The Love Of Big Brother 28
Posted on
October 03, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We were trying to work out what this reminded us of.
And the answer was in the same place it usually is.
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In The Eyes Of The Law 71
Posted on
October 01, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Our fundraiser to bring a judicial review of Police Scotland’s decision not to charge anyone with embezzlement in the case of the SNP’s missing £700,000 indyref fund is now live, and can be reached by clicking on this image, or here.
The target of £30,000 represents the cost of the initial application (with contingency for the other side’s costs should it fail).
Whatever Can Have Happened? 68
Posted on
September 30, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Yesterday afternoon John Swinney announced an independent review into the dual roles of Scotland’s main law officers, the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General, which have been a subject of great controversy since the Scottish Parliament was re-convened in 1999.
Wings welcomes this development unequivocally, albeit we’re slightly concerned that the former judge leading the review is himself a former Lord Advocate who may be inclined to regard any suggestion that the role – in which the LA is an independent law officer but also a government minister answerable to the First Minister – carries a huge conflict of interest as a personal slight.
But what’s interesting is that the SNP promised such a review way back in 2021, in its manifesto for that year’s Holyrood election.
We can’t imagine what can have caused them to delay it until now.
The Turning Point 83
Posted on
September 28, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We don’t have much to say about this graph that it doesn’t say for itself.
The arrest of Peter Murrell on 5 April 2023, just a couple of weeks after his wife had realised the game was up and walked away before the cops came round and put a big blue tent up on their front garden, changed everything in Scottish politics.
Cowering From Destiny 189
Posted on
September 24, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Alert readers will recall that last year the SNP convened a summit in Glasgow for the sole purpose of uniting the nation in preventing Nigel Farage becoming Prime Minister.
The party also regularly tells us that to actually achieve independence, support would have to build to an overwhelming consensus into the 60-65% range, rather than the 50% +/-3 that it’s been stubbornly stuck at for the last 12 years.
So, y’know, now we know why they’re so frantically desperate to keep Farage out.
His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre 227
Posted on
September 21, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Funny how people change, isn’t it?
That sounds a lot to us like “Bombs Not Bairns”.
A Thousand Islands In The Sea 262
Posted on
September 16, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’re getting so much correspondence from Police Scotland at the moment that we’re starting to feel like their guiltily-neglected penpal.
This one, though, is slightly more involved than their usual two-paragraph brushoff.
Fear And Favour 79
Posted on
September 15, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This is what it looks like, if you’ve ever wondered.
It’s basically the police’s own version of a seven-hour “no comment” interview.
Like Responsible Citizens Do 148
Posted on
September 14, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Given the refusal of Police Scotland to meaningfully answer our questions, we’ve been left with no alternative but to report Nicola Sturgeon for the crime of reset.
We’re sure the matter will be handled with the exact same professional diligence and complete and fearless impartiality that it would be for any other accused person.
A Long Hard Think 180
Posted on
September 11, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
More than three months ago now, we sent Police Scotland a Freedom Of Information request. A few minutes ago we finally received a response. Brace yourselves.
That is, um… interesting.
Anything But That 683
Posted on
September 01, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The SNP really really don’t want to have another independence referendum, but if somebody somehow FORCES them into one, they DEFINITELY don’t want to have it in circumstances where they’d be starting the campaign with a 16-point lead.
(We must conclude from all this, incidentally, that John Swinney LOVES the Tories, because he had no problem accepting an indyref from a right-wing party in 2012.)
If Scotland leaves the UK, who might be the Prime Minister of the remains of it is none of his business, and certainly shouldn’t be a dealbreaker in achieving independence.
If there’s anyone left in the SNP with a shred of integrity (and if there is they must be very deep undercover indeed), Swinney ought to be challenged for the leadership at next month’s conference and replaced with someone – the Lord alone knows who – who’s actually willing to pursue the party’s supposed primary goal, because Swinney has now dismissed every possible route to it out of hand.
Haven’t had a dream in a long time 83
Posted on
August 31, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
These are strange days, readers.
It’s getting hard to tell who’s on which side.
