says Dai The rich man said, 'Man, I have to give you something. You won the bet. How about half a million quid then?' 'No thanks... I don't want it,' answers Dai. The host said, 'Come on, I insist on giving you something. That was amazing. How about a new Porsche and a Rolex and some stock options?' Again, Dai said "No." Confused, the rich man asked, 'Well then what do you want? Dai said, 'I want the bastard who pushed me in!!.

You say "good transport links"? Not so sure about that. It might be near a train station but it's more likely most of what counts for their support will want to drive and the roads in St Phillips ain't great. In fact, it'll be gridlock central I'd have thought, especially when you factor in all the thousands upon thousands who'll be locked out every week. Agree with your comments re the mayor though. When not in Malaysia, he's spent all his time doing **** all for Bristol as a whole but plenty for the minority interests close to his heart - the gAssholes counting for both on that score. It would be interesting to hear Rees explain why he considers that part of the city completely unsuitable for a 12,000 capacity concert venue but perfectly fine for a 20,000 (guess) football stadium.

I was doing a crossword in the pub and said to my Scottish friend, “I'm stuck on this one, ‘trapped on a desert island, eight letters, starting with M’ “ He said “Marooned” I replied “Thanks, I'll have a pint of lager”