Many things about the session are disturbing, not least the incredibly one-sided nature of both the witnesses and the committee, none of whom seem to have even a token interest in challenging the claims of the witnesses, however absurd or contentious (eg that praying for someone is basically a form of torture).
The Scottish Government have just launched yet another nanny-state “healthy eating” intervention, and to be honest, readers, the cheap-shot open goals just queued up.
Our first instinct was to do a simple picture gallery of some of the insatiable pie-hounds squeezing their expenses-fed backsides onto the groaning, creaking benches and chairs of the Holyrood and Westminster parliaments, such as Kirsten “Elbows” Oswald (pictured above, slumped back under the sheer weight of her neck) – so known to other MPs because you get between her and a buffet at grave peril to your ribcage.
(And no, we’re not telling you which ones told us that.)
More than three months have passed since Alex Salmond launched a lawsuit against the Scottish Government for its grotesquely botched handling of false allegations of sexual misconduct against him.
With Scottish politics currently in a completely moribund state, as the party of government disintegrates shambolically and the main opposition party keeps its mouth shut and its head down in an attempt to not destroy its newfound and extremely fragile status as a credible alternative, one might imagine that the political media would be desperate for the case to get under way and provide them with some juicy content.
So it’s slightly surprising that none of them has noticed the latest development.
We’re reluctant to even mention the farcical, embarrassing goings-on in the House Of Commons last night, but the very short version is that the SNP somehow contrived to save Keir Starmer from an embarrassing mass rebellion of Labour MPs.
And in so far as anyone cared about them at all, the people of Gaza were the losers.
As the long-running police probe into SNP finances continues, Wings received some slightly surprising news today in the form of an FOI response.
Based on reports from various trustworthy sources we’d expected to hear that the police side of the investigation was by this point winding down somewhat, with most matters of fact already established, detectives assigned to other duties and the ball now largely in the court of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).
Because we’re still more than two years out from the next Holyrood election, and it’s really hard to see how it’s going to pan out. So let’s throw some figures around.
This is so freaky I had to check they weren’t quoting each other. It’s like a game show.
Just a couple of nice well-brought-up Hutchesons’ Grammar boys in smart suits, there, thinking the same, speaking the same, saying the same, and angling for the same job. (Which one of them now has, and the other may have soon.)
If there’s ever been a (branch office of a) political party that could somehow manage to blow it in Scotland against the burning trainwreck in a ditch full of sewage that is the SNP right now, it’s definitely Anas Sarwar’s hapless Scottish Labour.
Honestly, this stuff is comedy gold. But in a winner-takes-all dumb-off with Humza Yousaf’s SNP, it’s way too close to call.
One year ago today, Nicola Sturgeon suddenly resigned as First Minister. And what a spectacular 12 months it’s been for the Yes movement since her departure.
PacMan on Dreaming Of Perfection: “Vanishingly few folk are engaged in politics enough to attend hustings. All most folk can fit into their busy lives…” Jan 7, 19:26
Nae Need! on Dreaming Of Perfection: “I’ve been dreaming of ‘perfection’ for many years. It’s ma main ‘how to run a country’ dream. It makes total…” Jan 7, 19:19
Mark Beggan on Dreaming Of Perfection: “It would make lies and misinformation in politics obsolete.” Jan 7, 19:15
Mark Beggan on Dreaming Of Perfection: “It would take the celebrity culture out of politics in one fell swoop.” Jan 7, 19:11
Mark Beggan on Dreaming Of Perfection: “If this state of affairs ever came to be then Scottish Independence would be done thing.” Jan 7, 19:05
Mark Beggan on Dreaming Of Perfection: “Anyone trying to form a Party or secret collective gos to jail and does not collect £200.” Jan 7, 18:59
Mark Beggan on Dreaming Of Perfection: “Some of the comments here are very disappointing. Is this a case of ‘ You can take the horse to…” Jan 7, 18:53
Hatey McHateface on Dreaming Of Perfection: “I’ve kinda warmed to the idea of monarchy over the past few decades. The key is for the monarch to…” Jan 7, 18:46
Martyman on Dreaming Of Perfection: “We have a PR system in Holyrood, that still creates tribalism, with MSPs beholden to the “party line”. We also…” Jan 7, 18:33
twathater on Dreaming Of Perfection: “Why are Scots such naysayers , it always appears that no matter what possible positive actions are proposed there are…” Jan 7, 18:27
Muscleguy on Dreaming Of Perfection: “Also what law of the universe forbids safe seats without parties? What stops one candidate getting thousands of votes more…” Jan 7, 18:22
Muscleguy on Dreaming Of Perfection: “How do you stop parties forming though? it’s utopian nonsense. If there can be no parties there can be no…” Jan 7, 18:20
Hatey McHateface on Dreaming Of Perfection: “I’m not convinced that government is so easy, anybody can do it. There’s virtually no job in modern life where…” Jan 7, 18:19
sarah on Dreaming Of Perfection: “There’s the sortition option, mentioned by Ian Brotherhood. I understand that to be like the jury system i.e. selected from…” Jan 7, 18:18
John K on Dreaming Of Perfection: “Be careful what you wish for. Reform UK would now have around 93 to 94 MPs based on their vote…” Jan 7, 17:37
Mark Beggan on Dreaming Of Perfection: “Neil Gray has just been on the phone to me shouting and bawling. I tried to convince him that he…” Jan 7, 17:36
gregor on Dreaming Of Perfection: “re. “the answer is already here.” Mark and Sarah are leading Scotland’s direct democracy… #Freedom” Jan 7, 17:24
Alf Baird on Where We Stand Now: “The essential aspect of a theoretical framework is that analysis of the phenomenon in question (independence) is based on and…” Jan 7, 17:20
Geoff Anderson on Dreaming Of Perfection: “What form of PR will it have without Political Parties and FPTP” Jan 7, 17:19
sarah on Dreaming Of Perfection: “I was giving a current example in order to demonstrate that direct democracy is not a dream, it is a…” Jan 7, 17:08
gregor on Dreaming Of Perfection: “The National Joke (2025): ‘Don’t feed Elon Musk the troll’ is easier said than done: “It’s textbook trolling – and it…” Jan 7, 17:06
sarah on Dreaming Of Perfection: “Could there not be an umbrella organisation as Action for Independence succeeded in doing [but the constituent parties then stood…” Jan 7, 17:06
Mark Beggan on Dreaming Of Perfection: “Dikola Durgeon and the Dildo Dancers. Got a nice ring to it.” Jan 7, 16:56
gregor on Dreaming Of Perfection: “@PeteWishart has blocked you: “It’s good to see Musk’s Xitter bringing everybody together…..”: https://tinyurl.com/yfrr4rwp #Q” Jan 7, 16:44
Mark Beggan on Dreaming Of Perfection: “I disagree Sarah. Stop looking out at other countries for answers when the answer is already here.” Jan 7, 16:41
vazelas99 on Dreaming Of Perfection: “I’m glad to see Stuart has been freshening up on his Lenin, with a bit of “The state and revolution”.…” Jan 7, 16:39
gregor on Dreaming Of Perfection: “Well said, Mark: https://wingsoverscotland.com/where-we-stand-now/#comment-2945883” Jan 7, 16:36
