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The interesting thing with this is the reference to “civil and criminal proceedings”. The criminal proceedings are vital such that the victims get the justice they so richly deserve against the perpetrators of such horrific, heinous crimes. But also interesting will be the civil proceedings. In civil proceedings invariably the plaintiff will chase the deepest pockets - so undoubtedly Gordon, and presumably the many other abuse victims, will be chasing Celtic. This could be absolutely catastrophic for Celtic financially which obviously helps us - however, by far the most important aspect of the civil proceedings for me would be that the many victims receive proper, appropriate financial compensation for what amounted to, in many cases, completely dismantled and ruined lives and, in the case of Andrew Gray, premature death via suicide thanks to the abhorrent actions of those entrusted to nurture and protect him. The perpetrators are the scum of the earth and deserve never to see the light of day again. However, so too the organizations that not just enabled these horrific actions but buried them, swept them under the carpet, denied them and, worse, actually victimized the victims by accusing them of false accusations. Its as sordid an affair as you can get and, if it had been dealt with the way it SHOULD have been, the biggest historical stain on the whole of Scottish sport, EVER. But such is the state of Scotland these days that its far more popular to give a shit about the face painter not being paid than it is about innocent children being sexually abused by those entrusted to protecting them. Scum of the earth !

The more clubs interested can only be a good thing for us in terms of a bidding war - though bidding wars are virtually a thing of the past these days as accepted bids are known right away and clubs just match each other. Ideally Alfredo stays as he could still, with focus, be the man to lead us to 55. But if he’s set on going then the sooner the better and for the biggest price possible - in order to allow us to fund that creative midfielder we desperately need.

To be fair, what happened with the Alfredo thing - did they ever get to the bottom of that ? Too many of us immediately assumed it was Tims who cut the brake pipes..... only to find out that might not have been what happened. Personally I think it’s a far stronger position to know it was done by them and then call it out than call it out before knowing and potentially end up with egg on the face - because every time thereafter you also will be reminded how wrong you were originally on a previous incident.

Wonder if BBC PQ will mention big Shane’s Ireland getting beat at home by Glenn Kamara’s Finland ? #NiceOneGlenn#

I agree with you. Today's(Sunday) Off the Ball has Cosgrove and Cowan hosting, Partick Thistle supporter, Ray Bradshaw is the guest. Towards the end of the show, Cowan illustrates an example of mishearing. It occurred years past, when Beeb Scotland were still based at Hamilton Drive. He tells of a researcher, Cosgrove describes her, "as a lovely young girl from Donegal". Apparently, the show had been a tad spikey and some of the calls contained edge. At the show's conclusion, Cowan is told by the researcher that another call had been lined up. Cowan says, "ah don't need another irate caller". Stoney silence ensues. The researcher gives Cowan the treatment for a fortnight, when another researcher works out it is an issue of mishearing. "Ah don't need another irate caller" has been heard as, 'ah don't need another IRA caller'. This is the nub of the story, Cosgrove jumps in and says, "of course, we do need another IRA caller, this is the BBC, we require balance". Rangers supporters will be laughing at Cosgrove's referencing of BBC Scotland balance, when has it ever been deployed? Eight years down the line, the plight of a Face Painter resonates continually, whereas the plight of children being constantly raped for half a century is absolutely ignored. However, Cosgrove's suggestion of balance for the IRA is dog whistling. He knows what he is doing, it's a shout out to big buddies like Kevin McKenna, Eamonn O'Neill, Angela Haggerty, ........... etc. How does the family and friends of Journalist, Lyra McKee feel after such an insensitive remark? Cosgrove knows it's a callous necessity on his part. Cosgrove and those mentioned, have had a lot to say on BBC Scotland about Lyra McKee since her murder by the IRA. The various current affairs shows have those talking heads as regular contributors. Haggerty has said at least twice, "the IRA are defunct". O'Neill stated, "Lyra McKee was not targeted by the IRA", and Cosgrove determined she was not murdered, "unfortunately, she was caught in crossfire, we need a new classification". The facts at this moment, there have been ten arrests and the weapon used has been recovered by the PSNI. It's sub judice to discuss further. Cosgrove et al know what they are doing, running interference to deliberately queer the pitch. There will be no changes, Cosgrove laid down his marker.

Personally I don't expect any changes at all in the way the BBC conducts its affairs. A few PR statements from a new man at the top, launched purely for political purposes, will change nothing. Nor are they intended to.

The sooner the BBC licence fee gets abolished the better. Then the BBC (including PQ) will be forced into producing broadcasts which will be dependent on viewing figures. That will surely mean the end for the Rangers-hating pond life we have to endure whether they’re freelance or whatever

Humza is already trying to see if accusations against the Green Brigade fit into his hate crime bill.

Nothing to do with this thread but thought I would post this pic

For goodness sake this is the Rangers pages keep political arguements/differences out of here and into the lounge.

Indeed Craig https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/exclusive-damarcus-beasley-firebombing-was-revenge-1049835

Rumours came from South America and quoted Euro 12m, nothing from Germany as far as I know. Will keep an eye open.

Why do I need to be careful? I guess you don't like accusations being made against your fellow left wing pro-Palestinians.

John Jeffrey was only 16 years of age when he didn’t return home from Ibrox on the 2nd January 1971. We’ve made contact with John’s family and a memorial plaque will now be placed at Clydebank Crematorium. Update to follow.

Nice try ?

It will only apply to journalists and presenters in the news and current affairs departments sadly.

Let's pump the breaks. No-one has a clue what's happened here

My feeling is, yes, the car was targeted because it was McGregor's and with his "alleged" reputation it is more than likely it was not football/sectarian related.

Just as well there were no spectators. Could have been really embarrassing. Maybe FARE would have sent one of their representatives to report on any anti-semitism ?

In any normal civilised country this would be the main news story & would have been so for months/years. Sadly this now reflects the country Scotland has now become

Not the first Rangers player's car to be torched either. The Green Brigade seem to be able to act with impunity.

It will be good to get him back in the transfer threads with all of the other former Rangers players.

The SNP are terrified to get involved with the Celtic BC stuff because they rely heavily on the Celtic/RC vote nowadays