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Posted: 20:44 - 15 Apr 2016 Post subject: circuit of wales |
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They need to build a circuit in the south east with more chance of a bit of sunshine maybe somewhere south of Dartford near the M20 for easy access, doubt that'll happen though wouldn't want to see any favoritism towards anything based near London ____________________ Beer, It's the reason I get up every afternoon
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Perhaps they could have a virtual race at the virtual track?
https://i.imgur.com/hh3aGlu.png?1 ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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Trigged by Gideon threatening to cut off welfare payments to Wales post Brexit, it turns out that the chap behind the circuit, Michael Carrick, had gardening work done on his Cambridgeshire mansion that got "accidentally" billed to the Welsh government funded company backing the circuit.
It's OK though, it was just some paperwork-letterhead-misfiling-handwave-handwave that occurred due to a totally innocent one-off mistake. A one-off mistake that was repeated seventeen times over two years, for a total of £35,000 before the whistle was blown.
Well, start as you mean to go on, I always say. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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Posted: 19:24 - 01 Jul 2016 Post subject: Wales |
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Easy mistake to make I'm sure it wasn't intentional ____________________ Beer, It's the reason I get up every afternoon
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In the news again today.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-36775971
Just bloody pull the plug already. We have enough circuits in the UK, invest that government money in something worthwhile in Wales.
Possibly an oxymoron. ____________________ CBF125 (2013) -> CBR600F (2001) -> 'Ninja' 300 (2014) |
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Quote: | if the Welsh Government had agreed to underwrite the project, it would not have been liable for the money until after it was completed. |
I'm not sure that's the meaning of "underwriting". What if - just as a wild, crazy hypothesis - the whole thing turns out to be a massive cynical scam to grab and launder money, with no intention of ever completing it?
As a creditor, I'd like an "underwriter" to actually be responsible for paying me when it all sinks into the mud.
cymru.gov reckon "the public purse [would be] on the hook for 83% of the cost". ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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The private company behind this white elephant have just been caught using £7 million of Taffy.gov money to pay off unrelated existing debts.
This appears to have been done just to keep them solvent in the hope that they can go and hit up the private sector for hundreds of millions in more loans.
The phrase "good money after bad" leaps unbidden to mind.
Reminder: construction was supposed to start in 2013 and be finished by 2015. They've been paying Dorna for the rights for the British MotoGP rights since 2014 and are tied into doing so until 2024, regardless of whether they ever put a shovel in the ground, which they haven't yet. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike
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Question to those who are more cleverer than moi.
Why can't we have both circuits? Spain have three (1 2 3) motoGP circuits, why can't england have one and wales have another? |
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But wait...
As if by magic, a new plan appears. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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The infrastructure to/from/around the site is pretty shitty though. I mean, they buggered around with the A470 but that's just a stent in a collapsing artery.
Really speaking a 'Circuit of Wales' would have made more sense just off the M4, near a major populace. What's near the M4, has an airport (well, sort of) and plenty of hotels etc? Begins with a 'C'...?
Alright, so the cost of land and development would be higher than in the sticks, but we paid for the Millennium stadium... I've watched the Speedway there twice, like watching ants drifting around a bean...
Also, it's always f##king cold in Ebbw Vale. I once moonbathed shirtless in Wick during December; that felt warmer than Ebbw Vale in July...
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Aaaaand where did that £9 million of public money go? On "services"?
Their business plan seems to be modelled on RainPal.
Yes, we have investors.
No, you can't see them.
We'll announce them soon.
Here be CGI.
Give moar monies. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 189 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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