Being on Mike Ashley's Naughty List

Now the season of good will is well and truly over, I can confirm that I did not receive a Christmas card from Sports Direct Mike Ashley.

I am of course - gutted.

Hat tip Daily Telegraph

"The rant before Christmas: five people on Mike Ashley’s naughty list"

Sports Direct’s first-half results beat expectations on Monday, sending its shares soaring almost 30pc. Beyond the numbers, however, the update was arguably more interesting for the potshots chief executive Mike Ashley took at his rivals. So who will not be receiving a Christmas card from the Ashley household this year?......

In September, John Gray, the Labour councillor and representative of the Pirc-supported Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF), suggested at Sports Direct’s AGM that the company’s board did not have the appropriate skills to run the group. 

Ashley said the comments were “misinformed and hysterical”....... 

(The others on the Mike Ashley naughty step included Jeremy Corbyn, David Adams, Rachel Reeves MP, PIRC and Goals Soccer Centres)

Check out previous posts :-

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2019/09/pension-fund-anger-at-sports-directs.html

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2019/11/mike-ashley-blocks-labour-councillor.html

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2019/12/lapff-engagement-with-ryanair-sports.html  

Why you didn't get a xmas card from me (again!)

Apologies to friends, colleagues and family who have sent me Christmas cards and have not received any back.

I have made a donation instead. This year to the Housing and Homeless Charity Shelter. https://england.shelter.org.uk/donate

My first role in housing was as a volunteer with the Citizen Rights Organisation in Edinburgh during the late 1980s.

Shelter provides excellent individual advice and advocacy and also leads effective campaigns on housing and homelessness. It is well worth supporting.

All I want for Christmas is #JC4PM

Received this Crimbo card at UNISON NEC from Welsh colleague Mark Fisher @mfish_9. I will steal. 

My first Christmas Card 2015

This was one of the first Christmas Cards that I received this year. I have some unusual friends and colleagues. This year I will again be donating to a good cause in lieu of sending cards. I hope people don't mind.

Festive and Seasonable best wishes to (nearly) all.