D'Artagnan 173 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 (edited) Some of you may remember Jim McGovern from my previous articles. He and I exchanged a number of, less than courteous letters a few months ago. This was as a result of his support for George Galloway's Early Day Motion 913, with McGovern being the only Scottish based MP to pledge his support to the motion. http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2012-13/913 During the aforementioned exchange I asked Mr McGovern to provide any evidence that Rangers had “side stepped” their tax liability, as such an allegation ran contrary to what we as shareholders had been informed in writing. Needless to say Mr McGovern failed to provide any evidence whatsoever which would would justify the allegations set out in EDM 913, or warrant support for them. Perhaps we should not be surprised by Mr McGovern's support of this motion which are a slur on our club, he has a tendency to make allegations without reasonable foundation. http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/3614-scottish-labour-mp-refuses-to-apologise-for-offensive-racism-slurs.html Its interesting that Joe Fitzpatrick MSP uses the word “hypocritical” to describe Mr McGovern. Depriving the British public of tax revenue is not something Mr McGovern can himself claim a clean sheet on. You know what they say about people who live in glass houses. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/392012/MP-Jim-McGovern-s-24-rail-fare-row-costs-taxpayers-27k But Jim has raised his head above the parapet once again, much to the chagrin of a number of his constituents, and suggested the Foreign Office investigate claims by Celtic supporters regarding events in Amsterdam. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/dundee-mp-calls-for-probe-into-champions-league-trouble-in-amsterdam-1.158942?regType=site®_success=true This has left a number of his constituents in his parliamentary constituency of Dundee West somewhat bemused. And understandably so. Many of them remember a December weekend last year which saw some of the worst football disturbances in Scottish football in recent times and which were described by Dundee FC Operations Manager Jim Thomson as follows :- “I have never seen anything like the behaviour of the Celtic fans in the 20 years I have been running games at Dens Park. “The situation was almost unmanageable and I have never seen so many people drunk. “Our fans were abused, our stewards were abused and no doubt the police were abused. The turnstile operators were visibly shaken. “The away fans had no respect for their surroundings — they were doing the toilet where they stood. “I had Celtic fans come up to me to tell me they were ‘embarrassed’ by their fans’ behaviour.” The people of Dundee are still waiting for a statement from Mr McGovern condemning such behaviour. But it's refreshing to see Mr McGovern embark on a journey demanding, clarity, accountability and transparency. Perhaps in a similar vein he could provide such clarity with regard to his annual staffing expenses which amount to a staggering £ 115,581.17 for a back bench MP. To put this into some kind of perspective his own party leader, Ed Miliband, and of course leader of the opposition has annual staffing costs of £ 93,747.42 Edited November 29, 2013 by D'Artagnan 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 5,833 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 D'Art', most impressed. Jim McGovern can consider himself skewered. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,258 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 we should start a website to name 'celtc- minded' politicians to hopefully dissuade Rangers supporters from voting for them. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 3,767 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 we should start a website to name 'celtc- minded' politicians to hopefully dissuade Rangers supporters from voting for them. Any constituent should be discouraged from voting for someone who acts in such a way. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnan 173 Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Jungle Bhoy Jim just cant help himself.... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/westminster-mps-table-motion-condemning-2867719 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,258 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Jungle Bhoy Jim just cant help himself.... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/westminster-mps-table-motion-condemning-2867719 At least he condemns the Celtic support which is more than can be said for the excessive number of shellik-minded politicians we seem to have in this country of ours. Their silence has been defeaning to say the least. Are they afraid to speak out? What we need now is someone to take this vile club to task over this issue and tell them if it continues then they'll be playing in empty stadia until the club is seen to be doing something about it. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnan 173 Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Im referring to McGovern Rab not Sheridan 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,258 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Im referring to McGovern Rab not Sheridan OOOPS sorry d'art..... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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