Pope John XXIII
Vital Football Legend
RBC are, and always have been, a bunch of older upper middle class Nimbyists who serve and are elected by an area of older, upper middle class Nimbyists, many of whom find it somewhat distasteful to have to share their exclusive cosmopolitan area with something as distasteful as a football club.The Conservative MP for Rushcliffe was quoted as saying " let's get it done" when asked about the thing so no I don't think it's got much to do with political persuasions. To be honest I am at a loss to know quite what RBC are fucking about at other than sitting on their hands may be a habit they can't break.
The fact it's a Tory MP means nothing; the central government under the Tories is not likely to overrule those local electoral concerns from a Tory council, but would probably gleefully do so from a Labour one. That's just the reality