“At long last the truth speaks its name. Anti Catholic bigotry….allowed to fester even in polite homes for a century and never tackled. What school did you go to at job interviews? Blame the schools they said! ‘Civic Scotland’ has ignored this, and thus acquiesced for too long,” Jim Spence has just tweeted, for me that’s the tweet of the year. the former BBC man was responding to the post on social media from the Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf
“My full support to Police Officers who put in an incredible shift yesterday in very difficult circumstances. Absolutely disgraceful that they were subjected to the kind of thuggery we saw last night. Incidents of violence, disorder, anti-Catholic and any other hatred will be followed up,” he stated.
And in a reference to his own removal from the BBC – Spence is a qualified lawyer, and lectured at Dundee University, back in 2012 he was prepared to tell the truth – that a club could not survive liquidation – something the Rangers support all knew themselves until it happened. Spence was hounded out of the BBC as a result – he added:
“Oh and by the way if you upset them they still have ways of making sure you don’t pick up a microphone again with their connections. Their reach is long as is their memory and patience. If you think the morons on the ground are the only ones responsible think again.”
The way that they used the Celtic store on Argyle Street as their toilet yesterday symbolised their deep rooted hatred, many of them also walked all the way up the St Aloysius – a considerable detour from Ibrox to George Square – so they could reveal themselves on a Roman Catholic school.
Feedback to Jim Spence’s brave posts…
Spot on Jim. However, and I hope I’m wrong, but I can’t see anything tangible actually happening here – in fact, these words from Humza Yousaf might be the last we ever really hear of it…
It’s both endorsed and encouraged by Scottish establishment…
Catholic schools are the reason I’m smarter than everyone in George Square yesterday…
Scarily events like yesterday rarely get labelled and condemned for what they are. If it was any other section of society behaving that way there would be outrage. Instead, most people seem to see it as being a minority getting out of hand after a few too many…
Was brought up in Glasgow city centre Jim watched them facilitate it for decades with Orange walks, that’s all that was yesterday a massive orange walk…
The racism topic for the Scottish Government is selective. When it suits them…
Well said Jim. It exists at every level of Scottish society…
The anti-Catholic/Irish bigotry sectarianism racism began at the TOP, not the bottom…
Brave enough to call it out Jim …one Scotland many cultures they say ?? Let’s see if actions speak louder than words…
The fact it’s allowed to continue & not been called out or properly addressed! Sectarian walks of shame parading through the streets in 21st century is an absolute disgrace! Makes me glad that my kids were born outside Scotland and don’t have to witness what still goes on there!