Dear All
Kenny MacAskill is trying to outrun his Al
Megrahi legacy that is all about releasing the biggest mass murderer of
innocent people in modern Scottish times.
As part of the plan to remove the stigma, Alex
Salmond has allowed MacAskill to destroy main parts of Scottish law in his
futile quest.
One such act of gross stupidity was to
allow the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications
(Scotland) Act to be rushed through without proper consultation and scrutiny.
It really is a piece of crap and qualifies
for the first piece of Law produced by the Scottish Parliament. It should be
struck off the books immediately.
It is an embarrassment much like Kenny
MacAskill.
Now, there is talk about an early review of
controversial laws to stamp out religious sectarian abuse at football matches.
Members of Holyrood's Justice Committee
want to re-look as fans have concerns about the impact of the legislation.
That means that Justice Secretary Kenny
MacAskill, Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland and Chief Constable Sir Stephen House
will have to defend this tripe in public.
The law came about because of the infamous
Rangers and Celtic game, more precise, the rammy between Ally McCoist and Neil
Lennon after a match which could have provoked serious public disorder.
In a classic knee jerk reaction which is
now a hall mark of Salmond’s failing government; he allowed legislation to be
rushed through onto the books, despite all the main opposition parties saying
this is wrong.
This led to fans setting up the FAC, Fans Against
Criminalisation, they have been politically campaigning for the law to be
removed.
MacAskill, Mulholland and House have been
asked to give their views to the Justice Committee within two weeks before a
formal decision is taken.
So, we have cross-party agreement by
opposition MSPs on the committee to force an immediate ruling on whether to
look again at the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening
Communications (Scotland) Act.
In attempting to woo opposition parties to
the SNP cause they made an agreement for the Scottish Government to review the
operation of the offences after two full football seasons.
The fact is that although law in some
situations will not be popular, this law is too subjective and vague.
The Police in implantation have attempted
to try and make this tripe look dynamic by arresting people hence making it
look like the legislation is effective.
And also as we are seeing, concerns have been
raised by fans about police tactics and the Act in general.
For example the Kettling at the Gallowgate,
not the Police’s finest hour, independent MSP John Finnie said there is now a
case to answer.
Finnie said:
"When we're down to a sizeable group
of people feeling that a piece of legislation disproportionately impacts on
them, then I'd like to have an early review."
Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell also
backing his proposal said:
"Clearly there is a lot of concern
about how this legislation is operating in practice and about the drafting of
it initially. It concerns me too about the amount of resource going to
it."
However, SNP MSP Sandra White has decided
to ‘hold the fort’ and supported by party colleagues and object.
She said:
"I don't think it will serve any
purpose whatsoever for us to look at a separate investigation."
I think she means she doesn’t want anything
to rock the boat before the Scottish independence referendum citing the review
after two seasons.
Labour MSP Elaine Murray on the committee
mentioned that she received only a small number of letters on the subject.
Plainly the FAC and the Celtic Trust need
some help in political campaigning.
Murray added:
"But I think there are issues about
the operation of the Act."
Liberal Democrat MSP Alison McInnes said
fans are now putting their heads above the parapet.
This is probably in response to the email
campaign that is running at the present time by the FAC.
Scotland hasn’t had a Justice Minister since
the election in 2007, we have had a Salmond crony. Presumably someone that Alex
Salmond would call ‘talented’.
The truth is that Kenny MacAskill is no
more than a shitty ambulance chaser, he is a disgrace to the Office he holds
and is a serious contender for the worse ever Justice Minister at Holyrood.
And now his chickens are coming home to
roost.
I don’t see the SNP scrapping this law,
they nailed it to the mast and are stuck with it till 2015, maybe then will the
SNP look at it if FAC makes a proper impact beyond the email campaign and
by-election campaigning.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow
University
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