London judgement

A collision between the hot-headed world of Glasgow football and the judgely decisions of the BBC Trust's Editorial Standards team is rumbling on, most unpleasantly. The Trust ruled against BBC Scotland in terms of accuracy, for uses of "old" and "new" applied to the clearly-changing circumstances of Rangers Football Club. This "imprecision" of language, according to some fans, is "anti-Rangers", a denial of primeval and vital continuity, bloodlines, or some such, and requires public apologies, if not firmer action. Now presenter Jim Spence's comments in discussion are also to be investigated. It's rumoured that Jim has asked for voluntary redundancy.

BBC Scotland has "noted" the Trust's decisions so far. That's a polite word for it.