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French minister shamelessly invokes spectre of Hysel

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The French Interior Minister, Gerald Darmanin, seems intent on challenging Boris Johnson as the politician who has gone out of his way most to offend and unfairly castigate the people of Liverpool in particular and English football fans in general.

His claim that up to 70% of tickets presented at the Champions League final on Saturday were fake is demonstrably false. The actions of his government, Paris police and stadium authorities were responsible for the dangerous events ahead of kick-off. Uefa’s culpability remains an open question.

Darmanin invoked the 37-year-old spectre of Hysel, without naming the disaster, as justification for his own mistakes. It seems that politicians implying those across a border are somehow inferior is not limited to these shores.

Johnson, hard on the heels of criticising Liverpool fans for booing the national anthem at the FA Cup Final, and unable to find the goodwill to wish the club good luck in the Champions League Final (having videoed a greeting for Newco a week earlier), made what sounded like grudging noises of support for what happened to fans.

As we have long known in Scotland, football fans are little more than scapegoats for politicians own failures.

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  1. bigbhoy on

    I have only had a loaded Gun pointed at me once. It was a French police officer in Marsellie at Euro 2016. I was walking to the Veledrome with my son and my wife. He had his assault rifle at his shoulder pointing directlly at my Family. There was no trouble or disturbances. I had UEFA tickets for the Poland v Ukraine.

     

     

    I have heard several times that you should never point a loaded weapon at anyone.

     

     

    I also witnessed trouble with French Police in Paris at the PSG game, in 98 at the Brazil game, and in Lyon in 2003. The French police forces CRS, Gendarmes. Policia National and even Municipal Police are all armed and are very aggressive.

     

     

    I never have had a bad feeling at a Liverpool game.

     

     

    From the videos and the journalists comments I have no doubt that the French police were out of order

  2. Philbhoy on

    GFTB

     

     

    Yer a bad mhan!

     

     

    I was home in time to bring the washing in and make the dinner!

     

     

    Haha!

  4. bigrailroadblues on

    Good evening all from the Fiveways, Parkhead. It’s a sare fecht if ye don’t weaken.

  5. celtic40me on

    I actually think our achievement is greater – although serie a is one of the top 4 leagues it’s a long way from its prime, and it’s taken them a few years to build to this.

     

     

    It does show what a unified club can do, they are very United from boardroom all the way to the subs on the bench.

  8. GFTB on

    Philbhoy 8.24pm

     

     

    Also home at a very respectable time …

     

     

    happy wife, happy life and all that

     

     

    or more happy wife, easy life :-)

  9. Coneybhoy on

    BRRB

     

     

    I was in the Fiveways before the last hun game. Still just a canteen selling beer. Not a real pub

     

     

    Drover’s is still my favourite real pub near the ground

     

    Chrystal Bell my fave at the cross(my auld boy’s haunt in the Lions days)

  11. Majestic Hartson on

    I recommend the BBC podcast The Great Post Office Trial – about the sub postmaster scandal.

     

     

    I’m only 2 episodes in and my blood is already boiling at these absolute basta… who are happy to ruin people’s lives.

  12. Coneybhoy on

    Bigbhoy

     

     

    My first was an SLR held by a UDR man when i was about 9. Scumbag

     

     

    Paris police are fascists (in my experience) but the North African extraction poor youths are trouble too. I sympathise with them but they can be arseholes as well . They were the other night

  13. Philbhoy on

    BELMONTBRIAN

     

     

    Goodnight mate!

     

     

    Perfect end to a brilliant day?

     

     

    My good lady has just poured me a malt!

     

     

    Counting my blessings!

  14. Coneybhoy on

    Majestic Hartson

     

     

    I’ve already gone through the rage and sadness on that subject. Test case on privatisation gone wrong.

     

     

    I did a spell in George Sq PO as as student. Nepotism was rife through the union , which annoyed me but everyone did a shift went home happy, delivering a good service

  15. Coneybhoy on

    Westcraigs

     

     

    Best thing is that Starmer is charged and walks.

     

     

    Johnson stays as the mountebank he is and Labour win the next election with a Socialist at the helm

  16. Majestic Hartson on

    Coneybhoy,

     

     

    I spent some time behind the counter in Bothwell St and Hope St and occasionally worked alongside Hand of God if this parish.

