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Not fit to run Rangers:MP Brian Donohoe slams Ibrox powerbroker Mike Ashley...


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...in Westminster speech.

 

 

Jan 27, 2015 17:07

By John Ferguson

 

DONOHOE accused Ashley of showing "scant regard for his workers" in his retail firms referring to a move to plunge USC into administration before he bought it again through one of his other subsidiaries, leaving many workers out of a job.

 

MIKE Ashley’s credentials to invest in Rangers have been questioned by a Scots MP during a speech in the Palace of Westminster.

 

Brian Donohoe used parliamentary privilege to question whether the billionaire Newcastle United owner was a fit and proper person to take over at Ibrox.

 

His criticism came after Ashley plunged his fashion retailer USC into administration, only to buy it again through one of his other subsidiaries, leaving many workers out of a job.

 

Donohoe said: “Given the way Mike Ashley has behaved, is the Sports Direct supremo a fit and proper person to be buying shares in Ibrox and appointing his people to the board?

 

”He has shown scant regard for his workers and thrown many loyal people on the scrapheap.

 

“It is wrong that this individual is allowed anywhere close to Rangers.

 

“We need transparency into the affairs of Mike Ashley and the affairs of Glasgow Rangers.”

 

The USC deal - brokered through former Rangers administrators Duff and Phelps - resulted in the loss of 88 jobs at the firm’s headquarters in Dundonald, South Ayrshire.

 

Mr Donohoe says that USC staff were given no advance warning when they were made redundant just after Christmas.

 

According to Forbes magazine, Ashley, who owns just under 8.9 per cent of Rangers shares but wields a massive amount of power at the club, is worth £3.3billion making him the 293rd richest person in the world.

 

A motion has been lodged at the Scottish Parliament by local Adam Ingram MSP which condemns the actions of Mr Ashley and calls on him to ensure employees are paid what they are owed has so far attracted support from 26 other MSPs.

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/not-fit-run-rangers-mp-5053298

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