The Society of Black lawyers as I predicted, have excelled themselves.
The Mark Clattennurk investigation has been abandoned by the cops. The Metroploitan Police were investigating this complaint as it was made by Peter Herbert of the Society of Black Lawyers. It is of note that nobody else reported this to old bill. Nobody.
The cops issued a statement saying:
No victims have come forward’ and ‘without a victim and/or any evidence that any offence has been committed, the matter cannot currently be investigated.
But of course Peter Herbert isn’t happy with this and he told BBC Radio 5 live:
It sounds remarkably like a football cover-up. It sounds remarkably like the football industry wanted to have this issue swept under the carpet.
No Peter, it sounds remarkably like you’re an attention seeker. You suffer from the same disorder as our old friend David Baddiel. The pair of you are so up your own politically correct bottoms that your take on the world no longer includes common sense or reason.
Piara Powar, former head of Kick It Out and current Executive Director of Football Against Racism in Europe, said:
“I think Peter Herbert and the Society of Black Lawyers are naive. They perhaps don’t know football.”
Chelsea Football Club was a hotbed of racism for decades. Not my words, but I those of a Mr Ken Bates. Thing is, Ken perhaps doesn’t realise it is still is. Hissing, coin throwing, the most vicious abuse and by this please don’t get distracted with this ‘Yid Army’ nonsense. I’m talking about ‘Spurs Are On Their Way To Auschwitz’ being sung – amongst other toe tapping ditties.
But tackling significant numbers of mindless cretins doesn’t fit in with the way the pair of pontificate your way through life, does it? The reality is that THFC who are shall a rather stringent business, left Herbert’s crusade against the use of the word ‘Yid’ completely marooned when they replied to a threat of zero tolerance:
Our position on this topic is very clear. The club does not tolerate any form of racist or abusive chanting. Our guiding principle in respect of the ‘Y-word’ is based on the point of law itself – the distinguishing factor is the intent with which it is used i.e. if it is used with the deliberate intention to cause offence. This has been the basis of prosecutions of fans of other teams to date.
Our fans adopted the chant as a defence mechanism in order to own the term and thereby deflect anti-Semitic abuse. They do not use the term to others to cause any offence, they use it a chant amongst themselves.
The club believes that real anti-Semitic abuse such as hissing to simulate the noise of gas chambers is the real evil and the real offence. We believe this is the area that requires a determined and concerted effort from all parties and where we seek greater support to eradicate.
Brian Reade in the Mirror also chose his words wisely on who Mr Herbert was:
A man with no known connection to football, who speaks for a society which exists solely of black members, is accusing a mass of multi-cultural people who embrace the word Yid to disempower rivals chanting anti-Semitic slurs, of being racist.
Football doesn’t want the episode swept under the carpet – it was Chelsea that lodged a complaint with the FA. Mr Herbert got wind of this involving a black player and screamed ‘bingo!’ But this wasn’t an opportunity of a lifetime. It was actually a rather tawdry stunt being pulled by some disreputable footballers who wanted revenge on a referee who didn’t do them any favours.
They made it all up. And so the Society Of Black Lawyers have heavily a backed a horse that went to moral knackers yard some considerable time ago.
Peter Herbert’s next mission is rumoured to be demanding that sweet manufacturer Barratts explain their sinister subliminal plot of manufacturing of both banana shaped foam candies and black jack chews. The world’s breath is baited.
The latest Hotspur’s Half Hour is out now!
Citeh put in £40,000,000 bid for Suarez. Can we put a bid in for Ibrahimovich if we throw in Dempsey?
Morning all. Just to add to all the black/racist stuff… Obama.. half black half white. Always referred to as black. Can you imagine if people said the white president. He’s mixed race. So why call him black? Why doesn’t herbert jump on that issue? Along with LLL! I’m short, people are shortist to me. I can’t change that, just like my skin colour. I’m bald. People are baldist to me. I can’t grow hair. I can’t change that either…
Quit whining and do something about it! It’s high time someone founded the Society of Short, Bald Lawyers.
I’ve always thought of Barry as the 44th white US president.
never rated barry glad we never bought him
Reason people don’t refer to mixed race people as white is because racists don’t see them as white. Do you get it now?
ELELEL = satanist… why are you an authority to question anything racist? Don’t you drink blood?
Of course I ruddy well do! All good Saturnists enjoy drinking blood. I prefer Tizer to be honest, but I won’t turn down a flagon of blood, no sir.
Are you worried now that people know what you are? Trying to hide the fact you are a Satanist with shitty jokes? People like you, should be burned.
You cannot burn what lives and breeds in infernal flames Jermaine, you should know that, surely?
I would suggest to Peter Herbert that he stops beating about the bush, show the courage of his convictions and personally place John Terry under a citizens arrest.
And somebody out there can film that will do me for Christmas.
Wow what a stocking filler! Maybe Jim can fi….oh s**t.
Peter Hibbert spotted in Washington outside The White House waving a petition for it to renamed Hibbert Hall.
When’s the new podcast?
Just being battered into shape!