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Couldn't figure.. was it specifically sectarianism they're going to clamp down on?
I hate Internet HATE!......
Couldn't figure.. was it specifically sectarianism they're going to clamp down on?
Yeah slinki.
Bang goes TalkCeltic and FollowFollow
Couldn't figure.. was it specifically sectarianism they're going to clamp down on?
Yeah slinki.
Bang goes TalkCeltic and FollowFollow
Bout time an all
Couldn't figure.. was it specifically sectarianism they're going to clamp down on?
Yeah slinki.
Bang goes TalkCeltic and FollowFollow
Bout time an all
Yeah.
Good for them Velvet - any chance that they have jurisdiction over the total scum that populate the Stoke City fora?
Some of the comments on those about AW and Aaron Ramsey are some of the most disgusting stuff I've heard in footie.
Btw I hope someone in Scotland gets hold of all that sectarian shite and kicks it to the curb. We've had Rangers and Celtic at successive Emirates cups and the chants from both sets of supporters were a disgrace.
I know there is a historical context but really......
You're not wrong Veggie
.....We've had Rangers and Celtic at successive Emirates cups and the chants from both sets of supporters were a disgrace.
I know there is a historical context but really......
Rangers and Celtic fans are heavily biased towards total dicks. Slightly more so in Rangers case IMO but the sectarianism in Scotland is farcical. Other cities had and have football violence, we have have people murdering each other and sending nail bombs 'for the clubs'. Those people disgust me.
Somebody about 20 years ago wrote a book about football being war without guns. I think that's completely true.
Somebody about 20 years ago wrote a book about football being war without guns. I think that's completely true.
and the blood that spilled was always called pride.
I bet they don't they don't got up against 4Chan (SNP that is)
Even Fox couldn't fook with them
Alex Salmondâs cosy relationship with Rupert Murdoch and the Tories
At the 1992 election, Scotland was one place where the Tory-loving Sun didnât publish its âIf Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave BritainâĶâ front page.
The paperâs infamous attack on Labour would have been wasted on Scottish voters. Instead, Rupert Murdochâs favourite tabloid switched support from the increasingly toxic Tories to the SNP. The objective, though, was still the same â to stop a Labour government at Westminster.
Fast forward nearly two decades, and we see that history may be repeating itself. The Daily Record political editor, Magnus Gardham, reveals in his blog that News International is hosting a âbusiness breakfastâ with first minister, Alex Salmond. Itâs an offer that certainly isnât open to other party leaders during the campaign.
In recent weeks, Murdochâs Sun has splashed on celebrity endorsers for the SNP and attacked Labour at every opportunity. So itâs odds-on theyâll support the SNP â or at the very least Salmond â by polling day.
Magnus also highlights how this SNP Scottish government has not challenged the Tory-led coalition with the same vigour as they did the previous Labour UK government.
For example, there was no fight-back from Salmond over a recent clampdown on finances by Danny Alexander. According to Magnus, the treasury bean-counter informed SNP finance secretary, John Swinney, that the Scottish government could no longer hold on to unspent cash at the end of the financial year.
Magnus notes that âin days gone by, Salmond would have trampled folk underfoot in his haste to reach the Holyrood chamber for an angry emergency statementâ. But not under a Tory government, it seems.
Obviously, there are huge questions about how our print media does actually influence voters these days. As Alastair Campbell reminds us in his blog, the Tories ended up with just one seat north of the border at last yearâs general election, despite the Sun supporting them devotedly in Scotland.
The real problem for both the Sun and the SNP is one of credibility. The gymnastics performed by the Sun are of Olympic proportions. Only four year ago, the paper ran an election day splash with the headline âVote SNP today and you put Scotlandâs head in the nooseâ.
This time round, the Nationalists could find the Sunâs support extremely counterproductive, given that the paper is also supporting the Tories in its other UK editions.
The Scots are too canny to be taken in and will see through Murdochâs motives. Endorsement from News International for Alex Salmond, the SNP or for both isnât about whatâs best for Scotland. Itâs all to do with whatâs best for the Tories at Westminster. And the last thing David Cameron wants is Labour first minister in Holyrood fighting for the things that really matter.
. Only four year ago, the paper ran an election day splash with the headline âVote SNP today and you put Scotlandâs head in the nooseâ.
Four years ago the evil empire was supporting Labour in the Scottish elections.
and as someone posted on the web page that was taken from ( Labour-uncut.co.uk , oddly enough! ) - "Everyone can remember the way that Blair practically kiseed Murdochâs posterior in order to get the support of the Sun for Labour."
( though I'm not sure how you kisee anyone..