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08-11-2018 02:53 PM #3Elephant StoneLeft by mutual consent!
Labour MSP James Kelly asked Ms Sturgeon whether she would join him in condemning "anti-Catholic bigotry and anti-Irish racism", and called for the government to take urgent action against these "unacceptable attitudes".
The First Minister replied: "I saw some of Neil Lennon's press conference and thought he conducted himself with great dignity.
Nobody should have to suffer the abuse and the attacks that he has had to suffer.
"I unequivocally condemn anti-Catholic bigotry, anti-Irish racism, I condemn sectarianism in any shape or form and this government will continue to take the action we need to take to ensure that Scotland is a country that demonstrates zero tolerance of any of that kind of bigotry.
"Whatever your footballing loyalties, or whether you don't have any footballing loyalties, that kind of conduct has no place in modern Scotland and all of us must unite to make that absolutely crystal clear."
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08-11-2018 03:08 PM #4
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So will they take any any type of measures to stop this from happening again? Or is it just more rhetoric?
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08-11-2018 03:11 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-11-2018 03:15 PM #6
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of the OBFA?
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08-11-2018 03:35 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-11-2018 03:36 PM #9
Well said Nicola! No one deserves to get the grief Neil Lennon does.
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08-11-2018 03:37 PM #10
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08-11-2018 03:39 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-11-2018 04:10 PM #14
Heartening to hear that response from the First Mininster.
Maybe Hibs should issue a similar statement in support of our Manager?
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08-11-2018 04:27 PM #15Elephant StoneLeft by mutual consent!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-11-2018 04:33 PM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Maybe they could introduce a law targetting sectarianism, and other unnaceptable behaviour, at football matches.
Oh wait, they already did, and everybody criticised it endlessly...especially the Labour Party
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08-11-2018 04:37 PM #18
"Continue" to take action.
Same as the radio adverts a few months ago about there being no place in Scotland for Secteranism etc, just empty rhetoric at the moment as far as I can see.Mon the Hibs.
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08-11-2018 04:38 PM #19
Eureka. Right Nicola, words sorted. Deeds next?
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08-11-2018 04:46 PM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I’d have a bit more respect if she called out the SFA for silently condoning years and years of bigotry and doing next to nothing.
Very disappointing, empty statements from a well respected leader. No actual specific proposals for what they’re going to do about it.
It’ll end up with nothing happening. Yet again.
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08-11-2018 04:54 PM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The lass is not daft, speak out about it then sweep sweep sweep it all away, she isn't going to get into things like wee eck said, " we will eradicate this from Scottish football "
Would seem that Lennon isn't going to drop this until some kind of action is taken, Leeann Dempster really needs to back the manager on the matter and call out the authorities to do something about it.
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08-11-2018 04:57 PM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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"I did not need any persuasion to play for such a great club, the Hibs result is still one of the first I look for"
Sir Matt Busby
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08-11-2018 04:58 PM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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"I did not need any persuasion to play for such a great club, the Hibs result is still one of the first I look for"
Sir Matt Busby
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08-11-2018 05:04 PM #24
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Although it would not be a government initiative I think Hibs should issue a statement saying that bigotry has no place at Easter Road.
In the event of a club’s supporters indulging in it then they will not receive a ticket allocation for the next match.
Lead by example and support our manager at the same time.
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If it's the former, that's the clubs, who have collectively sat on their hands and refused to accept any sort of liability. Up to a point, you can understand why, as clubs' income might be at risk. Albeit that completely ignores social and community responsibility.
If it's the latter, there is a bill working its way through Parliament that will force strict liability on the clubs. Whilst that may be a welcome step, my worry is how it will be enforced by the ...cough... authorities.
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08-11-2018 05:23 PM #28
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This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteLast edited by Weegreenman; 08-11-2018 at 05:26 PM.
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08-11-2018 05:29 PM #29This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-11-2018 05:39 PM #30This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Nah not really.
OBFA was an absurd piece of legislation, a classic effort from politicians desperate to be seen to ‘do something’ without considereing unintended consequences.
As said above, Scotland already has laws against this kind of abuse. What is needed is a determination to act upon them.
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