As a season ticket holder at the greatest team the world has ever seen (that's Spurs, of course) I've followed the moves over the Olympic stadium with some horror. I can see the advantages, but we are a North London team. That's our club's DNA. (And the last thing I want to do is schlep to Stratford when we play.)
But the behaviour of David Lammy, the local MP, is hilarious. He seems to have missed Campaigning 101 when he was at college, because all he does is throw insults at Daniel Levy, rather than build a case and seek to persuade.
But I'm not sure if this press release from Mr Lammy, which has just popped into my inbox, can be beaten for sheer crass idiocy. Here it is in full:
“Levy thinks Spurs are too posh for
Tottenham”David Lammy responds to Daniel Levy’s latest comments that
Spurs will leave Haringey regardless of the Olympic Stadium
decisionhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jan/25/tottenham-hotspur-stadium
In response to the comments made by Tottenham Hotspur Chairman
Daniel Levy that the club plan to leave N17 even if their bid for the Olympic
Stadium fails, David Lammy (MP for Tottenham) said:
“I find it shocking that Daniel
Levy is trying to hold North London to ransom by saying ‘give me the Olympic
Stadium, or else’. He has clearly decided that the club is too posh for
Tottenham. That is a disgrace.“Daniel Levy is treating Spurs
fans, Tottenham residents and London taxpayers with contempt. All of us deserve
more respect than this.“Spurs were granted permission to
redevelop White Hart Lane just three months ago. Daniel Levy didn’t complain in
October that staying in Tottenham was unviable. What has changed in the last
three months? If Tottenham was good enough in October, why isn’t it good enough
now?“If Daniel Levy wants to discuss
White Hart Lane with me, he only has to pick up the phone. Releasing glib
statements to the media is no way to treat the fans of a magnificent club and
the residents of a great city. We deserve better than this.”
statements to the media".
