I believe he was being interviewed by the FL but has he been cleared to take over?
You may well be right. At the end of the day, I suppose they can only rely on actual convictions rather than newspaper stories!
I suspect that Fit and Proper is an evolving beast that, as yet, has not really bared its teeth. The problem is that most of these shady characters have got ownership because they didn't have any convictions at the time. In the case of Birmingham, he now seems to have circumvented the rules by...