It would choke Scottish Government to acknowledge Celtic contribution

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You read the Scottish Government’s response last week when a Glasgow business won £40m worth of export income, shared with others in their sector from Dingwall to Kilmarnock? Celtic’s Champions League success this month has been phenomenal economic news for Glasgow in particular, and Scotland in general, but it would break the Scottish Government scarcely concealed agenda towards Celtic for them to acknowledge the contribution to our economy.

Instead they peddle some hoary old trash in attempting to defend their thoroughly discredited Offensive Behaviour’ Act, which sought to “equalise” supporters behaving lawfully with those behaving in a sectarian manner.

The Government, which for years placed great political capital into respecting the will of the Scottish Parliament, suddenly decided Parliament’s voice could be ignored by Government, when the chamber voted to repeal the Act in November.

It would choke these people to acknowledge Celtic’s contribution to the country’s economic welfare. They want your votes, they don’t want to listen to you, or Parliament, or any other body who may represent you, unless you conform to a cultish utopian vision.

We live in the age where governments across the globe bang the Bogeyman Drum, while indulging in crass selective seeing and hearing. This Tartan-Peronist outfit would be wise not to cherry-pick how they tackle Celtic supporters, or our club.

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  1. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    Simple rule. If you dish it out, you better be prepared to get it back.

     

    Id say thats fair.

  2. CCE

     

    I know what the board is all about, you can trust me on that believe it or not, I don’t give a feck, but I do, I have told you what I think of them, I told you also that I think Pedro is a top class board member, albeit he doesn’t always do what I would like, but the rest are parasites, tell me I am wrong.

  3. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    THE EXILED TIM on 28TH AUGUST 2017 11:20 PM

     

     

    The reports I have heard came from Japan.

     

    Apparently they warned their Northern citizens to take precautions over an incoming missile.

     

    That may well be the Rubicon as far as the Japanese are concerned .

  4. weebobbycollins on

    Donald Trump passed over North Korea, broke into three pieces and fell into the sea….

     

    I wish!

  5. BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 28TH AUGUST 2017 10:34 PM

     

    Doc

     

     

    Together again

     

     

    on a night of cold harshness on cqn such tenderness brings a timely reminder of the beauty of the human spirit

     

     

    I only hope he lets him down gently when he tells him it’s only a loan

  6. Delaneys Dunky on

    Saint Stivs

     

     

    The funniest kid on introduction I had was Pedrocaravanicho’s wife introducing herself as Ernie Lynch. Oldtim nearly had a seizure. Quality. :)

  7. MacJay

     

    I have read the same reports, I will log on to RT later and see what they are saying, I trust them more that any other western media outlet for un bias reporting.

     

    HH

  8. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    WBC

     

     

    Sure to be some scrap value on that broken-up missile:)

     

     

     

    HH

  9. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    The ( Shh ) Sun

     

     

    SCOTT BROWN has posted a hilarious Instagram picture to welcome back Patrick Roberts – and the winger has pleaded with his team-mate to be added back into the Celtic group chat!

     

     

    The Hoops skipper shared a laugh with team-mate Kieran Tierney and new signing Roberts after he sealed a season-long loan move back to Parkhead.

  10. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    THE EXILED TIM on 28TH AUGUST 2017 11:36 PM

     

     

     

    You might be better with RTE.

     

     

    :-)

  11. Remember that time when CQN was all about good-natured chat about Celtic?

     

     

    Nah, me neither.

     

     

    Night, all.

  12. MacJay

     

    I will stick with RT, I trust them, they have yet to be proved wrong believe it or not :-)

     

    HH

     

    ………………..

     

    Starry

     

    If true, Pedro has excelled himself again, and they slag me for slagging him, tubes :-)

     

    HH

  13. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    WBC

     

     

    I thought about what you posted earlier. I would reply by saying, what would happen if everybody decided that ‘principles’ were not worth fighting for. What kind of world would we be living in?. Some horrific Hobbesian nightmare where violence is the only determining factor? I didnt study and research for years on end, to suddenly throw my principles in the trash. If we dont have people standing on principle, we have nothing.

     

     

    HH

  14. A guy sang a song about Van Goghs being bought for the price if a hospital wing.

     

    Now it’s footballers.

     

     

    DelamitriCSC

  15. TGM,

     

     

    As long as yer no standing on Principles throat….let them breathe….and adapt/adjust….;-))

     

     

    thatslifeCSC

     

     

    H.H.

  16. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    TLT

     

     

    Two principals in particular we should never compromise, Truth and Justice.

     

    I stand on that. Call me old-fashioned:)

     

     

     

    HH

  17. TGM,

     

     

    haha….you thought…..I thought….lets have an argument that descends into personal insult….seems to be the new normal on here…..and yes I have been stupidly drawn in ;-))

     

     

    H.H.

  18. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    Anyway i better split…Burnley78 is watching how long im online.

     

    Catch you all on the other side

  19. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    THELURKINTIM on 29TH AUGUST 2017 12:09 AM

     

    TGM,

     

     

     

    Truth & Justice…..ask MIT how fluid they can be ;-))

     

     

     

    H.H.

     

    =================================================

     

     

    Dead right.

     

     

    Pravda translates as truth.

  20. MacJay

     

     

    Who’s Pravda? Call me a cynic….but do you really believe that the Soviet Union collapsed without contingencies….;-))

     

     

    How you doing my Tory antipodean ;-))

     

     

    H.H.

  21. What is the Stars on

    Thats what I love about CQN

     

    The world teeters on the Brink of Nuclear Holocaust and we still manage to have arguments between the

     

    Board Lovers

     

    The Permanent Malcontents

     

    The Angry Brigade

     

    The Grumpy Old Men

     

    The “I only wanna talk fitba” Brigade

     

    The “feckin students” I hate em Brigade

     

    The True Sons of erin

     

    The True Sons of Alba

     

    The Molotov Cocktails

     

    The Doobie Brothers

     

    The peoples front for the liberation of Paddy Roberts ( GHQ Staff)

     

    The peoples popular front for the Liberation of Paddy Roberts ( Permanent Only)

     

    The Heated Driveways

     

    I might just hire a Bus and drive yis all to the airport myself.

     

     

    Glad Paddy has signed but what happened to the Virgil Van Dyke money

     

     

    Goodnight lads,

  22. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    THELURKINTIM on 29TH AUGUST 2017 12:22 AM

     

     

    Just the ” 1984 ” style irony of Pravda.

     

     

    The Soviet Union ended because Gorbachev recognised the truth .

     

    Reagan had priced USSR out of the market with the star wars myth .

     

     

    Gorbachev. A true hero of the Soviet Union.

     

     

    All good with me , pal.

     

    Hope the same for yourself .