Last month Wings broke a story about a “survey” being conducted by dozens of primary schools in the Aberdeen area in which children as young as nine were being asked about their sexual orientation and “gender identity”.
The charity LGBT Youth Scotland is currently the subject of a live police investigation over its involvement in a second major child-abuse scandal in little over a decade.
So you’d expect Police Scotland to be taking that pretty seriously, right?
Wings Over Scotland has been monitoring the BBC’s coverage of Scottish politics for over 11 years now, readers, and other than The Nick Robinson Incident we’re honestly struggling to remember seeing anything worse than this.
The Corporation’s “coverage” of Ash Regan’s campaign launch for the SNP leadership election ran for roughly seven minutes. And we suppose we should be grateful that it did at one point feature a brief, incidental cameo appearance from Ash Regan.
We read some harrowing tweets this week from an Edinburgh SNP activist. Sensitive readers should look away now, as the following article contains potentially triggering information about the wild and lawless streets of [checks notes] Corstorphine.
It’s remarkable how openly a certain faction of the SNP is now declaring surrender.
And it’s becoming increasingly clear that the events of the next few days and weeks will not just determine the future of the independence movement, but whether in any meaningful, practical sense it continues to exist at all.
Jay on How Far To Go, How Far: “What, if any, provisions exist for public funding of Mrs. Peggie’s costs? Will we see the day when a Judge…” Dec 12, 14:12
Sven on How Far To Go, How Far: “Yet again, I feel the MSM are following where our host leads.” Dec 12, 14:07
Northcode on Strike One: “Hi Marky, Try not be a humungous bore on here today… oops, too late, Marky. And I don’t hate the…” Dec 12, 14:04
Bruce Williamson on Strike One: “Has nobody questioned what a Doctor is doing in a Nurses area in the first place. Pretty sure the pecking…” Dec 12, 14:01
sarah on How Far To Go, How Far: “More excellent analysis, Rev. Thank you. [typo – there’s two number 3 problems.]” Dec 12, 13:56
Southernbystander on Strike One: “Thanks NC. This is the original German: ‘Schießt um die gehörte Musik die Zeit zum strahlenden Kristall zusammen, so fällt…” Dec 12, 13:48
Northcode on Strike One: “No problem, Jay. Your comment was very clear. I knew fine well that your comment wasn’t directed at me. I…” Dec 12, 13:40
Giesabrek on How Far To Go, How Far: ““Scotland in 2025 is a country where pretty much nobody is actually responsible of accountable for anything” Should be “responsible…” Dec 12, 13:35
Mark Beggan on Strike One: “Hi Northy, ‘Colonizing agents’ Seriously? It doesn’t matter how you dress it up Northy. You just can’t get that hatred…” Dec 12, 13:27
Jay on Strike One: “Hi Northcode, Going back to spoiler alert, my reference to unconstructive comments was not directed at you but at your…” Dec 12, 12:48
Northcode on Strike One: “I like this comment of yours, Oh, Southern one. Yes… the original German might be useful, and interesting, too. Thanks,…” Dec 12, 12:05
James Cheyne on Strike One: “The Scottish judges may be knobbled, however due to the pre terms, conditions and articles, one of the major reasons…” Dec 12, 11:41
Southernbystander on Strike One: “Regarding the fate of comment consigned to the silent void, as Theodor W. Adorno said about music that is written…” Dec 12, 11:35
Captain Caveman on Strike One: “A truly astonishing read (not in a good way). Just incredible. What an utter shit show. Time to clear the…” Dec 12, 11:35
Liz on Strike One: “They can’t blame typos as the stupid judge took notes in longhand, causing everyone to slow down with their responses.…” Dec 12, 11:32
A2 on The ginger stepchild: “thing is , If you realise indi isn’t going to be happening any time soon, then you will prioritise things…” Dec 12, 11:21
Northcode on Strike One: “Associating the SNP with Scottish independence and the independence movement is now a popular anti-Scots unionist tactic. There are only…” Dec 12, 11:08
James Cheyne on Strike One: “The Scottish governance are a public Body, the Scottish judges are a public body, the NHS in Scotland are a…” Dec 12, 10:53
James Cheyne on Strike One: “The NHS is a public Body and cannot overrule Private Rights of the subjects Scotland and neither can judges, Civil…” Dec 12, 10:26
desimond on Strike One: “Is this outside the remit of our Justice Minister?” Dec 12, 10:22
PC Foster on Strike One: “Let em talk- they will fade into the background when they realise you are not paying attention.” Dec 12, 10:13
James Cheyne on Strike One: “It also fails to relate any mention/wording of supreme judgements being capable of overruling it outside the subjects of Scotland,…” Dec 12, 10:12
PC Foster on Strike One: “But the Scottish judges are knobled- so that’s not going to be of any use!!” Dec 12, 10:09
James Cheyne on Strike One: “Corrections to judgement? First of all the right to private rights and private family life which has been amended or…” Dec 12, 09:46
Weary on Strike One: “I was at the Vic A@E the night before the Christmas Eve encounter. (I was held overnight and discharged Christmas…” Dec 12, 09:40
PC Foster on Strike One: “The SG are now using money that was earmarked to support the health of the good people of Fife to…” Dec 12, 09:39
Northcode on Strike One: “Hooray! It looks like I didn’t write my last comment out loud after all! Either that or it has been…” Dec 12, 09:33
PC Foster on Strike One: “The Scottish Government and the Unions are in cahoots about this and have conspired with the Scottish Judicial system to…” Dec 12, 09:25
Marie on Strike One: “I have no trust in the law” Dec 12, 09:15
Northcode on Strike One: “Oops! Sorry, folks. I didn’t realise I’d written my last comment out loud. It’s the voices you see – the…” Dec 12, 09:12
