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On Gulhane on Politics this week:
Stumped: Tackling racism, change at Cricket Scotland;
Creep: The SNP welcome a sex pest back into its ranks;
and the amazing Men’s Sheds – pushing for funding.
Last July, an independent review into racism at Cricket Scotland concluded that those who raised complaints were ignored or side-lined - and a culture of racially aggravated micro-aggression was allowed to develop.The review, called Changing the Boundaries, highlighted 448 examples of institutional racism - and the entire Cricket Scotland board resigned the day before the report’s publication. As a result of the damning findings, the operation of Cricket Scotland was placed in special measures until October, with Sportscotland effectively taking control. Back then I called for the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee to question Sportscotland and Cricket Scotland’s new management team. And last week, we received a further update from the sport’s executives – who assured Committee members that progress has been made in terms of governance, and leadership – and that there were clear signs of a cultural change, which is vital for Cricket Scotland to recover from this crisis.
In contrast, we have the Scottish National Party, the SNP, which appears reluctant to rid its Party of sexual predators. Patrick Grady is an influential SNP Member of Parliament for Glasgow North. The former SNP Whip was suspended from the SNP following a House of Commons probe which found that Grady was guilty of sexual misconduct – having inappropriately touched a 19 year old teenage staffer’s head and neck while in a London pub. Grady is now back in the SNP fold, all smiles, while the sex pest’s victim has paid the price for launching the complaint as he lost his job !
Regular listeners may remember our report from mid November when we visited the Shettleston Men’s Shed. This is a focal point for retired men in the east of Glasgow where they can meet-up, play pool, learn computer skills or a musical instrument - or make things in the carpentry workshop. Men’s Sheds really help mean avoid social isolation, which many experience as they grow older. The trouble is, the Scottish Government had decided to cut funding for Scotland’s Men’s Sheds. So a number of MSPs, myself included, wrote to ministers and lobbied government to have this funding decision reversed.
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By Sandesh GulhaneOn Gulhane on Politics this week:
Stumped: Tackling racism, change at Cricket Scotland;
Creep: The SNP welcome a sex pest back into its ranks;
and the amazing Men’s Sheds – pushing for funding.
Last July, an independent review into racism at Cricket Scotland concluded that those who raised complaints were ignored or side-lined - and a culture of racially aggravated micro-aggression was allowed to develop.The review, called Changing the Boundaries, highlighted 448 examples of institutional racism - and the entire Cricket Scotland board resigned the day before the report’s publication. As a result of the damning findings, the operation of Cricket Scotland was placed in special measures until October, with Sportscotland effectively taking control. Back then I called for the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee to question Sportscotland and Cricket Scotland’s new management team. And last week, we received a further update from the sport’s executives – who assured Committee members that progress has been made in terms of governance, and leadership – and that there were clear signs of a cultural change, which is vital for Cricket Scotland to recover from this crisis.
In contrast, we have the Scottish National Party, the SNP, which appears reluctant to rid its Party of sexual predators. Patrick Grady is an influential SNP Member of Parliament for Glasgow North. The former SNP Whip was suspended from the SNP following a House of Commons probe which found that Grady was guilty of sexual misconduct – having inappropriately touched a 19 year old teenage staffer’s head and neck while in a London pub. Grady is now back in the SNP fold, all smiles, while the sex pest’s victim has paid the price for launching the complaint as he lost his job !
Regular listeners may remember our report from mid November when we visited the Shettleston Men’s Shed. This is a focal point for retired men in the east of Glasgow where they can meet-up, play pool, learn computer skills or a musical instrument - or make things in the carpentry workshop. Men’s Sheds really help mean avoid social isolation, which many experience as they grow older. The trouble is, the Scottish Government had decided to cut funding for Scotland’s Men’s Sheds. So a number of MSPs, myself included, wrote to ministers and lobbied government to have this funding decision reversed.