Fans told to remove ‘Yes’ badges at Glasgow Green

COMMONWEALTH Games fans attending Glasgow Green have hit out at officials who told them to remove their Yes badges.

Pro-independence fans were told to remove their Yes badges. Picture: Contributed

Spectators revealed they were told to take off the button badges at the gates by security guards who told them they ‘represent a protest’.

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Some people were reportedly told they could wear the badges if they were hidden from view.

One of the Glasgow 2014 venue rules states that no flags are permitted within a venue, or the vicinity of the venue if they are associated with causes, organisations or affiliations.

Glasgow resident Neil Patton told the Evening Times: “My Yes badge is not offensive, it is not a protest - it simply represents my personal view.”

A spokesman for the Yes Scotland group said: “Organisers quite rightly want to keep politics out of the Games.”

The news comes barely 24 hours after a pro-independence spectator was ejected from Tollcross swimming centre for holding up a Saltire with a Yes slogan on it.