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“Kenny Shiels got a four game ban for telling the truth - Celtic have too much influence in the SFA and disciplinary matters. The decision to effectively let Griffiths off scot free for his racial slur on a fellow professional is an utter disgrace when you consider what Tonev got, despite no video evidence. Is it because he’s Celtic's only goalscorer?”
Stupid ****in Hun!
“Kenny Shiels got a four game ban for telling the truth - Celtic have too much influence in the SFA and disciplinary matters. The decision to effectively let Griffiths off scot free for his racial slur on a fellow professional is an utter disgrace when you consider what Tonev got, despite no video evidence. Is it because he’s Celtic's only goalscorer?”
Stupid ****in Hun!
Desmond and lawwell :,we think a British league would be a good idea
Huns in a rage : arseholes , scum, what they know about being British , imagine disrespecting the Scottish league .ladrbrokes won't be happy as league sponsors.
Mr magic hat: celtic and ranges should be playing at highest level and a British league would be a good idea.
Huns now in servile mode : aye well , he's just answering a question.
Saw this on Facebook .. Spastics
Ps ladrbrokes now offering odds on Celtic winning epl in next 5 years.
Huns in a rage : arseholes , scum, what they know about being British , imagine disrespecting the Scottish league .ladrbrokes won't be happy as league sponsors.
Mr magic hat: celtic and ranges should be playing at highest level and a British league would be a good idea.
Huns now in servile mode : aye well , he's just answering a question.
Saw this on Facebook .. Spastics
Ps ladrbrokes now offering odds on Celtic winning epl in next 5 years.
Slight flaw:
RANGERS - £31.5 million
The Glasgow giants endured years of financial uncertainty which culminated in the liquidation of the club’s former corporate identity in 2012.
RANGERS - £31.5 million
The Glasgow giants endured years of financial uncertainty which culminated in the liquidation of the club’s former corporate identity in 2012.
And then we go back to the way it should be done which is the Rangers way, which is not bloody comment and play our dirty linen in the press. We don’t talk to Paul Murray, we don’t f***ing talk to Scott Murdoch because this is how these stories get out. We don’t talk to Keith Jackson. If you want to do some press, do it via James Traynor in an orderly way.
And then we go back to the way it should be done which is the Rangers way, which is not bloody comment and play our dirty linen in the press. We don’t talk to Paul Murray, we don’t f***ing talk to Scott Murdoch because this is how these stories get out. We don’t talk to Keith Jackson. If you want to do some press, do it via James Traynor in an orderly way.
You know you've got something to hide if you're scared of what Keef Jackson might say.
And then we go back to the way it should be done which is the Rangers way, which is not bloody comment and play our dirty linen in the press. We don’t talk to Paul Murray, we don’t f***ing talk to Scott Murdoch because this is how these stories get out. We don’t talk to Keith Jackson. If you want to do some press, do it via James Traynor in an orderly way.
Saw that, Traynor up to his neck in it, quelle surprise'
I found this blast from the past but I don't recall ever reading it? Classic stuff.
The grapevine has also been humming and the jungle drums beating in the last few days with suggestions from informed sources that Adrian Duffy is no longer to be found in the Shotts office of HMRC. If true, it begs another couple of questions. Why? And where is he?
These are matters which I have no doubt the police will concern themselves with during what I expect to be their exhaustive investigation, given that it will be ordered by the all powerful Crown Office.
During that police probe it will also be interesting to see just what other links between BBC Scotland and any other bodies, for instance the British Academy of Film and Television Awards in Scotland, are uncovered.
For, once again, if you have nothing to hide, why hide it?
In my email to the British Academy of Film and Television Awards in Scotland, I made a number of points and asked a number of questions, none of which were addressed or answered.
Chief among my questions was the identity of the judges who handed the Bafta to BBC Scotland and Mark Daly. Plus a query as to how those still anonymous judges may feel about their decision now, in the aftermath of the Tax Tribunal’s Not Guilty verdict rubbishing many of the serious allegations BBC Scotland and Mark Daly were rewarded with a Bafta for levelling against Rangers during the David Murray years.
