The core developers, Gregory, Pieter, Luke and Matt are involved in a company Blockstream:
https://www.blockstream.com/team/ .
Obviously they want Blockstream to be successful. Please tell me how Gavin is biased and the others aren't.

There are two sides to (almost) each story, and there definitely are hidden agendas involved here.
So are you saying that it is present a conflict of interest, because I do not see why the other core can vote or agree with the Gavin's proposal. A technology should be updated if it wants to stay alive.
However I will grab my popcorn and watch!