No one has moral high ground on sectarian issue

At FMQs today Alex Salmond suggested in response to Annabel Goldie's questioning that there would no longer be football in Scotland unless all parties backed his proposed legislation on sectarianism.

Annabel Goldie MSP, Scottish Conservative Leader, said:

"This whole episode reflects our unease. I was trying to impress upon the First Minister the need for calm appraisal, not knee jerk reaction. He does not have a monopoly over the desire for action to help clean Scotland of the stain of sectarianism, but he needs to understand that there are legitimate questions about whether new laws will make a difference or whether existing law could work just as well.

""No one has the moral high ground on this issue, which is why the First Minister's expansive rhetoric today was unhelpful. That type of response does the debate a disservice. We need objective assessment and good law, not merely any law just because the First Minister says so."

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