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Censorship eh? Mon en mods. Share the decision-making. Put it up as a case example, an academic point of illustration, dissected with its offensive naughty bit(s) highlighted so none of the rest of us make the same error.

 

You are confident in your decision-making? When you assume the role of moral guardian to us all, we need you to comfort and cuddle us through this outrageous attack on our sense and sensibilities. In the meantime, you have to admit that his leftie reference was hilarious?

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Glasgow City Council has expressed fears over public safety if far right organisation the Scottish Defence League is allowed to march through the city centre next month.

 

The organisation intends to march from Blythswood Square through West George Street and Nelson Mandela Place before assembling in George Square on February 25.

 

Council bosses say they have asked the league to change their plans or hold their protest in a private area such as a hall. However, a Scottish Defence League spokesman said on Wednesday that the organisation has received no such request.

 

Anyone organising a protest in Glasgow must notify the council at least 28 days in advance to allow any discussions or negotiations about the event to take place.

 

A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said: "A group identifying itself as the Scottish Defence League has notified us of its intention to hold a public procession in the city centre on the afternoon of February 25.

 

"We have legitimate concerns about public safety and public order and have asked organisers to withdraw their notification; or to consider holding an event in an enclosed area, such as a hall, instead.

 

"If the group is not prepared to do this, it is likely the proposed march will have to be called in to a Public Processions Committee for consideration."

 

Most organisers of protests through Glasgow city centre usually have to meet police and council officers in advance of their event to discuss demonstration plans.

 

Paul O’Donnell, SDL regional organiser and spokesman, said: "It would be a silly proposal to have it in a hall. We are still negotiating the procession just now with the police and the council.

 

"They’ve actually been quite helpful. There’s no indication that it could be cancelled or that they will move the route. We will have 25 stewards for 250 people and we have a chief steward.

 

"We’ve every confidence in Strathclyde Police and we are confident that they will do their job."

 

Local authorities have limited powers to control public processions, including asking protest organisers to make alterations to the date, time, duration and route of their procession. 

 

A spokeswoman from Strathclyde Police said the force had no comment to make at this stage on the proposed march.

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Found this gem on the SDL facebook page.

 

'Well after been on the fone to snowy for the past 2 hours, all I can say is thank you for the support you and your lads have giving us over the years regarding our demos and that and you will be sadly missed on the streets with us mate, but there is a time when the family must come first so this is from all at the SDL we wish you well with you new life abroad mate good luck KTF, I have family in the same area mate so we will be seeing each other later this year'

 

Bloody emigrants.

 

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A FAR right group, the Scottish National Front, today warned of clashes with a peaceful parade in Aberdeen on the May Day weekend.

 

The Scottish National Front is planning a recruitment drive in the Castlegate, Aberdeen, on the same day that the Aberdeen Trades Union Council has its annual parade.

 

Brian Carroll, president of the ATUC since March 2012, said: “I was not aware of any event planned by the Scottish National Front.

 

“From our point of view this parade is to show solidarity among workers and to highlight the issues that working people face around the globe. It is nothing to do with them.”

 

Scottish National Front organiser Dave MacDonald today warned he expects violent clashes on Saturday, May 4.

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Well turns out we have some edl cunts in our support judging by the facebook page.

 

Saw that.

Saw the cunts on the Castlegate yesterday.  All with Glasgow or Ayrshire on their backs, with Red Hand of Ulster flags amongst the paraphernalia.

 

Didn't even know it was taking place, can't believe it did.  There wasn't many of them.  More police than SDL from what I saw.

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Really??:

 

Edinburgh City Council said that it was safer to grant permission for the event instead of having an unofficial gathering in the capital.

The SDL had applied to the local authority to march down the Royal Mile to the Scottish Parliament on Saturday 17 August.

In recent years the presence of the SDL has sparked counter-protests from groups such as United Against Fascism.

The Royal Mile is typically packed with tourists and festival-goers throughout August and one city centre councillor[/color][/size] describing the route as “madness”.

It is thought that SDL representatives agreed to reschedule earlier plans from August 24, which would have coincided with the Festival of Politics at Holyrood.

Councillor Joanna Mowat, who represents the city centre, said that she did not object to the march in principle, but that the route chosen was questionable.

“My view is, however objectionable they are, they are not an illegal group and it is easier to police them if you know where they are going to be”, she told The Scotsman.

“If the SDL came up to Edinburgh without permission we wouldn’t know where they are and it might cause trouble.

“However, the route is madness and I’m very concerned to hear it was approved. This will be very, very difficult route to police at that time of year so I find it astonishing.”

[/size][/color]Councillor Gavin Barrie, convener of the city’s regulatory committee, which oversees public events, defended the decision and said that members of the group would be “subject to strict conditions”.

He said: “The Regulatory Committee has decided that it is in the interest of public safety to allow the Scottish Defence League’s procession to take place, subject to strict conditions.

“It was the view of the committee that a police controlled procession, rather than an unplanned, unofficial event would be less disruptive to the city. The committee’s decision to allow the procession in no way endorses the views of the SDL.”

A [/size]Police Scotland spokesman said: “We note the decision of the regulatory committee, and we will liaise with the City of Edinburgh Council and with organisers as part of our preparations for the policing operation, which will focus on keeping people safe.”

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