Crystal Palace co-owner slams David Cameron over EU Referendum
By Croydon Advertiser | Posted: June 21, 2016
By Lee Wilmot
Steve Parish and David Cameron
Crystal Palace chief Steve Parish has blasted Downing Street and Prime Minister David Cameron on Twitter.
With the EU Referendum looming large on Thursday, Cameron posted a message on the social networking site yesterday suggesting that all 20 of the Premier League sides were in support of staying in the EU.
Cameron said: "Football fans should know: all 20 @premierleague clubs say we're #StrongerIn Europe."
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However, the Eagles supremo has hit out at the PM in response, saying that Palace had never been asked for their views.
Parish said: "That's certainly not my personal position and not one ever endorsed by this club."
Parish has also called for Downing Street to delete the post and in response to one fan talking about the situation, Parish went on to say that he believed football clubs should be apolitical, adding: "I'm against using a PL club to support a political view especially when we weren't asked."
You can see the series of tweets from the Eagles chief below.
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I wonder if this has anything to do with Jeremy Hosking, the private equity and Crystal Palace FC investor, [who] has given more than £1m to Vote Leave and £480,000 to the Brexit Express, a campaign to distribute posters across London and other major cities?
Just sayin'.
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