New Sevco director Chris Graham is at the centre of a racism storm.
Mr Graham’s confrontational style on twitter regularly brought him into conflict with others with the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris bringing him into conflict with Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary.
The incident was highlighted on social media last night following his surprise appointment to the Sevco board with BBC Reporting Scotland picking up on the story tonight.
The BBC reported: “On 7 January, shortly after two gunmen had shot dead 12 people at the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, the radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary sent a message on Twitter which read “freedom of expression does not extend to insulting the prophets of Allah, whatever your views on the events in Paris today!”
“Mr Graham replied by sending a cartoon depicting the prophet Mohammed engaged in an explicit homosexual act.
“Part of the message accompanying the drawing read: “You probably won’t like this one…then”
“Mr Graham, who is 38-years-old, is well known among football fans for representing the Rangers Supporters Trust and running the Rangers Standard website.
“His Twitter account is now restricted from public view.
“A spokesman for Rangers said: “We are unaware of this but we will look into it.”
Until his appointment as a director Mr Graham was a regular ‘go-to guy’ for a number of media outlets but didn’t hold back on his dislike for a number of BBC employees.
Jim Spence, Stuart Cosgrove and Tam Cowan were regularly criticised on twitter- with his new high profile role in the blue room of dignity it appears that some earlier indiscretions may come back to haunt the 38-year-old businessman. If he is sacked by the company it’s highly unlikely that he’ll be able to pick up on his lucrative media career.
