The spinning of lies regarding the newco, EBTs et al

[der Berliner 3,267]

How best to tackle this?

 

I already asked the Rangers media folk to make a definite statement on this on the club's website / the history section.

 

Today the BBC went on today with ...

Rangers, who have been relaunched as a new company after the previous incarnation could not be saved from liquidation, had their bid to replace the old Ibrox club in the Scottish Premier League overwhelmingly rejected.

 

The "newco" in turn applied to join the SFL and said they would enter whichever division the organisation deemed fit.

 

Where does fact end and fiction starts. We sure need to make sure that fiction is not taking over facts, which is hard to explain to some fellow people who do believe that the BBC is still one of the finest news station out there in the world - which probably holds true in many ways.

 

While it is in some ways correct to use the term newco when it comes to technicalities, the lax use for Rangers as such is not. Hence we should challenge it at every corner. Much like the phrase "relaunched". As far as I know, the "club" was not "liquidated", nor was the "club" "founded anew". But how best to explain the difference between club and corporate entity with facts and figures, when you find the terms intermixed even in Rangers publications or the official club logo?

 

Regarding the EBTs, can we put together a list of years when the EBTs were used and what sort/time of EBT use is actually being challenged by HMRC? For I see reports claiming that we used them for financing the 9IAR era and to keep "pace with Celtic" ... which is utterly absurd (not least since they got a 50m injection by Desmond in that era). Somesuch must be tackled head on and with as many facts (with sources) as possible.

 

Else the lies will take over.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

rfff has 500k that should be used for lawyers.

[der Berliner 3,267]

... yes, that would be useful for the current media culprits. But we need to make statements on behalf of the club and the support, statements based of facts.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

Andrew Dickson is very good on Twitter at that I hear.

[Steve1872 4]

alex thomson‏@alextomo

 

No - Rangers FC was liquidated and does not exist. Of course the Ibrox culture etc lives on and no suit will ever kill that.

 

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4m Chris Graham‏@ChrisGraham76

 

@alextomo Neither club nor old company has been liquidated. Club never will be. Oldco will at some point. Which makes you wrong again.

[ian1964 10,430]

This is exactly why I said on another thread that it gets on my tits!, but was told sticks and stones...........................,NO!,we need to nip this in the bud now.