Calgacus 8 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Now that they have got rid of all the Rangers songs they want to bin it? The previous law caught the FTP stuff, the new law caught their IRA stuff - that's why labour want the new law repealed. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear54 0 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 It's by no means certain that Scottish Labour would form part of the next Government in 2016. If it was as a minority Government or as part of a coalition, the promise to repeal this Act could very well prove to be a priority that they would drop as being impossible to effect. As it stands just now, this is merely a transparently cynical attempt to appeal to their traditional Celtic/IC vote, which as we remember, deserted them in droves last time around. Given that the likelihood of them having an overall majority is thankfully less than zero, I'm not so worried about this just now. It's just a small part of their overall policy development. Given some robust evidence out there I'm not sure how they would approach a repeal if they tried. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Justice/law/sectarianism-action-1/football-violence/bill http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_JusticeCommittee/Inquiries/Charges_reported_under_OBFTC_Act.pdf Obviously the pro Celtic/IC media would whip up a storm - as they did prior to the Act being rolled out! However, I think the consensus is that many in the Celtic/IC camp did not foresee the Act coming, and had expected their lobbying to result in more one-sided action. Perhaps this is another attempt to readdress the even-handedness of the Act, and replace it with something more akin to non-legal anti-Rangers witch hunts which have historically proved to be much more effective. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 It's by no means certain that Scottish Labour would form part of the next Government in 2016. If it was as a minority Government or as part of a coalition, the promise to repeal this Act could very well prove to be a priority that they would drop as being impossible to effect.As it stands just now, this is merely a transparently cynical attempt to appeal to their traditional Celtic/IC vote, which as we remember, deserted them in droves last time around. Given that the likelihood of them having an overall majority is thankfully less than zero, I'm not so worried about this just now. It's just a small part of their overall policy development. Given some robust evidence out there I'm not sure how they would approach a repeal if they tried. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Justice/law/sectarianism-action-1/football-violence/bill http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_JusticeCommittee/Inquiries/Charges_reported_under_OBFTC_Act.pdf Obviously the pro Celtic/IC media would whip up a storm - as they did prior to the Act being rolled out! However, I think the consensus is that many in the Celtic/IC camp did not foresee the Act coming, and had expected their lobbying to result in more one-sided action. Perhaps this is another attempt to readdress the even-handedness of the Act, and replace it with something more akin to non-legal anti-Rangers witch hunts which have historically proved to be much more effective. Some very intersting stuff in the report e.g. 3 out of the 4 matches with the most offences did not involve Celtic or Rangers. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie RFC 0 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Labour are using this as a tactic to gain the block-Catholic vote at the next election. IMO they are just as bad as the Nationalists. Christ Labour or the SNP??? What a choice to have!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancornetto 1 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Labour are using this as a tactic to gain the block-Catholic vote at the next election. IMO they are just as bad as the Nationalists. Christ Labour or the SNP??? What a choice to have!! Like choosing between herpes and chlamydia. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie RFC 0 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Like choosing between herpes and chlamydia. It's a nightmare. I usually vote Tory but I voted SNP last time just purely to get Labour out because the candidate was a total scumbag and the labour-led council was trying to build an incinerator on my doorstep. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Another reason to get voting Labour, not a fan of them but only one party is trying to break up our country. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chibmark 15 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 If STB is voting Labour, then you know the opposite will get elected 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancornetto 1 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 None of the available parties represent my views anymore, the closest any of them has come is SNP who have done a decent job of the infra-structure, transport etc but are blighted by the anti-British element of their support. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 None of the available parties represent my views anymore, the closest any of them has come is SNP who have done a decent job of the infra-structure, transport etc but are blighted by the anti-British element of their support. The SNP have one core policy anything else is a sideshow or a means to an end 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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