Dear All
Thomas Ball, named as one of the seven worst cybernats in
the UK
by the Daily Mail has pled guilty in a criminal trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday.
I was the victim of an organised and researched hate
campaign by him on Twitter using a fake account setup in my name, using my
picture and linking to my blog.
First, time for a quote that Tommy Ball made on his twitter
account @georgemlaird:
George Laird @GeorgeMLaird 8 Jul
“Standing at the window Willy in hand, staring at weans
George is not normal”.
I was branded a paedophile!
In my youth, I used to teach children, when I went to Glasgow University , I used to teach young
people, I was an established figure among the student population. Although some
of the staff disliked me, the student body I taught were fiercely loyal to me,
and when I had bad times, they, to a man and woman helped me. It was this
friendship which kept me at Glasgow
University for the best
part of 20 years.
The above tweet; is one of many by Thomas Ball, an example
how he sought not just to destroy my future but also tarnish the charity work
of my past. I am proud of the students I taught and what they achieved during
and after university. Some went to the Olympics, some to the Air force, the
Police, the Prison Service, the Army (Sandhurst )
and others became successful dentists, doctors, scientists, fitness instructors
and even airline pilots.
It would be helpful I feel for people to know some of the
timeline regarding Thomas Ball’s activities, and some others who I named in my
criminal witness statement to Police Scotland.
If you think back to 2012, you will remember that the press
ran with a story regarding comments made by Thomas Ball regarding British
soldiers. At that time, I like him was a member of the Scottish National Party.
After reading what he wrote, I contacted him to tell him that as 6 British
soldiers had been murdered in Afghanistan
he should remove his comments out of respect for the soldiers and their
families.
I was civil and I was polite, although I didn’t know him
well, I thought as we had campaigned together, he would see the wider picture of
what he was doing was wrong. So when he out of the blue started to attack me online,
it was a surprise. In a hateful rant against me, he made accusations regarding
what the people in the SNP allegedly thought of me.
A simple request for him to show respect quickly escalated
by his actions, I decided then that I would ‘out him’ to the press. I contacted
a number of news agencies, and twitter being what twitter is, the story gained
traction and the press, public and politicians all jumped into condemn him.
After I attended the BBC Big Debate, Thomas Ball took to his
blog to make further allegations against me, laughing at my pro nuclear Faslane
stance and pro NATO.
He said I should be pitied, but should I?
Not long afterwards the SNP went ‘on paper’, pro NATO,
personally I thought their change of heart was bullshit, and still do. Anyway,
I noticed on his blog a picture, the picture was of Herbert the Pervert, a
character in a TV show called Family Guy which I never watched.
Herbert in the cartoon was a paedophile; the photo was
doctored to add a beard and rucksack, when I looked at it, I thought someone is
crap at using photo shop or some other software programme. It was then pointed
out to me what Herbert represented, so I wrote a blog post on Ball and produced
a video; it’s the one with the lightsaber which is available to view on
youtube.
Thomas Ball wanted to humiliate me but instead I took his
photo shop crap and showed I was more talented than him.
In law when someone makes false allegations against you, you
have the right of reply or retort, so I produced little videos, the purpose of
which was to convey a simple message, Tommy Ball is a liar. Since he couldn’t
win the argument or match my videos, he just went down the road of continual
abuse. Of course, it has to be said, it wasn’t just me, Jim Murphy; the former
Labour MP was also in the firing line since he was widely quoted in papers like
the Daily Telegraph and elsewhere re British Soldiers story.
In January 2013, Thomas Ball sets up the twitter account
@georgemlaird; I found the account by accident doing a twitter search. As soon
as it opened, two people immediately joined it, Shona McAlpine; Office Manager
of SNP MSP Humza Yousaf and Jonathan Mackie, Office Manager of SNP MP Chris
Stephens, Stephens’ wife also joined the hate account as a follower, along with
Anniesland SNP.
On the 20th June, the SNP MP Natalie McGarry
helped facilitate the abuse by using her own twitter account:
I've made it! At last I've been designated non-Jedi by the
great sage that is @georgemlaird
Want a laugh? Here ya go:
http://glasgowunihumanrights.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/scottish-independence-natalie-mcgarry.html?m=1 …
The article I wrote was why Natalie McGarry was wrong about
the Conservatives joining the SNP to win independence, it wasn’t offensive, it
was an opinion that Conservatives big thing in Scotland is that they are
British.
So, why did SNP MP Natalie McGarry assist Thomas Ball?
About circa a week later after McGarry linked my blog to
Thomas Ball’s fake hate account in my name, Natalie McGarry was socialising
with Thomas Ball, also present was Jonathan Mackie, now the Office Manager of
SNP MP Chris Stephens.
