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they will have no cause for complaint if many in­ the crowd decide instead to show their “respect” by­ applauding the demise of a former German anti-aircraft­ gunner.

Bit late but never forgotten.
Yesterday, on Remembrance­ Sunday, The nation acknowledged the ultimate sacrifice­ made by Britain’s war dead at the annual Remembrance­ Sunday ceremony. The Monarch joined senior royals,­ Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other political leaders­ in laying wreaths at the Cenotaph Memorial in­ Whitehall, central London. The solemn gesture took­ place in front of thousands of veterans who also­ gathered to pay their respects at this year’s events,­ which will culminate in the 90th anniversary of the end­ of the First World War on November 11th. A parade of­ serviceman and veterans followed (pictured above).

It­ should also be reported that at sporting events across­ the UK throughout the weekend, respectful and dignified­ minutes’ silences were observed to honour our service­ personnel. In every sporting arena save one. To their­ eternal shame, the officials of Glasgow Celtic Football­ Club bowed to a small minority of bigotted followers of­ extreme Irish republicanism within the ranks of their­ supporters and held a “minutes’ applause” instead of a­ minutes’ silence before their home Scottish Premier­ League soccer match against Motherwell at Celtic Park,­ Glasgow on Saturday. The rationale behind this craven­ surrender to mindless bigotry was reportedly that a­ minutes’ applause would drown out the noise of any­ dissent from deluded individuals who apparently­ perceive showing respect for the dead of 2 world wars­ and current conflicts as anti-Roman Catholic and/or­ anti-IRA. That Celtic Football Club, who have lost many­ players and countless supporters in the service of the­ British armed forces over the years, should give in to­ such bigotted nonsense is an indelible stain on the­ club’s good name and a disgraceful insult to the whole­ of Scotland. And the next time these same blinkered­ morons, so quick to portray themseleves as “victims”­ and “targets for sectarianism”, call for a minutes’­ silence at a Celtic football match for a dead Pope,­ they will have no cau