My reply to my westminster mp gavin newlands..
Gavin,
Many thanks for taking the time and effort to respond to my email to you.
However,what you have replied with,is pretty much the "party line",can you enlighten me to the following:
1.how many legsl prosecutions are ongoing?
2.who are these legal prosecutions relating to?
3.when are the legal prosecutions likely to conclude?.
Also,as per my email to you,do you intend to raise this matter at westminster on my behalf?.
Currently,your party has shown absolute zero interest in this historic sex abuse scandal,the biggest scandal in world sport possibly.
To date,not one comment,offer of justice,offer of support for victims or indeed a call for a transparent and wholly independent inquiry into this has been made by the first minister,justice secretary or any of your partys mp's,perhaps you could explain to me why that is?.
The only time the word "ndependent"comes out of the first ministers mouth,usually relates to her obsession with independence for scotland,which to be frank,is extremely tiresome now.
Isn't it about time your party parked that particular agenda and dealt with the biggest sexual abuse scandal to hit these shores?.
I note there are many and have been many connections between the board of directors/executives at celtic fc and the SFA/SPFL over the years and you only have to look to see the main culprit between these bodies,is peter lawwell,who seems to have a major controlling influence over them.
Therefore,there cannot be an inquiry carried out by them,as neither are to be trusted to do so with honesty and transparency.
I only need point you in the direction of peter lawwells recent statement,that his club have conducted a 2 year internal investigation into this matter,whilst denying it had anything to do with his club,as he stated the celtic boys club were a seperate entity.
How can you firstly,conduct a 2 year investigation into a body that has nothing to do with them?,secondly,how can you conduct a 2 year investigation in the abuse,when none of the victims have been contacted? and finally,what were the results of their convenient and internal 2 year investigation?,where's the transparency and honesty or to quote one of mr Lawwells favourite sayings "sporting integrity"?.
Serious questions need asked by you,your party,other parties and the governing bodies,as to why 50 years sexual abuse,has been allowed and then covered up over the years,by them and other bodies...where are the closets and the skeletons mr Newlands and how far does the cover up go and who does it protect?.
This must be an inquiry carried out by neutral,independent and trustworthy people,preferably south of the border.
That us why i am demanding that you address this matter in westminster on my behalf and other members of public and the sporting family.
I look forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely
Tommy