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...general-election contest pitting the Conservative front-runners against the Labour incumbents and smaller parties like the Liberal Democrats, the politicians are making their own play for the fans' attention: the ruling Labour Party, in its election manifesto published April 12, has promised to develop policy proposals that would enable "registered Supporters Trusts" to buy shares of the teams they back. Granting fans the opportunity to purchase as much as 25% of their beloved football clubs (as soccer franchises are known in Britain), Labour suggested, would bring "mutualism to the heart of football...
...Just as Britain's voters look set to unseat Labour in part as punishment for the debt-ridden state of the economy, soccer supporters' patience for massive borrowing by football clubs - and the owners behind it - has expired. Asked in a March YouGov poll whether they felt their club would be in better hands if it was owned cooperatively, 56% of fans expressing an opinion believed it would...
...dismissed the offer of ownership stakes as a "gimmick," are currently ahead in the polls - implementing its proposals could still prove tricky. While the government is taking legal advice on how the sale of shares to supporters might be enforced, it's hard to imagine club owners would allow any such reform to pass unchallenged.(Read "Can Fans Buy Their Team...
...involvement of jihadists is not ruled out by the report, nor is the possibility that Mehsud - once an ISI asset - may have been involved. But it suggests his potential involvement would have formed part of a broader conspiracy. The report also does not rule out the involvement of elements within Pakistan's powerful military establishment...
...left behind, whose political clout is undiminished, is unlikely to accept a potentially humiliating probe into one of its longest-serving commanders in chief. "No credible criminal investigation can proceed in Pakistan," says Farzana Shaikh, a senior Pakistan analyst at London's Royal Institute of International Affairs, "because that would mean going to the heart of the military and its intelligence arm. This is a weak civilian government. The military still calls the shots. That's the reality of Pakistan. Like many other murders, we are not going to get any answers any time soon...