Sir Stephen described the events to his main civilian oversight board, the Scottish Police Authority, yesterday. He said: Yes had campaigners gathered in the square - and I would stress there was no trouble with that. However, later on a group of people who arrived who you may wish to characterise as No campaigners. They began to taunt the Yes campaigners. It was a pretty tense situation. Some loyalists were waving Better Together and Labour Party placards but were not thought to be part of the official campaign. Police throughout the referendum campaign are understood to have been braced for trouble from violent loyalists with links to football hooliganism, the far right and Northern Irish politics.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:24:28 +0000
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