An equal mystery is what goes through the mind of a Bisto Kid. There are sticky underpants all over Govan with the news that the European Commission is looking into land deals between Celtic and Glasgow City Council, even though not all of the land belonged to GCC in the first place. Despite their sheer joy at this they are due for a massive fall; there's really nothing much to investigate. There's no point going into details here; there are plenty of other places where you can read the truth. The sad straw-clutching of The Peeppell is going to come back and bite them on the arse.
They all know, of course, that they're talking utter shite, which is why they're already making noises about 'corruption' and the EC being full of 'Romans.' They're getting their excuses in early. The EC is duty-bound to investigate any complaints but that does not make the subject of the complaint true, despite what the Bisto Kids think. I expect that the EC will take into consideration the fact that the complaint did not come from the ratepayers of Glasgow, but from Belfast bigots and dinosaur jockeys. I would imagine the reasons behind the complaints will have a major influence on the outcome of the investigation.
This certainly puts Resolution 12 at the Celtic AGM in a new light. All the Bisto Kids were raging over these questions about our football authorities bending over backwards, not to mention bending the rules, to accommodate their new team. At least it was all out in the open, not sleekitly creeping about in the background and getting Stormont MPs to do the dirty work. Still, I suppose it's the Ibrox way, always has been, always will be!
Far more worrying are the double-standards recently shown by our judiciary. Yesterday one Michael Convery was sentenced to six months in prison for posting racially-abusive tweets to Maurice Edu and Kyle Bartley. To my mind this is thoroughly deserved and sends out a clear message that such things will not be tolerated in this day and age. Unfortunately it comes straight on the back of Christopher Hay being let off for doing the same thing. The big difference is that Hay's tweets were about Neil Lennon, which seems to be okay apparently. He tweeted, '“I seriously do wish that someone would kill that ugly ginger cunt. I should’ve planned my parcel bombs better. Next time it’ll work.'
It shows you how laughable McMurdo's complaints about it being a 'free-for-all' on Bisto FC. On the contrary, it seems that it's perfectly acceptable to threaten or attack Neil Lennon but abusing Rangers or Bisto players is an offence punishable by incarceration. An utterly disgraceful state of affairs. As is this story highlighted by Phil Mac Whatsit: http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/glasgow-of-the-welcomes/#more-4309
Meanwhile, Jack McConnell is quoted as calling for a halt on campaigning about Scottish independence during the Commonwealth Games. He comes out with the following statement: "(The Commonwealth Games is) an incredible opportunity to showcase what is modern Glasgow and modern Scotland". Hopefully the folk coming from all over the world don't read about how our justice system operates. Or perhaps they'll have a halt on all such trials during the Games!
The biggest problem for those wanting to showcase 'modern Glasgow' and 'modern Scotland' is going to be the fact that many athletes turn up to these games early to acclimatise themselves. Factors like changes in weather, unfamiliar surfaces etc can all affect an athlete's performance. There is also the matter of jet lag to take into consideration; many competitors will be coming from vastly different time zones. To counter these handicaps many athletes will turn up in Glasgow one or two weeks before the Games actually begin. When they ask questions about the large march taking place, how are the powers-that-be going to explain this aspect of 'modern Glasgow' and 'modern Scotland'?
Gregory Campbell comes riding to the rescue.
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