Helene Gray is a remarkable lady. Her son would be so proud of her I’m sure. Her struggle to get some semblance of justice for the victims must seem like trying to push water uphill but she’s always there, always fighting for her boy and the others.
BTW Graham, if you’re lurking, we are NOT excited by this. None of us, not a single one. We’re sickened and angry, sickened by the horrific stories of abuse of so many youngsters over so many years and angry at those who conspired to protect the abusers and facilitate their vile acts. Angry at people like you in fact, someone with the experience and knowledge to dig up the truth of what went on if you were so minded yet refuses to do so, instead lowering yourself into the gutter to obfuscate and deflect attention from the real story.
As a father yourself Graham, how fo you sleep at night? Knowing that you could do some good and help bring the perpetrators to justice yet you do nothing. How can you bear to look at yourself in a mirror when you see the man who by choosing to do nothing is helping abusers and their protectors walk free, causing continual pain and anguish to parents and their children - parents like you and children like yours.
How does it feel, Graham? Are your childish Twitter spats just Pyrrhic victories which don’t sooth your conscience? Or did you mortgage your conscience and integrity long ago for your 30 pieces of silver?
Helene Gray is a remarkable lady. Her son would be so proud of her I’m sure. Her struggle to get some semblance of justice for the victims must seem like trying to push water uphill but she’s always there, always fighting for her boy and the others.
BTW Graham, if you’re lurking, we are NOT excited by this. None of us, not a single one. We’re sickened and angry, sickened by the horrific stories of abuse of so many youngsters over so many years and angry at those who conspired to protect the abusers and facilitate their vile acts. Angry at people like you in fact, someone with the experience and knowledge to dig up the truth of what went on if you were so minded yet refuses to do so, instead lowering yourself into the gutter to obfuscate and deflect attention from the real story.
As a father yourself Graham, how fo you sleep at night? Knowing that you could do some good and help bring the perpetrators to justice yet you do nothing. How can you bear to look at yourself in a mirror when you see the man who by choosing to do nothing is helping abusers and their protectors walk free, causing continual pain and anguish to parents and their children - parents like you and children like yours.
How does it feel, Graham? Are your childish Twitter spats just Pyrrhic victories which don’t sooth your conscience? Or did you mortgage your conscience and integrity long ago for your 30 pieces of silver?
Well when you’re ugly & cannae kick a ball in Glasgow what do you do ?
Put on a friggin tweed jacket & kid on you’re an intellectual.
He’s a fraud.
I remember when he left the Scotsman or Scotland on Sunday some years ago the paper very soon afterwards published a letter from a guy who moved into a flat in Edinburgh and invited all the neighbours in the building to an informal, get-to-know-you type house warming. Speirs was one of his new neighbours and turned up wearing his usual know-all, supercilious smirk and carrying an already open and half-finished bottle of wine as his contribution to the festivities, and proceeded to bore everybody shitless. The guy ran him down to nothing.
I remember thinking that it looked like his ex colleagues at the paper thoroughly enjoyed every word of the letter.
"It's people like yourself that have experience of this that I sincerely feel for. As I said earlier, we have a story in front of us and we can try and understand the feelings of what went on, we don't live it. It's horrendous and I hope you and your family has now got some peace from it.
I also knew someone who was abused and you find tou're barely even able to comprehend what took place.
I wish you and your family well."
Thanks mate. We live with it every day. Not me personally but very close family.
As I've mentioned before, the victims come first but the knock on effect never leaves, to the point that it doesn't get spoken about.
I'm finding this avenue a way of venting sometimes and I apologise.
My blood is boiling with the way so called responsible people are dealing with it- deny, deflect, blame others!
The Times was a decent newspaper, but by hiring the likes of Speirs, it's no longer a newspaper I'm prepared to buy or support.It is extraordinary that a respected newspaper like The Times have Speirs on their payroll.
This is about all children, who were abused, one who was only 5years old, was abused by Mr Torbet, so don't you tell me, that anyone, is excited, tweeting about,it you are a disgusting human being, hang your head in shame.
Speirs had tweeted.
Rangers fans excitedly RTing any Celtic Boys Club sex abuse stories. Celtic fans countering with dug up stories of ex Rangers youth coaches and alleged child sex abuse.
What a nauseating charade.
Spoke to my auld man and my wee maw last week about what was going on. They're in their 80s and they were astounded but mentioned that it was now in the papers. I told them I had been reading this forum quite a lot and there was lots more to come out.
I don't think they believed me.
I said that rancid club should be shut down!
I think it took it to another level, as I explained things.
Never seen them so aghast!
"To their ain boys" was what I said. The penny dropped at that point.
My Mrs stepped in cos our kids were there and moved the conversation along.
This is about all children, who were abused, one who was only 5years old, was abused by Mr Torbet, so don't you tell me, that anyone, is excited, tweeting about,it you are a disgusting human being, hang your head in shame.
Speirs had tweeted.
Rangers fans excitedly RTing any Celtic Boys Club sex abuse stories. Celtic fans countering with dug up stories of ex Rangers youth coaches and alleged child sex abuse.
What a nauseating charade.
Byres road wanker
When discussing Spiers, one must always remember that he, like many other enablers, repeatedly and emphatically denied that Jock Stein knew anything about Torbett. It was all just a vicious rumour spread by jealous Rangers fans of Stein's football success. Protecting the good name of Stein was paramount for Spiers back then, and still is.
Spiers said he felt sorry for Craig Thomson the Hearts player who pleaded guilty and was placed on the sex offenders register for underage sex,says it all about Spiers.The face of a liar masking another secret me thinks.
Spiers defending sex offenders worries me
It’s normal for him .Spiers defending sex offenders worries me
Spiers said he felt sorry for Craig Thomson the Hearts player who pleaded guilty and was placed on the sex offenders register for underage sex,says it all about Spiers.
I feel sorry for speirs.
If he was a horse he would be put down.