For the purpose of clarity and openness, I reproduce the email I sent to the British Academy of Film and Television Awards in Scotland and the reply from its director Jude, MacLaverty.
“TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
As a BBC licence payer I have been concerned at a number of events taking place inside the Corporation, including those involving Jimmy Savile and the totally innocent Lord McAlpine.
Now comes – admittedly on a lesser scale – the case of the Scottish Bafta, awarded to Mark Daly and his BBC Scotland documentary RANGERS – THE MEN WHO SOLD THE JERSEYS.
I concede there were many good points in Daly’s investigation, namely the link between Craig Whyte and Duff and Phelps senior partner David Grier. But many questions remained unanswered, because they were unasked. The programme, like the earlier one broadcast by BBC Scotland, was incomplete.
When newspapers were properly resourced any journalist producing an equivalent written report would have had his copy thrown back at him by a news editor – it would never have gotten as far as the editor – with a number of handwritten questions blue pencilled in the margins.
Yet Bafta Scotland chose to deliver an award to Mark Daly and BBC Scotland for this incomplete piece of reportage.
Since the result of the Tax Tribunal exonerated Rangers, a number of people have called for Bafta to strip BBC Scotland and Mark Daly of the award, something I know is unlikely to happen. It is equally unlikely that Daly and BBC Scotland will do the honourable thing and hand back the Bafta award.
The problem for the Bafta organisation is that a degree of what discredits Mark Daly and BBC Scotland, now taints not just their award, but the whole nature of their awards.
How can Bafta recover some of its credibility?
Firstly, a statement issued through the Press Association, laying out the criteria applied to the awarding of their prize to Mark Daly and BBC Scotland.
Secondly, and nobody – least of all a journalist, such as Mark Daly, can find fault with this suggestion – in the interest of openness and clarity, Bafta should announce who the judges were and perhaps issue a statement from each judge – via the PA – outlining their reasons for giving the award to Mark Daly and BBC Scotland, with a further comment from them, adding that now, in the light of events, they stand by their judgment. Or otherwise!
I hope you give serious consideration to these points and requests. Or who knows, perhaps next year, Bafta will be considering a programme made by STV delving into the whole murky world of these awards.
Certainly, in the days when newspapers were properly resourced, Bafta could have expected such an investigation into them to come from a newspaper.
I await you reply and reaction.
As aye
DAVID LEGGAT”
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Dear David Leggat,
We understand that the content of this documentary is a complex topic, but the BAFTA jury for this award, as for all of BAFTA’s juries, was comprised of expert industry professionals who decided the winner through rigorous discussion and debate based upon the category’s criteria. The result of this award – as with all awards decided by a jury – is final, and I’m afraid we’re unable to enter into further discussion as to why particular entries were or were not awarded.
Best regards,
Jude MacLaverty
Director
The grapevine has also been humming and the jungle drums beating in the last few days with suggestions from informed sources that Adrian Duffy is no longer to be found in the Shotts office of HMRC. If true, it begs another couple of questions. Why? And where is he?
These are matters which I have no doubt the police will concern themselves with during what I expect to be their exhaustive investigation, given that it will be ordered by the all powerful Crown Office.
During that police probe it will also be interesting to see just what other links between BBC Scotland and any other bodies, for instance the British Academy of Film and Television Awards in Scotland, are uncovered.
For, once again, if you have nothing to hide, why hide it?
In my email to the British Academy of Film and Television Awards in Scotland, I made a number of points and asked a number of questions, none of which were addressed or answered.
Chief among my questions was the identity of the judges who handed the Bafta to BBC Scotland and Mark Daly. Plus a query as to how those still anonymous judges may feel about their decision now, in the aftermath of the Tax Tribunal’s Not Guilty verdict rubbishing many of the serious allegations BBC Scotland and Mark Daly were rewarded with a Bafta for levelling against Rangers during the David Murray years.
For the purpose of clarity and openness, I reproduce the email I sent to the British Academy of Film and Television Awards in Scotland and the reply from its director Jude, MacLaverty.
“TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
As a BBC licence payer I have been concerned at a number of events taking place inside the Corporation, including those involving Jimmy Savile and the totally innocent Lord McAlpine.
Now comes – admittedly on a lesser scale – the case of the Scottish Bafta, awarded to Mark Daly and his BBC Scotland documentary RANGERS – THE MEN WHO SOLD THE JERSEYS.
I concede there were many good points in Daly’s investigation, namely the link between Craig Whyte and Duff and Phelps senior partner David Grier. But many questions remained unanswered, because they were unasked. The programme, like the earlier one broadcast by BBC Scotland, was incomplete.
When newspapers were properly resourced any journalist producing an equivalent written report would have had his copy thrown back at him by a news editor – it would never have gotten as far as the editor – with a number of handwritten questions blue pencilled in the margins.
Yet Bafta Scotland chose to deliver an award to Mark Daly and BBC Scotland for this incomplete piece of reportage.
Since the result of the Tax Tribunal exonerated Rangers, a number of people have called for Bafta to strip BBC Scotland and Mark Daly of the award, something I know is unlikely to happen. It is equally unlikely that Daly and BBC Scotland will do the honourable thing and hand back the Bafta award.
The problem for the Bafta organisation is that a degree of what discredits Mark Daly and BBC Scotland, now taints not just their award, but the whole nature of their awards.
How can Bafta recover some of its credibility?
Firstly, a statement issued through the Press Association, laying out the criteria applied to the awarding of their prize to Mark Daly and BBC Scotland.
Secondly, and nobody – least of all a journalist, such as Mark Daly, can find fault with this suggestion – in the interest of openness and clarity, Bafta should announce who the judges were and perhaps issue a statement from each judge – via the PA – outlining their reasons for giving the award to Mark Daly and BBC Scotland, with a further comment from them, adding that now, in the light of events, they stand by their judgment. Or otherwise!
I hope you give serious consideration to these points and requests. Or who knows, perhaps next year, Bafta will be considering a programme made by STV delving into the whole murky world of these awards.
Certainly, in the days when newspapers were properly resourced, Bafta could have expected such an investigation into them to come from a newspaper.
I await you reply and reaction.
As aye
DAVID LEGGAT”
=====================================
Dear David Leggat,
We understand that the content of this documentary is a complex topic, but the BAFTA jury for this award, as for all of BAFTA’s juries, was comprised of expert industry professionals who decided the winner through rigorous discussion and debate based upon the category’s criteria. The result of this award – as with all awards decided by a jury – is final, and I’m afraid we’re unable to enter into further discussion as to why particular entries were or were not awarded.
Best regards,
Jude MacLaverty
Director
The Record acting as a mouthpiece for Hun blogger and raving spastic, Johnathan McFarlane.
Aye, because saying that Celtic and Rangers could/should/will play in the EPL is the same as Murray speaking about floating football pitches, casinos, 70,000 capacities, and 700m refits, or Chuckles sorting commercial partnerships with the Dallas Cowboys, or how the huns would be the biggest club Adidas would be making tops for if they signed a strip deal.
Last paragraph is just Even Chuckles was speaking about playing in the EPL 2 years ago. Now suddenly the huns are all about a strong sCOTTISH game
Aye, because saying that Celtic and Rangers could/should/will play in the EPL is the same as Murray speaking about floating football pitches, casinos, 70,000 capacities, and 700m refits, or Chuckles sorting commercial partnerships with the Dallas Cowboys, or how the huns would be the biggest club Adidas would be making tops for if they signed a strip deal.Last paragraph is just
Even Chuckles was speaking about playing in the EPL 2 years ago. Now suddenly the huns are all about a strong sCOTTISH game
The Record acting as a mouthpiece for Hun blogger and raving spastic, Johnathan McFarlane.
Last paragraph is just
And his own Manager said only the other day....in the same paper, exactly the same as DD
Blinkered fanny.
Where'd ye dig that out? Just look at him, he's the archetypal hun.
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As Aye, David Leggat.