the other side, but not from TTXGP - MCN today...
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/n...xgp-split/
makes for interesting reading... I would not like to be in Martyne Quayle shoes today (or any day!) what lovely people the TT organiser are?

"In fact Crellin's interview was just the latest in a series of public and private briefings given by members of the TT's inner sanctum – The Department of Transport & Leisure (DTL) and its quango the TT Festival and Motorsports Arrangements Group (TTFMAG) – which (Minister) Shimmin believes constitute a deliberate attempt to smear Hussain and obscure a deep-seated resistance to the event. "

"Scepticism is rife on the island surrounding TTFMAG's ability to run anything so specialised. Juan Turner is a member of the legislative council and until recently worked in the DTL: "TTFMAG will be the death of motorsport on the island. It exists purely to create problems only it can solve – and justify the existence of jobs for its highly-paid members." Perhaps the island's sorest lack is for Hussain's startling power to break down barriers and simply make things happen. Another senior government official, who didn't wish to be named, said: "I would bet my mortgage TT Zero will not happen at all."