When you go online, you leave a trail, when I went to Police
Scotland; I was able to tell them of my belief that @georgemlaird was Thomas
Ball. So, how did I work that out, well it was quite easy, I had help, despite
Ball thinking he was clever stuck behind his anonymous @georgemlaird persona,
he left a trail a blind man could follow.
Later, the IP address came to light, again helped by Thomas
Ball, caught up in his own cleverness.
If you think back to one of my retort videos, I wrote
regarding Thomas Ball:
“Stupid and ignorant; unable to learn”!
You know what comes next after making this observation?
George Laird right again!
So, let’s get a feel for the real Thomas Ball by some of his
tweets, this will be helpful if he ever joins another political party or stands
for public office again.
Incidentally, I knew he was @georgemlaird prior to him
standing in the Shettleston by-election despite this; I didn’t subject him to
the same treatment he used on me when I stood for public office in October 2013
in the Govan By-election. He was entitled to a free and fair election, and
despite what he done to me, I didn’t harm his chances, I wanted him to lose by
his own efforts, and he did, despite having a political party campaigning for
him, he got 35 votes. I had no one to help me, no political party in my corner
and I got 103 votes.
SNP Councillor David McDonald remarked he would like to see
myself and Thomas Ball go ‘head to head’, we did on the 29th October
2015 at Glasgow Sheriff Court ,
Thomas Ball lost.
Here is the real face of Thomas Ball, political campaigner
and “fighter” for social justice:
“George Laird is a nonce Salen Street would be nicer If he moved
away”
“Flung out of uni Because of deviancy Not allowed alone with
children”
“George Laird films young girls in leisure centres -
pervert! Everyone hates him”
“I use the same tactics as 1930s Nazi Germany. Hmmm. Could
be worse, I could be like @GeoLaird
and use the tactics of 1990s Wee Burney”
“@Geolaird was
thrown out of @GlasgowUni for
surreptiously filming young girls in a sports centre #pervert”
“all the happy young people in shorts. The only sound
disturbing the silence the thwack of flesh on flesh as I punish my tumescent
member”
“I have an excellent track record of being thrown out of
universities for filming female students in leisure centres”
“when @geolaird
goes swimming, he has to remove the "S" from the logo on his trunks
in order to comply with the Trades Descriptions Act”
On the 24th May 2013:
“Dear All, You will have noticed that I have closed my
personal account @GeoLaird - I will
now only be using this account”
This was Thomas Ball’s attempt at identity theft, my real
account was blocked by twitter for no reason; I managed to get it reinstated
later.
As you can see Thomas Ball had a lot of fun using twitter to
call me a paedophile among other things.
“why won't George Laird confirm that he has never been
spoken to by the police over his sexual conduct?” 15th July 2013
“George Laird is always very sensitive & quick to
counter criticism. Why won't he say whether the police have ever discussed sexual
conduct?” 16th July 2013
“we're now in the third day of @geolaird refusing to answer the
question of whether the police have ever spoken to him about sexual behaviour”.
17th July 2013
Do you think he understands now with his Court appearance of
the 29th October 2015?
Ball’s Defence lawyer Martin Lavery entered a guilty plea on
behalf of Ball; that means Thomas Ball qualifies for a reduction in sentence
under the Criminal Procedures Scotland Act 1995, Section 196.
And you are going to love the transcript sent to me:
Allegedly Defence lawyer Martin Lavery said:
“Mr Ball and Mr Laird were both members of SNP and have been
for years”.
This is true.
“Both knew each other and they worked in the party”.
This is true.
“The background was that Mr Laird in 2011 applied to be put
forward as a candidate in the 2012 local election”.
This is not the background to why Thomas Ball attacked me, I
outed Thomas Ball to the press on twitter as to his remarks regarding British
Soldiers; this is a matter of record and fact.
“There was then a vetting process that the party goes
through and the vetting panel considered his application and took the view that
he wasn't appropriate to be a candidate”.
I was failed by the SNP because they didn’t consider me to
be a team player, when I asked for evidence of this from the panel; they
couldn’t provide any, not one single incident to justify their decision.
“Mr Laird for some reason blamed Mr Ball and another party
member at that time”.
This is untrue.
“Mr Laird thereafter posted offensive material concerning Mr
Ball and various others on social media and in essence what Mr Ball then did
was to retaliate.”
So, after reading this rubbish, what Ball’s lawyer appears
to be saying is that his client attacked me in self defence, if that was the
case, he wouldn’t be guilty, and therefore he would and should have gone to
trial to clear his name.
Have I said offensive things about people, yes, its called telling
the truth, unlike Ball, its on my blog and on my real twitter account, anyone
knocking at my door wanting to arrest and charge me?
Not yet, it seems!
