To the surprise of most of those watching, including ourselves, the Court Of Session delivered its judgement immediately at the end of today’s hearing, after only the most cursory of conflabs between the three august panel members.
The short version is that the Scottish Government lost, and must now comply with Wings reader Benjamin Harrop‘s FOI request regarding evidence that was supplied to independent adviser James Hamilton during his inquiry into the unlawful investigation of false allegations against Alex Salmond.
I am greatly honoured to have been targeted for censorship in the same weekend as two great artists as rightly esteemed as Salman Rushdie and Jerry Sadowitz. (Though thankful to have not yet been violently physically attacked for my views, as both have.)
To be honest, I was amazed my most recent Twitter account lasted three months. I set it up in May for the sole purpose of a throwaway rude reply to Darren “Loki” McGarvey and Kenny Farquharson of The Times, expecting it to be banned within hours, then somehow it had thousands of followers and I figured I might as well have a bit of fun with it for however long it lasted against the barrage of shrieking outrage and mass organised complaints from the SNP Twitler Youth.
Which turned out to be until Saturday night.
Twitter has declined to identify who I supposedly incited the harassment of, or to offer any examples of the offending tweets. Obviously I did no such thing, but it’s good to know that “in order to ensure that people feel safe expressing diverse opinions and beliefs on our platform”, only some opinions and beliefs may be expressed.
Just for a little bit of fun. This is actual footage of North Korean TV news (source: NK News) from today, but I thought it deserved a more moving soundtrack.
It is of course not for this site to question the judgement of Lady Dorrian (while noting that the verdict may well be subject to appeal and is therefore not yet final), although we do find some aspects of it somewhat troubling – particularly paragraph 74 in which the fate of a defendant appears to be held hostage to the speculative “imagination” of a hypothetical observer.
But it’s not the conviction (NB we are not lawyers and the strange civil/criminal hybrid that is the offence of contempt of court makes the correct terminology somewhat uncertain) of Craig Murray that’s the true cause for concern in this matter.
What’s alarming, as this site has noted previously, is the highly selective and partisan eye with which the Crown Office appears to be pursuing the offence.
Hatey McHateface on The Jokers: “You’re either lying or you’re spouting ignorant shite. 30 seconds of research is all it takes to find that there…” Jun 7, 16:16
Hatey McHateface on The Jokers: ““Utterly determined to kick off WW3” FFS wake up. WW3 started over 3 years ago. You’re like one of those…” Jun 7, 16:10
Hatey McHateface on The Jokers: “Wheesht, TURABDIN! Wingers mostly don’t like facts that contradict their preformed prejudices. Like the fact of which indigenous group first…” Jun 7, 16:01
Hatey McHateface on The Jokers: “Is that you,Alf? ” Jun 7, 15:50
Hatey McHateface on The Jokers: ““Kingdom of Scotland” Hear, hear. I’m all for it. But first we have to get rid of those damn republicans…” Jun 7, 15:47
Mia on The Jokers: ““For Scottish MPs to attempt to break the Union against the expressed wishes of the Sovereign Scottish people would be…” Jun 7, 13:49
Jay on The Jokers: “Tony, Little do you know: if you do not put X in a box according to particular rules then it…” Jun 7, 13:38
Mia on The Jokers: ““Can be arsed to go out and vote”? Why should they even waste their time in going to the polling…” Jun 7, 13:36
factchecker on The Jokers: “Mia says ‘On the other hand, if the people of Scotland were not required to vote for the ratification of…” Jun 7, 13:13
Jay on The Jokers: “Steven. Your last 2 lines are false. You either do not read enough or are a liar or delusional. Your…” Jun 7, 13:08
Northcode on The Jokers: “I’ve copied some text from Alf Baird’s THREE PHASES OF DECOLONIZATION paper which I think is relevant to a comment…” Jun 7, 12:46
Mia on The Jokers: “” Is there a more bitter, collection of fantasists anywhere in Scotland than those who post drivel on ‘Wings’ everyday,…” Jun 7, 12:39
Chas on The Jokers: “I am uncertain if ‘we are all being taken for fools’ but i have no doubt whatsoever that you certainly…” Jun 7, 12:15
Big Jock on The Jokers: “The problem for us now. Is that the indy voters are not going to vote. Added to that the indy…” Jun 7, 12:09
Mia on The Jokers: “On the other hand, if the people of Scotland were not required to vote for the ratification of this treaty…” Jun 7, 12:01
Itsagoinwrang on The Jokers: “Not electing Ash Regan was a big mistake. Undermined her at Holyrood and, frankly, she is a superior thinker and…” Jun 7, 11:50
Dunx on The Jokers: “Obviously not many, otherwise the odds would have been lower.” Jun 7, 11:48
lothianlad on The Jokers: “Mia, Is as always, 100% correct. The enemies of independence are at the heart of the SNP” Jun 7, 11:45
TURABDIN on The Jokers: “CLIENTELISM takes many forms.” Jun 7, 11:34
TURABDIN on The Jokers: “AND THEY CALL IT «DEMOCRACY».” Jun 7, 11:29
factchecker on The Jokers: “That has indeed been the voting system for centuries now. If you are again suggesting that the Act of Union…” Jun 7, 11:26
Dramfineday on The Jokers: “Any analysis of the postal vote yet?” Jun 7, 10:22
Northcode on The Jokers: “Indeed, Alf. Thanks for adding that important addendum to the point I was attempting to make. When we look around…” Jun 7, 10:05
socratesmacsporran on The Jokers: “The Greatest Living Scotsman – Sir William Connolly is apparently back home this week. The result in Hamilton, Larkhall and…” Jun 7, 09:48
Mia on The Jokers: “I think you should add Swinney and Sturgeon to that Pax Anglica thing. We would not be in the place…” Jun 7, 09:43
Alf Baird on The Jokers: ““The custodians of the SNP; those meant to be the guardians of its great promise to free a people from…” Jun 7, 09:41
Mia on The Jokers: “The SNP was lost to us that day in 2015 when the political fraud Sturgeon announced that a vote for…” Jun 7, 09:21
TURABDIN on The Jokers: “NOT A JOKE. When the Romans set about extinguishing the Jewish identity of their administrative province of Judea following the…” Jun 7, 09:14
Callum on The Jokers: “SNP is a top down party but one whose leadership is as dumb as fuck. The SNP lost a seat…” Jun 7, 09:12
Mia on The Jokers: “I have mentioned in these threads several times that I am of the opinion “elections” in Scotland are a charade.…” Jun 7, 09:09
