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Big thanks to Timposter for his help on this<\/em><\/p>\n

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Imagine a world where your brand is damaged by the severest kind.<\/p>\n

A world where said brand is falsely associated with RACISM.<\/p>\n

A world where you vigourously set out to defend that brand…but you can’t.<\/p>\n

Because you are compromised.<\/p>\n

Now that would need some imagination.<\/p>\n

Or would it?<\/p>\n

Let us enter a world where a CEO demands full disclosure where the brand of his company has been subject to such an accusation, not only this but has irrefutable evidence that said accusation was made up.<\/p>\n

Yes we are talking about Translategate,<\/p>\n

Someone put words into someone elses subtitles to that effect.<\/p>\n

Celtic PLC has a racist customer base.<\/p>\n

Peter Lawless was quick off the mark when this occurred and demanded a full retraction, a full explanation as to how this occurred.<\/p>\n

A full apology was made by Sky Sports but they refused to give any explanation as to the demand for full disclosure.<\/p>\n

So Lawwell decided to refer them to OFCOM.<\/p>\n

Finally, we thought, Peter Lawless is going to act on our behalf, as it was actually us the fans that were maliciously smeared.<\/p>\n

So what happened?<\/p>\n

The first sign of any weakness came when Celtic decided to allow interviews with Sky\u00a0 Sports, despite Sky\u2019s refusal to provide full disclosure.<\/p>\n

Then last weekend we turn up on Soccer AM with a piece at Lennoxville.<\/p>\n

Featuring two black players, which itself subliminally acknowledges the open to all policy of the club.<\/p>\n

Still no full disclosure from Sky.<\/p>\n

Then today we learn that OFCOM have refused to get involved, based on a technicality that no one has revealed.<\/p>\n

Never mind Celtic can always sue. after all, if one was to examine the customer base, or as we call it, the support, there is plenty of evidence that they are not racist.<\/p>\n

Thats befiore we look at the make up of the squad.<\/p>\n

Peter Lawell surrendered to Sky, was it\u00a0 because he knows that if we tried to sue their defence would be the fact that the PLC called us racists themselves ?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Irish Examiner…<\/p>\n

Friday, November 20, 2015 – 08:38 PM<\/div>\n
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Celtic chairman Ian Bankier described some Hoops fans\u2019 online treatment of fellow director Lord Ian Livingston as \u2018criminally racist\u2019 at the club\u2019s annual general meeting.<\/em><\/p>\n

Livingston, a Conservative peer and former minister for trade and investment, recently voted in favour of the UK Government\u2019s tax credit cuts policy in the House of Lords, which prompted a section of the Celtic support to start an online petition calling for his removal.<\/em><\/p>\n

Almost 10,000 signed it but on the poll taken after the AGM, Livingston was re-appointed with 99.46 per cent of the votes cast while majority shareholder Dermot Desmond, Tom Allison and Brian Wilson were also re-appointed on a show of hands at the meeting.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

One shareholder was given a rousing round of applause when he claimed Livingston\u2019s \u201crole in society is contrary to the ethos of the club\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bankier rounded on some of Glasgow-born Livingston\u2019s critics but his parting comment on the issue \u2013 \u201cI am very disappointed\u201d \u2013 was met with calls of \u201cshame\u201d from some in the hall at Celtic Park.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bankier claimed the former BT Group chief executive \u2013 whose full title is Lord Livingston of Parkhead \u2013 had been \u201csubject to a torrent of utterly base personal abuse conducted over social media in recent weeks<\/em><\/p>\n

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