COMMENT

groups and education leaders, and start taking the problem of sectarianism serious.”

The laws were introduced following the infamous Old Firm “shame game” of 2011 which saw then Celtic manager Neil Lennon and his Rangers counterpart Ally Mccoist square up on the touchline after the match, with widespread trouble among supporters inside and outside the ground.

The act was the first piece of legislation to have been passed without any cross-party support in the history of the Scottish Parliament when the then-majority SNP govern-

“It is discredited legislation which has failed to make any progress in tackling sectarianism”

JAMES KELLY