You should read my articles on the former SNP leader Allison
Hunter; I understand some people didn’t like me painting Mrs. Hunter as she
really was in relation with her interacts with me.
Thomas Ball didn’t have a defence, and the reason is that
Thomas Ball far from being the victim is simply guilty, and this nonsense
spouted is exactly that, nonsense.
Why would I blame Ball for failing vetting when he had no
part in the process?
Although many in the Scottish National Party are backward,
this doesn’t and never did apply to me.
When Sheriff Margaret Liddell reads my witness statement in
depth, she will be able to cross reference it with evidence already in the
public domain from various sources, especially relating to the British Soldiers
incident.
Thomas Ball is as I have previously said, a liar; today, Scotland
can add to it that he is a coward devoid of principles and integrity.
When I came out of the prosecution witness area after Ball
had entered a guilty plea, he saw me as I walked to the lifts, he didn’t seem
too happy. Maybe he was told by his lawyer that Sheriff Margaret Liddell didn’t
want to hear his roar!
So, what advice would I offer Thomas Ball?
Learn to tell the fucking truth!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
21 comments:
I'm sure it was extremely stressful for you George it's a pity he pleaded guilty the headlines that would have ensued from some of the followers linked to his site would be nice. You never know someone might pick that snippet out and ask the relevant individuals why why they followed it. I wonder if he pled guilty because he didn't want his buddies to get a little bit of decent publicity. However in this day and age the buggers knew that stuff like that could result in harm to you let's hope the sheriff isn't too lenient because he pled to it.
So glad your name has been cleared and that lowlife will hopefully get a custodial sentence- highly unlikely though. You are one of the lucky ones who has managed to clear your name - how many other people were insulted/branded peedos etc during that campaign for independence? While the SNP hierarchy sat back and done nothing ?
Ball is typical of the drones who inhabit the SNP.
Knuckledranger.
Even after they have kicked Indy into touch the muppets are still banging on about it.
No doubt you were treated badly George but, I know you will keep going and soon I would hope you will be elected into a position were you can carry on with genuine help for communities in need of decent honest representation.
The clock is ticking for the SNP.
Not a great many are renewing their membership.
As they say, George: "The truth will out."
You've played a blinder today, well done! He got what he deserved.
Excellent result. Now will we see some of his contributors making a public statement?
Let's hope the SNP's favourite msm picks this story up and asks Sturgeon some really hard questions.
Disgraceful conduct by the man.
McGarry should be ashamed of herself and banished from the SNP.
People are starting to wake up to the SNP and seeing them for what they are.
What disgusting people.
Got a pic of this CRIMINAL????
Hi Ron
The daily record among others did a piece on this case.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/cybernat-ran-online-campaign-accusing-6737578
You can find other pictures online and on his Facebook account.
Hope this helps.
George
Hi Big Wullie
You are right about Natalie McGarry, she isn't in my opinion fit to be an MP, the people of Glasgow East should be told of what she done as well.
George
Well done George,, just goes to show the type of DROSS that are in the SNP.
Nattalie McGarry,, not fit for purpose,, evil character. She should be sacked. When you think of all the great MP's that have been in Parliament over the years, and then you compare them to dross like McGarry,,,, no comparison whatsoever.
Glad to see the Record has picked up this story. Now all we need is for Nicola Sturgeon to tell us what she thinks of it, and of more importance, is Ms McGarry a suitabke representative for the people of Scotland.
George,
Great to read that you have been totally vindicated by Thomas Ball confessing to his criminal activity against you in court.You have done a great service to the people of Scotland, check out what the press is saying about this in the Daily Mail, Evening Times and Daily Record. It even made the vanguard bears forum. You are a legend dude.
Tam
amazing result, well done
Good on you for showing certain members of the SNP up for what they are
Ace result regarding Thomas Ball, the fact he pled guilty is superb, forced in open court to admit his crime.
And they are all in fine company. Read some of the pro-nationalist comments on this article:
http://newsnet.scot/?p=115898
A couple of people are trying to put forward a valid argument, and the abuse starts immediately. It's rather scary, and this from a site that both Salmond and Sturgeon have written articles for. But not a peep about Ball on here or other well-known sites.
Well done George its about time these cyber nat are brought to justice.
They are a disgrace to scottish politics with there vile attacks on anyone with opposing views.
The law has to seriously look at the internet misuse and lack of responsibility multi national social media sites have, that enable the likes of social deviant Tommy Ball to hide in his hovel and type in hate into his computer.
George you are a hero to all for outing these nutters.
Barely readable. I hope you've never taught English.
Tommy Ball is conducting the same behaviour towards others; he is currently fabricating accusations that other socialists are stealing money from refugees and rigging votes. Does the moron not know if he's caught doing this shit again he'll get worse than just a fine?
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