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Scottish Businesses to Boycott Vaccine Passport Scheme

by Michael Curzon
2 October 2021 10:48 AM

The Scottish Government’s vaccine passport scheme hasn’t exactly got off to a flying start. First, there were complaints that the NHS Scotland Covid app does not work and now a number of businesses have vowed to ignore the scheme altogether (for the moment, at least). The Telegraph has the story.

Hours after the rules came into force on Friday morning, the controversial scheme was thrown into disarray when Aberdeen FC abandoned plans to check fans’ vaccination status for Sunday’s fixture against Celtic, blaming “major problems” with a £600,000 app.

Meanwhile, hospitality sector bosses said nightclubs would also ignore rules which required them to check revellers’ status, branding the situation as “farcical”.

The Scottish Government warned the public on Friday morning that proof of vaccination was “now needed” to access nightclubs and large events such as concerts and football matches.

However, in a major reversal, Humza Yousaf, the Scottish Health Secretary, later claimed that nobody should be denied entry this weekend if they failed to show proof of vaccination, and admitted the widespread technical problems may take “days” to fix. …

Ms. Sturgeon announced on Tuesday that businesses would not be punished for failing to enforce rules until October 18th, so that they could test and “build confidence” in the system.

However, new laws came into force at 5am on Friday, and it was expected that the scheme would be operational this weekend on a trial basis.

Aberdeen FC, along with Rangers and Hearts, had originally said fans must prove they had been vaccinated this weekend to gain access to stadiums, despite the enforcement delay. However, Aberdeen said it had scrapped the system for tomorrow’s fixture and that “nobody will be asked to show proof of vaccine”.

The club complained that its ticket office had been inundated with fans worried they would be turned away because they were unable to get the app to work.

Rangers and Hearts also confirmed that nobody would be refused entry to fixtures this weekend. …

Stephen Montgomery, spokesman for the Scottish Hospitality Group, said many nightclubs would scrap plans to use the technology this weekend.

“How can businesses check what people can’t get?” he said. “Clearly the delay in enforcement until the 18th was because this wasn’t ready. This really is farcical.”

Worth reading in full.

Tags: NightclubsScotlandVaccineVaccine Passports

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago

Hurrah for FSU!

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Marque1
Marque1
2 years ago

F.U.S.U. perhaps.

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JXB
JXB
2 years ago

Time to start expelling these clowns to send a message.

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lymeswold
lymeswold
2 years ago

Difficult to understand why Oxford students, supposedly among the brightest in the country, should want to deprive themselves of the opportunity to hear a wide range of views. However, after listening to a lot of James Lindsay’s podcasts (https://newdiscourses.com/) I’m beginning to understand the problem. Coincidentally, Lindsay appeared before the Oxford Union recently with Toby Young. Lindsay was arguing AGAINST the motion “Woke Culture has gone too far” – very entertaining!

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Geoff Cox
Geoff Cox
2 years ago

Even Oxford Uni when doing the right thing can’t say the right thing eg:

“… they must be prepared to “encounter and confront difficult views, including ones they find unsettling, extreme or even offensive”.

Why can’t they say:

“… they must be prepared to “encounter different views, including ones they find unsettling, extreme or even offensive”.

Lazy cut and paste writing that’s why but it gives the impression that the views people want to sensor are somehow difficult ie wrong.

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Geoff Cox
Geoff Cox
2 years ago
Reply to  Geoff Cox

“sensor” oh dear should be censor of course!

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For a fist full of roubles
For a fist full of roubles
2 years ago

It is sad how supposedly intelligent people use a toxic culture of bullying and harassment to oppose a toxic culture of bullying and harassment.

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