@TEnglishSport No, they must hammer celtic now! Hearts must take this all the way, we know how corrupt tge spl are though so as usual fcukall will be done!
@AlistairCarns appears happy to sacrifice veterans to maintain his ministerial position, and a chance at party and (temporary) national leadership.
It’s said by his supporters that he’s been putting pressure on the @Keir_Starmer, AG Hermer and the Benn/NIO to get real protections incorporated into the NI Troubles Bill “behind the scenes”. But so far, that just sounds good..ish. There’s no evidence that’s been successful - the “protections” are still useless and without substance, and all the Veterans have seen is his absence when asked to vote and take a stand in the commons.
It doesn’t look good. To restore any trust with the veteran community he needs to commit to:
(a) radically altering this awful NI Troubles Bill in ways that truly protect NI veterans, (or even ditching it altogether) and
(b) scrapping the misapplication of the 1998 UK Human Rights Act to those that conduct combat operations, thereby ensuring that combat operations conducted by the UK do not create unwarranted and inevitable lifelong legal risk and persecution to veterans.
BUT (!) doing that requires him to make a brave and principled stand, and would put him in direct conflict with those many sources of power within @UKLabour that favour the Irish Republican narrative and cause over that of the British State; and those many legal idealists that believe the application of Human Rights law to combat conducted by British troops is essential, appropriate and right…
It remains to be seen whether he recognizes the fundamental nature of these tests to his standing as a potential leader of a sovereign, free and independent Britain - what is his personal ideological position on these vital issues? No one knows.
It also remains to be seen what he can achieve - promises made behind closed doors are not enough, nor is going halfway…real results do matter, not words, PR videos or pull ups. What does he actually believe in and can he actually deliver it?
And finally, what (or who) is he prepared to sacrifice to get to where he and his ambition wants him to go - are the ageing and honourable veterans just expendable to him? … integrity and loyalty under pressure also matters, as he surely knows well.
We are all watching very carefully…
@SiobheanG@Erudite4Unity Not 1 ex pro or ref have said it was a pen, are tbey wrong? Only tims cannae see the patterns of assistance this season, unusually high in favour of celtic, thats not coincedence! Corruption in.plain sight! A team that should not be playing in our league due to you vile history!
@EwenDCameron Unfortunately yoos will not win today, they hae the refs etc in their pockets! Corruption in plain sight! Celtic should be hammered for their vile history yet the sfa/spfl stay silent! Any other club would be sanctioned big style!
@EwenDCameron Yet celtic will continue to get away with dodgy decisions in their favour! A full investigation is needed, if they win thus title it should hae an asterisk stating "cheats"!