Something's happening...

Indeed - something is happening. However, things that are not likely to happen on 29 November at 17:15 include:

1) Publication of expenses data: Salford is still yet to publish information requested in well over 100 Freedom of Information Requests about expenses and similar such data. We now know that Professor Martin Hall - the man who so heroically used the complexities of his professional craft (Archaeology) to dispell some of the nonsense espoused by South Africa's Apartheid government - is being asked to personally approve refusal notices for requests that appear to be us to be perfectly valid. This comes after him telling the Student Union's AGM last year that there was a "public interest" in publishing expenses data for the SLT on a quarterly basis, and he was simply waiting for the first quarter to elapse. Unsurprisingly, the data never surfaced. Worst still, Matthew Stephenson has claimed in a public response that this decision not to publish was taken by Salford's Audit Committee, of which our old friend Ian Austin is still listed as the Chair (more below).

2) Terminating expensive legal proceedings: after Salford's barrister made the revelation about the staggering expense of the current Libel proceedings being pursued, we pointed out in a previous post that if Salford have 'guessed' the correct culprit, they would appear unlikely to be able to recoup much of their considerable expenses as a result. On pure cost/benefit analysis, it would appear to be expedient for them to consider whether this is a worthwhile pursuit, especially if the case goes to trial.

3) Removing Ian Austin as Chair of Audit and as a Trustee: in spite of 'managing' his firm toward administration and having been slammed in the press for months on end now, Ian Austin is still listed as Salford's Chair of Audit. Why they are keeping him in his role totally confounds us.

4) Admitting that spending £20k on a Chandelier was a mistake: self explanatory, really.

Etc etc...