The shameful silencing of Rangers fans

Scottish Premiership club Rangers FC has disowned some of its supporters after a banner was displayed at Ibrox , the club’s home stadium, during a recent Europa League match.

It read: Keep woke foreign ideologies out. Defend Europe ’ The banner appeared in the section of the Copland Road Stand where the Union Bears ultras possibly Rangers ’ most passionate fans tend to gather.

Rangers have now been fined 30,000 ( 25,000 ) by UEFA .

The club has launched an internal investigation and says it is in the process of issuing lifetime bans.

This isn’t just quiet noncompliance. This is fans in the stands articulating their opposition to football’s ideological leaning in clear political terms. No wonder the authorities are worried. Today , it’s banners at Ibrox that could lead to lifetime bans. Tomorrow , it will be another stadium, another club, another group of fans whose politics is deemed unacceptable. If you’re a Rangers fan under investigation or know someone who is email the Free Speech Union at [email protected]. Freddie Attenborough is the digital communications director of the Free Speech Union ..