My attention was drawn to the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) blog yesterday, also covered by Joe O’Rourke on the Association site. SCVO Director of Pubic Affairs, John Downie, writes about the “proposed bill on sectarianism” but seems to get muddled in his role as a director of SCVO and using SCVO resources to speak as a Rangers fan; in this instance blaming Catholic schools for sectarianism. How ironic.
Downie writes:
“We’ve previously seen Rangers fans outraged by Celtic goalie Artur Boric crossing himself during games but less bothered – obviously – by about our own players (like Vladimir Weiss last season) doing the same thing.”
“Our own players”! Is SCVO some closed shop where they talk about Artur Boruc as a “Celtic goalie” and Vladimi Weiss as one of our “own”?
So far, so disturbing, but Downie then uses the article to ride to the rescue with:
“The solution:
Personally, as someone who grew up in the East End of Glasgow and lives in the west of Scotland, I agree with some of what Conservative MSP John Lamont says. In my opinion one key causes of sectarianism is Scotland continuing to have separate denominational and non-denominational schools.”
So, if only we didn’t have Catholic schools, players like Artur Boruc and “our” Vladimir Weiss would be able to cross themselves free of harassment. Bizarrely, Downie’s article is subtitled “treating the symptoms not the causes”. I don’t think he was trying to suggest it’s best to treat the symptoms.
The cause of intolerance is not differences in ethnic, religious or sexuality, it is ignorant bigots. It is ludicrous to suggest tackling intolerance by assimilating people into some mono-culture. It’s downright dangerous to blame a minority for intolerance of, and by, them, a sentiment that will only fan the flames of hatred.
The European Examiner reports that various politicians have called for Mr Downie’s removal but SCVO chief exec, Martin Sime, apparently sees nothing wrong in SCVO running a blog discussing one of “our” Rangers players and the “Celtic goalie”, while simultaneously blaming educationally successful faith schools for sectarianism. SCVO has offered a metaphorical No Surrender to resignation calls.
A brief comment for those who don’t live in Scotland…. Attitudes like this once prevailed but are harder to find these days. We are a modern, progressive, society, for the most part.
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Greegsy – 1.5 mill…… max.
Healy dives in the box
GOAL – Dunfermline 1-0 Rangers (Kirk)
Andy Kirk slots the ball into the net at the back post to give the Pars the lead, finishing off a wonderful flowing move that cut Rangers apart. Paddy Boyle provided the killer cross.
Right
away this time
hang loose groovers
Some say that he once helped Stephen Hawking complete his homework
and that he dropped the entire JLS on their backs with one punch
All we know is….. He’s Victor Wanyama.
Courtesy Amac from CM 1-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-coOFovC-s
Rangers the team that just keeps giving. I will miss them when they are gone, (not the scummy kit man though).
Cousin has his choice of positions when he plays they are sooooooooo bad,
Rangers salad dodging manager looks as if he is feeling the pressure.
Welcome to the future.
…..it’s the ‘hope’ that gets you eventually..
Huns score
doh
1-1
Crap defending
Healy scores 1-1 Pars defense a joke
Huns in full voice again
Darn… too good to be true…
Pars are letting Aluko run at them. He is causing a problem each time he runs at them – hence the goal
They will beat Dunfermline and suddenly be world beaters again. And with the mighty Cousin to come in all looks good!
PaperingOverTheCracks CSC
The over weight referee is useless
Rankers hit the bar
Burley sounds a lot happier now – can he not go through one game without mentioning the term ‘paranoia’? Obsessed, boring and bitter man.
What are we going for today boys
3-0?
3-1?
How gutted did the dunfermline players look about scoring that goal? Pathetic.
When’s the penalty…….?
Five Sun employees are among eight people arrested over alleged corrupt payments to police and public servants.
A Surrey Police officer, a member of the armed forces and a Ministry of Defence employee were also arrested.
The BBC understands picture editor John Edwards, chief reporter John Kay, chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker, reporter John Sturgis and associate editor Geoff Webster were arrested.
The arrests are part of the Operation Elveden probe into payments to police.
BBC News correspondent Joe Lynam said the significance of the latest arrests was that the investigation was not just looking into police and journalists but was now broadening this out to public officials.
Our correspondent said Sun employees he had spoken to were concerned there was something of a “witch-hunt”.
News Corporation confirmed five employees of the Sun were arrested.
Five men aged between 45 and 68 were arrested in London, Kent and Essex on suspicion of corruption, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office, and conspiracy in relation to both offences.
A 39-year-old serving Surrey Police officer, a 39-year-old Ministry of Defence employee and a 36-year-old member of the armed forces were also arrested at their homes on suspicion of corruption, misconduct in a public office and conspiracy in relation to both.
Those arrested are being questioned at police stations in London, Kent, Essex and Wiltshire, police said.
The homes of those arrested were being searched and officers were also carrying out searches at the offices of News International in Wapping, east London.
News Corp said its Management and Standards Committee (MSC) had provided information to the Elveden inquiry which led to the arrests.
The company said in a statement: “News Corporation remains committed to ensuring that unacceptable news-gathering practices by individuals in the past will not be repeated and last summer authorised the MSC to co-operate with the relevant authorities.
“The MSC will continue to ensure that all appropriate steps are taken to protect legitimate journalistic privilege and sources, private or personal information and legal privilege.
“News Corporation maintains its total support to the ongoing work of the MSC and is committed to making certain that legitimate journalism is vigorously pursued in both the public interest and in full compliance with the law.”
‘Robust’ response
A Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said: “We do not comment on ongoing investigations.”
A Surrey Police spokesman said on learning about the involvement of one of its officers it had immediately referred the matter to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Assistant Chief Constable Jerry Kirkby said: “The force takes matters of this nature extremely seriously and we will not hesitate to respond robustly to allegations where there is evidence to support them.”
Deborah Glass, IPCC deputy chairman, said: “Today’s arrests are further evidence of the strenuous efforts being undertaken to identify police officers who may have taken corrupt payments.”
The Surrey Police officer arrest is not connected to the Milly Dowler investigation.
Last week the Independent Police Complaints Commission cleared another Surrey police officer of leaking information to the press about the Dowler investigation.
News Corporation is the parent company of News International which owns The Sun and The Times.
Last month, four former and current Sun journalists and a police officer were arrested as part of the inquiry and released on bail.
Operation Elveden is being overseen by the IPCC, running alongside the Metropolitan Police’s Operation Weeting inquiry into phone hacking at the now-closed News of the World.
More than 20 arrests have so far been made as part of Operation Elveden.
Rankers all over the sorry Pars at the moment
Who is this ref?
Huns will win this Pars even worse than them error after error
That pitch is a disgrace.
Major traffic works abercromby st bellgrove st at gallowgate horrendous backlogs leave plenty time if your using this route to game
The Pars are rotten
In saying that so are the other mob
I fear the Pars defence will not keep rangers don to 1 goal. Unless they can score a barrowload, we will have to maintain winning ways this afternoon. Hope they bring on Hardie and Cardle to help their attack.
I’m off for a beer in town.
See some of you later tonight
on another subject entirely…..
When discussing the ‘elephant in the room’,
does anyone else here get a mental image of Davy Dodds????
(just me?)
HH
One way traffic for the Huns at the moment, can’t see Dunf hanging on. Saying that the Huns really are poor. Get to half time even and you never know.
Lads that pars defence is a total embarrassment.
Lee Mccluggoch is now Marco Van Basten
Huns score – rank rotten defending again