     

     

    Lots of great people in there and I’m sure in the subs too.

     

     

    I really hope some people do time for the pain they caused.

  19. bigrailroadblues on

    Philbhoy, I’m with Mrs BRRB. She’s come out of the bingo in a foul mood. Apparently all the hun hairies drank the cisterns dry in the bogs.

  20. GFTB on

    BRRB 9.07pm

     

     

    If you’ve left TLT & BMCUWP in the Tollbooth I have a feeling they might have control of the microphone and the singers guitar by this point !

     

     

    You were meant to be the sensible one and look after those two upstarts :-)

  23. wolf tony on

    Imagine leaving you’re weans standing at the school gates in scary Scotland whilst you live it up at the happy clappy hangout?

     

    And then sticking yourself in on big bad social media?

     

    Wtf?

     

    If there’s a majority of Tims like this then its little wonder that Celtic supporters reputation a deserved reputation of best fans in the world, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, to a reputation of ‘TODAY’ 2012 and on which sees Timdom as the absolute definition of out and out dumbfeckery.

     

     

    Real Tims don’t run their mouths CSC

  26. Turkeybhoy on

    I see the Asshole with 6 names has added another to his list,Wolf Tony.

     

    Should be Lone Wolf. No mates.

  27. Turkeybhoy on

    Hundreds of Celtic fans picked up in their vans ,French Police and taken from the Eiffel Tower area,direct to the Stadium.Told us the rival PSG fans were rioting ,which they were,big time,and wanted us safe.Could not have been nicer,the 4 days we stayed for the PSG game.They also gave an Irish supporters bus a Police escort to the game,because they were hopelessly stuck in Traffic.They were in the same Hotel as us.We were leaving the Hotel at two to gab a bevy,try to get to the Eiffel Tower then game.They were leaving the Hotel around Five !!!!!.

  30. Turkeybhoy on

    Not content with the total fek up Ramsey was,we now have this from them,Gareth Bale,read on

     

     

    Global Superstar.

     

     

    Wow, just imagine this for a moment.

     

     

    Bale arriving at Ibrox would make the Ramsey deal look simply minuscule.

     

     

    The winger has proved that he still has what it takes, smashing it on loan at Spurs last season and it looks as though he is now ready for that last move before retirement.

     

     

    Would he rather play in the Championship every week with Cardiff at places such as Rotherham, or would he like the chance to play in Europe and win numerous pieces of silverware?

     

     

    We know which we’d prefer, but it all depends on his desire to return home.

     

     

    There is nothing quite like the Rangers faithful at Ibrox, and one quick phone call with Ramsey or chat during this latest international break could see his mind made up.

     

     

    It is time to make the move, all eyes are on Ross Wilson now.

     

     

     

    Where to start.”Numerous pieces of silverware”eh !!!.Getting more stupid by the day.

  32. An Tearmann on

    Imagine you had the confidence to be yourself.

     

    To be secure in yourself,imagine that.

     

     

    Stuck in a moment you can’t get out of.

     

     

    That’s your reality troll

  33. An Tearmann on

    Glad you bhoys had a great day out,hope boaby philbhoy,gerryfaebrig,belmontand drummer celt all enjoyed the company of fellow Celts hh

     

    I met BRRB coming back from CP where I was at launch of Celticminded5 with a wide range of authors,

     

    from Brian Wilson(nice chap)+to a personal friend Paddy mcMenemy,25% of price of book goes to foundation,all ably edited by Joe Bradley.

     

     

    HH

  35. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Saint Stivs ..

     

     

    Great Giakoumakis link.

     

     

    Cheers.

     

     

    By my rudimentary arithmetic

     

     

    17 goals of which 15 were 1 touch?

     

     

    Exactly what is needed in the modern game.

     

     

    Both ball and man arrive at same point at speed.

     

     

    Almost impossible to defend against.

  37. The hand of God on

    Good evening to you Majestic Hartson…wasn’t aware of that BBC podcast will check it out…hope you are well.

  38. IniquitousIV on

    TURKEYBHOY

     

     

    “Bale arriving at Ibrox would make the Ramsey deal look simply minuscule.”

     

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    One assumes there was no mention of the little matter of his existing remuneration, a relatively piddling £600,000 a week? No? Might have guessed.😊

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