The SCL League Management Committee remains at loggerheads with The Board Brigade about the display of pro-Palestine banners and flags at boards. The SCL has aleady been fined £24 after the recent meet when the Board Brigade set off vapes, rushed the mezzanine, unfurled an anti-monarchist flag and sang 99 Red Balloons.
LMC grandeees James Young and Bruce Morton (of the so-called "blazers") have called for restraint and dialogue.
Facing a ban from the mezz, The Board Brigade remains defiant and, via social media, has called for a day of action. Brigade Commander Paul McCole and his brother Stephen ("The Actor") have described the LMC as Zionist and evidenced that the menu at the Carrom stadium Linen 1906 does not include pork.
Firebrand carromer John McManus had his two strikers seized in a dawn raid by Police Scotland last Monday. His main striker, which is emblazoned with a caricature of Yasser Arafat, was deemed a hate-crime and his back-up cited as an accessory. This blog says Free the McManus Two.
When the Day of Action will happen remains unclear, but the Board Brigade promises a robust protest which, they say, will include a bespoke Tifo designed by Paul McCole's partner - the shadowy Lulu ("Lady MacBeth") Brown - and a 24 hour mass hula-hoop demonstration at the junction outside the venue. The Board Brigade suggests that all the hula-hoopers bring bottled water and snacks in anticipation that they may get kettled.
I reached out to Kama: the God of carrom and He who built the Karmatron on the third day. After a day and night of prayer to Him, a pigeon arrived on my window ledge, bearing a piece of paper on it's beak. Gently, I took the paper from the beak and read the message within. Profound, pragmatic and citing the words of George Harrison, ihe note simply read All Things Must Pass.
Oro se do bheatha bhaile Sinead