The doomed crackdown on bigotry at football matches was introduced because working-class fans were an “easy target”, it is claimed.The controversial Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act was a “knee-jerk response to a complex and contested social problem”, according to academics.Researchers at Glasgow University said the law – dropped in 2018 – demonstrated a lack of understanding about sectarianism.The study – published in the journal Criminology and Criminal Justice – also said it showed Scotland was not as “socially progressive” towards justice as many politicians claimed.The research, authored by Dr Maureen McBride of the university’s education department, found: “The OBTC Act reveals the inconsistencies
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