Ukip dear god that's a worse decision than half of gales kicking choices.

Nor sure that selling off the NHS and an equalised tax payment [you pay exactly the same as a millionaire is [iexactly[/i what I'd call populist but those are two gems from their last manifesto.

The reasons for Mr Sutcliffe deciding to step down are of course open to conjecture.

It may be interesting if Bulls fans were to learn that Mr Sutcliffe invested no money into OK Bulls. His intention was to never invest, even though he was the honorary chairman, public spokesperson and a director. Omar Khan apart, not one director of OK Bulls invested in the company. His preferred option was to negotiate a loan from Bradford Council in order to help fund OK Bulls. People can make their own minds up as to why he was unwilling to invest his own money, but felt it appropriate to secure public funds from colleagues in the Labour controlled local authority.

It may interest fans to know that, even though a sale had not been rubber stamped, Mr Sutcliffe claims Omar Khan asked him and his fellow directors to stand down from OK Bulls. This they all did at the same time. An en masse resignation of directors is highly unusual prior to a sale being completed.

It may be a coincidence that all of those directors were/still are all former Bradford Labour councillors, group leaders, campaign & office managers and funders.

It may also interest fans to know that Mr Sutcliffe expected the RFL to pay the outstanding HMRC account that was generated in his time as a director. It may also interest fans to know that OK Bulls defaulted on the loan from Bradford Council whilst he and all the other directors were still on the board.

They all resigned in the knowledge that this loan was in default and that there was an outstanding six figure HMRC debt.

The demise of OK Bulls is entirely the responsibility of the directors who were in control.

Those elements of the above post that are factual are unlikely to be of much interest to Bulls fans, to be honest, because they already know them?

Those elements in the above post that are either not factual, or are not in the public domain, I suggest risk you and/or the site being exposed to an action for defamation, if they cannot be proven? Even if there are readers who may well have very considerable empathy with the allegations being made.

Regarding the final paragraph, I would love to hear the sworn testimony of those who know where the bodies are buried...and have the documentation to demonstrate what the role of the RFL may or may not have been in this debacle. But, maybe, this will prove to be one ship that never docks?

But, as I have previously stated, I wonder if Sutcliffe's position as a consequence of all this may have become untenable?

Politicians of all callings - are well known for their generosity - with other peoples money

I don't think any fans thought Sutcliffe had put any money into the club, other than maybe a token amount and I would doubt he was particularly wealthy anyway. I always felt his contribution would have been in his 'connections' and knowledge gained as a minister of sport.