ANOTHER week and yet another delegation from Liverpool hot-foots it to Shanghai to press the flesh with potential investors.

Oct 1 2008 by Tony McDonough, Liverpool Daily Post

The trip was organised by the Liverpool Shanghai Partnership (LSP) and led by city council leader Warren Bradley.

Muchos waffle, but as yet no money coming our way. Just think, in a few months’ time, we will see the dawn of the 10th anniversary of Liverpool’s twinning with Shanghai. Will the proud boast be “a decade of . . . er . . . no investment”?

Never mind, though, because Warren was clearly refreshed and ready to hit the ground running back home.

In an interview with a Sunday newspaper, he claimed that Liverpool and Everton’s stance towards a joint stadium was “softening”.

Nonsense, said Reds chief executive Rick Parry yesterday.

Warren says the clubs should stop “dancing around the elephant in the room”. This elephant you can see, Cllr Bradley, is it pink, by any chance?

ALSO on the Shanghai trip was Professional Liverpool chief executive Mark Chadwick, above

Mark had a “doh” moment as he unpacked his suitcase on arrival to discover he had forgotten any cufflinks.

A member of another delegation from the China Britain Business Council came to his rescue with a spare pair.

Unfortunately for Mark, a lifelong Liverpool fan, the cufflinks bore the crest of Manchester United.

EVEN the journey home from Shanghai was not without drama.

The six-strong Liverpool party’s flight from China was delayed, so they missed their connecting flight back to Manchester from Amsterdam.

Airline KLM beavered away to make alternative arrangements to get every- one home and implemented a system which dealt with passengers in alphabetical order.

Those at the front of the queue were allocated flights direct back to Blighty.

But LSP chief executive Mike Taylor was left complaining about alphabet discrimination, as he was forced to make a detour via Paris.