BEARGER 1,830 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Club 1872 response to public comments made about the Rangers support by elected politicians in Scotland Dear Member Club 1872 has had contact with a number of members over the past few weeks, concerned about public comments made about the Rangers support by elected politicians in Scotland. We can confirm that we have written directly to a number of politicians seeking an explanation for false comments made by them on social media about the Rangers support. We have also written to two Scottish political party leaders seeking explanations for the behaviour of their elected representatives. In addition to this, members may be aware that the Scottish Government, in the aftermath of the repeal of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act, has set up a working party to examine the subject of sectarianism and make recommendations on how it should be defined in Scots law. We are extremely concerned that this process should not be a repeat of the ill-fated consultation on the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act, during which a number of discredited politicians and journalists were successful in pushing for unworkable and illiberal laws targeting football supporters. With that in mind we have written to the chair of this group to ask about the makeup of the working party, the scope of their work and how organisations like Club 1872 can feed into the process. If positive progress is to be made then it is essential that a common sense approach is taken on this topic and that those who cannot contain their agenda-driven hysteria are kept at arms length from decision making. We have seen a circumstance in modern Scotland where Rangers and Rangers supporters are seen as fair game, regardless of the steps we take to try to ensure good behaviour. This is partly due to the actions of a small minority of our supporters but is largely down to an agenda in certain areas of the press and Scottish political life. We have spoken to Rangers about this and urged them to use their significant resources to take a more robust stance on tackling this issue. We will continue dialogue with them. We are also in discussions with Police Scotland regarding the treatment of Rangers supporters and are seeking changes in the way we have been policed in certain circumstances. This has so far been a healthy dialogue and we hope that it will lead to some substantive changes in approach. In the meantime Club 1872 will continue to do what it can, with very limited resources, to tackle any unfair or malicious comments about our loyal support. Club 1872 Issued by Supporters Voice, a Club 1872 Company 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,196 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 On the face of it, good pro-active and constructive work. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabie 230 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 If there is little or no response to this a further statement NAMING those working to an obvious agenda should be made. That should be followed up with a full scale attack on these maggots. All this has to be brought to a halt without delay. I for one am fed up being treated as a criminal because of who I support. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,627 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 16 minutes ago, buster. said: On the face of it, good pro-active and constructive work. Agreed. It's good that they are addressing this. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,562 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 An excellent statement - will be interesting to see who (if anyone) replies. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,378 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Constructive and wisely written,will probably end up in the bottom of an in-tray somewhere knowing the recipients. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 That’s more like it 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aweebluesoandso 290 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 What is the club doing about it also? I think we know the answer to that, SFA, but i'll put it out there anyway in case they do something. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,724 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Blair Meikle Article in The Sun Dear member, Club 1872 has today written to the Editor of the Scottish Sun, Alan Muir, seeking an explanation and retraction for a false story written by Blair Meikle which appeared online yesterday. In his haste to paint Rangers supporters in a bad light, Mr Meikle failed to carry out even the most basic of fact checks before claiming a Rangers supporter had made abusive online comments about our charity partner Autism Scotland. The Twitter account in question was not that of a Rangers supporter and it had in fact made offensive comments about the Ibrox disaster. We have suggested that after retracting the story and publicly apologising, the Scottish Sun should make a donation to Autism Scotland by way of reparation for this false and damaging story. We applaud the Rangers Charity Foundation for their excellent work with Autism Scotland and commend the work and fundraising of the Rangers support in creating pioneering facilities for autistic supporters at Ibrox. Club 1872 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,724 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 The article has now been pulled 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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