That could be the second verse of Big Jock Knew, and Sturgeon tooShe knew.
He did his very best no doubt. But he is just not up to Sturgeon. No where even close. Barely scratched her when she should have been on the canvas. Nothing at all has come out of it. No further action or even a likelihood of any.
We still have no effective opposition in any party.
SNP now have a confirmed sexual predator on board.
May be one of many.
This may open the floodgates for major inquiry into covering up from SNP to CFC and beyond.
Jimmy Krankie not coming out of this looking good.
Well said, that man!We had Nicola Surgeon on the television yesterday stating that after her Finance Secretary Derek MacKay had been caught sending hundreds of disgusting text messages to a school boy, she had to act.
As according to her, his behaviour, 'falls seriously below the standard required of a minister'.
Well Nicola, you as First Minister, your party and it's membership, all fall seriously below the standards required within any moralistic society, when it comes to one of the most historical and disgusting acts of Child Sexual Abuse to have been committed within the realms of world sport.
You, Nicola Sturgeon stood there and again stated how morally wrong Derek Mackay's actions were, yet you stand by and do nothing when it comes to one of the most disgusting acts of Child Sexual Abuse, that were perpetrated at Celtic Football Club, over the last, at least 5 decades.
The hypocrisy that spews out of your mouth Nicola, is disturbing to say the very least.
You have, what could be hundreds of victims of these disgusting acts of sexual abuse and yet, you and your party offer no support whatsoever to bring closure to the victims of those disgusting acts knowingly committed at Celtic Football Club.
So please Nicola, don't state to us, you stand morally against the disgusting acts of one of your prominent members of the Scottish Parliament, when there is a far greater matter of Child Sexual Abuse that you and again, your ministers care to take no action against.
That Nicola, 'falls seriously below the standard required of a minister'.
You and your party are letting down the victims of Child Sexual Abuse and that is disturbing in so many ways and not the actions you would expect to come across in a morally correct society.
Practice what you preach for once Nicola.........
This is why we are fighting for justice. Celtic Football Club and the Scottish government have many questions to answer.
This is why we are fighting for justice. Celtic Football Club and the Scottish government have many questions to answer.
To this day they have continued to ignore victims and families. Just listen to this lady’s voice.
Andrew Gray’s best friend growing up works with us behind the scenes. We won’t give up until the victims receive justice.
Think Alex was there aswell guysAnd to think people still believe she didn't know about Alex.
Both hate Rangers and the UnionCeltic and the SNP are two cheeks of the same arse.
For the people that have been on here over recent months saying we are wasting our time? Just hear that lady’s voice please.
That’s why we won’t give up. That disgusting excuse of a football club have destroyed lives. The bastards have to be brought to their knees for their attempted coverup of the biggest football scandal in world football.
A very good summary. They really are corrupt to the core and hopefully this is the start of the downfall of both cults.The man being proposed as the next first minister is allowed to resign for grooming a child, most probably not his first and only attempt to lure a child, the current FM is aware of his creepy lurid behaviour, so much so she banned him from drinking at any official functions and when she was told he was grooming a child her first action was to try to block the story and protect him!
Ask yourself why wasn't he sacked immediately?
The former FM is on trial in a few weeks for attempted rape, again our current FM would have been aware of these allegations whilst he was still swanning about the political scene, yet she carried on and even disposed of emails and evidence of discussions with him.
Our current justice minister seems to be allowing his religion to influence him regarding the incredibly lenient sentences being handed out to child abuse offenders and the restrictions placed on the child abuse inquiry, including religious and sporting clubs, it is very apparent from the outside looking in that he does not see the abuse of children as a serious problem in Scotland.
Throw in the refusal to grant an inquiry into the worlds worst child abuse scandal in sporting history and we have to ask ourselves WTF is happening in Scotland and how it came to this?
It’s very nice of you to say that sir. Believe me I know I can speak for each one of us. That means a lot. Thank you.What a job you guys are doing, am proud of every one of you
Tried to block the story eh! sounds kind of familiar and a certain football club springs to mind , an ex manager who is dead now also springs to mind trying to block parents from taking action for the sake of the "good name " that's right ! the good name of the club and it's all so blatant and treating the Public like idiots that this should be the end of the road for this untrustworthy government and that toxic shameful football club . Let the truth come out and get this Country back to being a reasonable place to live in with a UK Government in charge and that club made to compensate the victims before it gets kicked out of Scottish Football forever .A very good summary. They really are corrupt to the core and hopefully this is the start of the downfall of both cults.
We live in a horrid little country that allows child abuse to go in challengEd. The SNP have broken Scotland. Sadly I think some of the damage is irreversible.
Woodward began to deteriorate mentally, while Bennell’s power over him increased. When Woodward was just 14, Bennell began a relationship with his 16-year-old sister, later marrying her in 1991. It was like torture, Woodward says, sitting at the table for Sunday lunch and watching them laugh with his parents. “He had control of the whole family,” he says, “and [speaking out] has had a huge effect on my family. It’s had a huge effect on her, and on our relationship.”Because he [Bennell] produced the goods, because he was a good talent-spotter, a blind eye was turned by clubs. They were more interested in the talent. That’s the ruthless edge of football. That helped him get away with it
Ackley, who was abused until he was 14, later wrote about the blasé response to the documentary, citing one “particularly damning” review by a Telegraph journalist. “He wrote that he felt slightly sorry for the FA and that the programme was intimidating and unhelpfully scaremongering. I hope he’s revised his opinion now and followed events over the last year, when so many people found the courage to speak out about so many abusers at clubs all over Britain.”Everything was so impressive about him and he had this ability to make you feel special. He used to promise me he would make me a better player. He would tell me I was the best young midfield player he had ever seen, and that he would help me play for England, and I believed him
“When I think about my own life, that conversation is maybe the single best thing that’s ever happened to me. I felt worthwhile, validated, as if I’d been able to do something that really mattered. A life had been saved.”That would be the way of life back then – it was everyone’s dirty secret, wasn’t it? Everyone knew what was going on, but chose to look the other way
Most disturbingly, Woodward says he had to visit his abuser in Wymott prison, to ask Bennell to give him a statement. “That was horrendous. I went into child mode. Horrendous. I sat with him and his words to me were: I still love you. And I did that and I got in the car and I cried. But the reason behind it was I wanted to out that football club for what they did to me and so many others. They knew what was going on.”When I think about my own life, that conversation is maybe the single best thing that’s ever happened to me. I felt worthwhile, validated, as if I’d been able to do something that really mattered. A life had been saved
Webster explains that the coach’s position of power “forms the fundamental basis of the grooming process which can start long before physical abuse”.I sat with him and his words to me were: I still love you. And I did that and I got in the car and I cried. But the reason behind it was I wanted to out that football club for what they did to me and so many others. They knew what was going on
It’s a safer world now, he says, but it’s still a scary one.There is still a long way to go, especially at grassroots levels, but children, parents, clubs and coaches now have a far greater awareness of safeguarding issues as a result of the high-profile convictions
Wonder how much Lennon knowsAndy Woodward’s story is horrific,he was tormented by Bennell and so was his family,him and Neil Lennon were very close many moons ago.