Mark Irvine - Blogger, Campaigner, Organiser

How pleasant it was to be at Celtic Park last night and not have to listen to the   moronic chants of the 'Greetin Brigade'. I can do without idiots singing 'Up the 'Ra' and 'You can stick your poppies up your arse' - thank you very much. Celtic did absolutely the right thing by banning these clowns and putting the Club crest on the safe standing area where they congregate.   The Rennes fans were great, I have to say, they kept their spirits up even when they went 3-0 down and were a real credit to their club.     Bams Booed at Celtic Park  (28/11/19) The Daily Record reports that Celtic FC have taken action against the 'Greetin Brigade' by closing part of the safe standing area for tonight's Europa Cup match against Rennes. Now this is a welcome move if you ask me, because these clowns seem to think they are bigger than the club, that they are a law unto themselves with their dumb antics - which include setting off fla

Meanwhile en route to Rotterdam several Rangers fans make their club look ugly and foolish, especially after their good away result against Feyenoord. I say name and shame the sectarian Springburn sapheads - because it stands to reason that someone must know their identities.  

The Daily Record reports that Celtic FC have taken action against the 'Greetin Brigade' by closing part of the safe standing area for tonight's Europa Cup match against Rennes. Now this is a welcome move if you ask me, because these clowns seem to think they are bigger than the club, that they are a law unto themselves with their dumb antics - which include setting off flares inside the ground, offensive chanting and disrespecting other fans (including other Celtic fans) on a regular basis.      I wrote to the Celtic complaining about the Green Brigade's moronic behaviour during the Celtic vs Motherwell match when they were booed into silence after telling fellow fans to 'stick their poppies up their arse' on Remembrance Sunday. So well done Celtic and if the 'ultras' are not prepared to listen and shape up - it's time to start shipping them out.         Celtic issue Green Brigade with final warning over UEFA and council fears The fan

All we need now is for Jeremy Corbyn to change his name or self-identify as Dr Doolittle! Labour to leave voters: "the party leadership is not opposing Brexit" Labour to remain voters: vote for us to stop Brexit The new strategy briefed here might be tricky to pull off https://t.co/yQV1cPxDcL — Jonathan Freedland (@Freedland) November 28, 2019  

The chief rabbi of the UK's Jewish community, Ephraim Mirvis, argues that Jeremy Corbyn is unfit for high office, that there has been a failure of leadership over antisemitism and that "a new poison - sanctioned from the top - has taken root in the Labour Party.    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/ephraim-mirvis-what-will-become-of-jews-in-britain-if-labour-forms-the-next-government-ghpsdbljk Ephraim Mirvis: What will become of Jews in Britain if Labour forms the next government? By Ephraim Mirvis - The Times Elections should be a celebration of democracy. However, just weeks before we go to the polls, the overwhelming majority of British Jews are gripped by anxiety. During the past few years, on my travels through the UK and further afield, one concern has been expressed to me more than any other. Of course, the threats of the far right and violent jihadism never go away, but the question I am now most frequently asked is: What will become of Jews and Judaism

Why *wasn’t* the centennial coin created a long time ago? No one knows. https://t.co/gPqGFqywyK — Philip Bump (@pbump) November 26, 2019 Donald Trump tries to take credit for authorising a new coin to mark 100 years of women's suffrage in America which became law in 1920 even though he acknowledges that people have been working on the project for 'years and years'.  Yet Trump seems unable to grasp why it is impossible to have organised a centennial celebration of women's suffrage "a long time ago".        

I don't enjoy elections, as a general rule, mainly because I can't abide all the ugly, tribal nonsense which goes with the territory as polling day approaches.        The Tories, Labour, Lib Dems and the SNP are all at it trying to put the big squeeze on each other's 'vote share' - using any means possible, both fair and foul.  But I had to laugh at this example from Twitter on the bizarre topic of Jo Swinson's accent. Ross McCafferty @RossMcCaff · Nov 22 Jo Swinson is like George Galloway and Fraser Nelson in having a genuinely unique accent. Could travel all over Scotland and not find a single person who sounds like her. Mark Irvine - @Mark1957  - Replying to   @RossMcCaff What does Jo Swinson’s accent have to do with anything? Now I didn't get an answer to my question about the relevance of Jo Swinson's accent. But I well remember the reaction when the former Labour MP Michale Martin was ridiculed as 'Gorbals Mick' and I can just imag