One of the undoubted beneficiaries of the death of Rangers in 2012 was the citizenry of continental Europe.
Quite simply it meant that they were spared the tsunami of racist thuggery that this a core element of the klan match day experience.
Last year various European cities would have been forgiven for bracing themselves to see if The Rangers came into their group in the Europa League.
Fortunately, Sevco only met with little Progrès.
Yesterday one of The People was brought to justice for his appalling behaviour on a flight to Berlin.
You can read all about Mr Souness Clark here.
Of course, anti-Irish racism and a general hatred of Catholics is a sine qua non for any gathering of the Ibrox klan.
However, misogyny is often a handmaiden to their Quintessentially British performance art.
In this case, the klan decided to travel by SleazyJet…
If you doubt that then you should read about the trial of Mr David Limond of the Rangers Chat podcast.
The victim of his crime was journalist Angela Haggerty.
She had transgressed against the klan canon by editing my book Downfall.
Therefore, we shouldn’t think that Mr Souness is in anyway atypical of the chivalric klan.
What was laid out in open court yesterday in Edinburgh was another sorry chapter from an out of control subculture.
Cabin crew on airlines have a stressful job to do in looking after the comfort and safety of their passengers.
For the avoidance of doubt, it isn’t part of their job description that they are also airborne zookeepers.
It’s yet another sad episode to file under the heading of “winning friends on the journey”.
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It looks as if the clowns at Hampden are about to buckle under the pressure coming at them from every angle.
Pity the poor folks that have already laid out for transport and accomodation!
Perhaps the SPFL will refund those out of pocket?
How can Doncaster keep his job? He lied through his teeth when he said that all those concerned were happy with the timings when the opposite was the case.
Police Scotland and BT are also not free from criticism.
The most important people, the fans, have been completely ignored.
Doncaster has to go immediately and anyone else involved in the decision making process should get their jotters as well.
Apparently, the tribute team were on the same flight, as Easyjet is their norm.
The prime minister has made it clear that she’ll never agree to her country being divided via a customs border running down the irish sea. However, she appears to be fine with your country being divided Phil?
Cant say I’m surprised tbh. Sad times.
This idiot (and his rowdy mates) should be charged with endangering an aircraft. No doubt, he is now on the international list that is shared between airlines that alerts any potential common carrier of his travel intentions. With any luck, some immigration officer will have the pleasure of using the little rubber stamp that says “REFUSED ENTRY” on his passport. Not only is his football-supporting sojourn curtailed, but all future holidays abroad will be restricted to trips to Blackpool!
‘Souness Clark’!!! ??? !!!
(Without wanting to sound tooo Ray Bradbury)
…. but surely this could be a test case for some sort of Intelligence test in order to get a license to breed?
Or more specifically – inbreed. HH