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The architect of the Offensive Behaviour law - Paul McBride QC

 

While most members of The Celtic Family are busy pointing fingers at the SNP and the Scottish Government for the harassment of the Green Brigade - and they do share responsibility as the party that championed the new laws - it appears to have been conveniently forgotten that the foremost proponent of the legislation was the now deceased, Celtic supporting, former Labourite turned Tory, Paul McBride QC.

 

We can only hope that, in the light of last Saturday's events in the Gallowgate area, those who lauded him as the "Celtic QC" and produced T-shirts exalting his name are now hanging their heads in shame, because the legacy that Paul McBride QC left to Celtic fans is a law that is now being directed primarily against them. Paul McBride QC was working to a personal agenda that corresponded with the aims of the police and state. It has long been TAL's(Tiocfaidh ar la) opinion that on this issue he did not act in the best interests of the majority of Celtic supporters.

 

This video goes back to the start of the debate over the proposed legislation and features a discussion between McBride and the respected lawyer Iain Smart who opposed the legislation and regarded it as being completely unnecessary. Smart makes some good points about the pettiness of the legislation and argues existing laws were sufficient to deal with any public disorder that might arise at football. Going by the body language of the two lawyers there appears to have been no love lost between them, they can hardly look at each other during the debate.

 

It should also be remembered that McBride was a 'legal adviser' to Celtic PLC and whilst his claims in this programme that both Celtic and Rangers supported the legislation are wrong, it is clear that he felt some kind of moral authority to make such statements on the club's behalf. We can only assume that he may have had the ear of some of those in senior positions at Celtic PLC.

 

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