It’s pretty interesting that today marks the first really tangible diversification between the Scottish and UK governments with regard to the coronavirus crisis: the Holyrood administration has rejected Westminster’s much-criticised new main slogan and will be sticking with the old “STAY HOME” message.
(Here at Wings we’re mainly upset that the extremely misguided new campaign will undermine our years-old pro-alertness position.)
Because what our latest Panelbase poll showed is that there’s a huge gulf between perception and reality in Scotland when it comes to virus strategy.
Yeah, we know we said we weren’t going to say anything else about the COVID-19 crisis, but sometimes there’s just too much stupid going around to stay silent.
A disturbing number of people appear to have interpreted the undoubted seriousness of the pandemic to mean that nobody is ever allowed to be even slightly happy for the briefest of moments until it’s all over.
As a result, while half the country is full of people just trying to cope as best they can while acting sensibly and responsibly within both the letter and spirit of the emergency restrictions, the other half has elected itself officers of the Lockdown Gestapo, pointing fingers and shrieking at anyone deemed not to be miserable enough.
This article is the only thing Wings is going to say about the COVID-19 crisis, because (a) we’re on holiday, (b) it has very little to do with Scottish politics, and (c) we’re not virologists and have no expertise to offer.
But in so far as we have some sort of reach and to some extent people listen to us, and we don’t want any of you to die, here’s a small plea for all our sakes.
As we write this, in between bouts of weeping with exhausted misery, frustration and rage, Her Majesty’s Opposition’s interminable will-they-won’t-they game of attempting – maybe, one day, perhaps – to bring down the government and force a new election leading to a new EU referendum continues.
And as the SNP in particular devotes huge amounts of energy to trying to stop Brexit, against the wishes of its own voters, we wondered how the public not just in Scotland but in the two constituent nations of the UK that voted Leave felt about that.
Yesterday was quite an eventful day, so it’s moderately possible you may have missed the alarming news that some shady Mafia-backed hedge fund or such has apparently funded these irresponsible and morally-suspect chancers (last seen shilling on air for literally Vladimir Putin and BBC Scotland, in that order) to produce an all-new series of scurrilous and dubious fact-grubbing for some inexplicable reason.
We have alerted the appropriate authorities. For safety, remain in your homes.
Skip_NC on Just a couple more shots: “Twenty-four genders? The very idea is quite absurd. I believe the true figure is about 8 billion. Of course, most…” May 20, 18:27
Mia on The Ace Attorney: ““The treaty was ratified by the Scottish Parliament when it passed The Union With England Act in 1707” That is…” May 20, 18:16
Lorn on Just a couple more shots: “She seems to be incapable of putting 2 and 2 together not make 4. If you allow someone to change…” May 20, 18:09
twathater on Just a couple more shots: “I wouldn’t celebrate too soon, irrespective of what a SPOKESPERSON says the snp deviants and perverts are still there in…” May 20, 18:01
katielass42 on The Ace Attorney: “Didn’t you read Mia’s comments? It doesn’t matter how ANY party concentrates on ANYTHING! It’s NOT ABOUT NUMBERS OR REFS!…” May 20, 17:03
Lorn on Just a couple more shots: “Frank: that was one of its main struts: the destruction of families. Post structuralist, post modern new Marxism. Once you…” May 20, 16:52
Lorn on Just a couple more shots: “100%: it’s not over by a long chalk. If it is not utterly routed, it will follow us into independence.” May 20, 16:43
Aidan on Just a couple more shots: “By “poking the bear” you mean being a successful liberal democracy with a growing economy having transformed itself over the…” May 20, 16:43
Mark Beggan on Just a couple more shots: “They are on their way out granted. The extreme Lefty Gravy train now needs to be dismantled. We know who…” May 20, 16:35
Hatey McHateface on Just a couple more shots: “Mind and tell us about the Gen O’Cide sometime. Rev Stu is against people “wanking on and on” but I…” May 20, 15:47
Kirkgate on The Ace Attorney: “How does the Union of the Crowns 1603 fit into this?” May 20, 15:41
Frank Gillougley on Just a couple more shots: “Nevertheless, one cost of the trans ideological mass indoctrination that to my knowledge has never really been mentioned is the…” May 20, 15:01
Ken on Just a couple more shots: “Right! Now that’s sorted, can we do the census properly next time?” May 20, 14:39
100%Yes on Just a couple more shots: “Stew, I stated that the Tans carry on was dead buried and that would now seem to be the case,…” May 20, 14:17
Captain Caveman on The Ace Attorney: ““I will let you work that out” So basically you have nowt. Imagine my surprise. (It was, of course, a…” May 20, 14:14
Xaracen on The Ace Attorney: “The presumption that England’s size automatically gives it legitimate authority over Scotland on a supposed ‘democratic’ basis is just that;…” May 20, 14:08
duncanio on Just a couple more shots: “The gender ideologues are retreating and will soon be on their way back to Transillyvania.” May 20, 14:08
Stuart MacKay on Just a couple more shots: “Keep an eye on what’s happening in the USA. There’s talk in certain Democratic factions of doubling down on Woke…” May 20, 14:04
Hatey McHateface on The Ace Attorney: “300+ years of subjugation from a treaty that doesn’t exist! Was there ever such a thing, anywhere else, in the…” May 20, 12:50
Hatey McHateface on The Ace Attorney: “I’m guessing the people rattling around in HR could call an election any time they like. That would always stymie…” May 20, 12:45
Hatey McHateface on The Ace Attorney: “@Cynicus Good to hear it. But as we don’t know the identity of that wise, smart and grammatically precise poster,…” May 20, 12:33
Northcode on The Ace Attorney: “James Cheyne Dear Mrs Che, I haven’t been around this place for quite a while (I’ve been exploring our universe…” May 20, 12:28
Hatey McHateface on The Ace Attorney: “@Alf Baird As there’s a whiff of deja vu in the headlines right now, somebody should paint that on the…” May 20, 12:27
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Ace Attorney: “‘DEFENDING DEMOCRACY: DSF REPORT ON THE REFERENDUM POSTAL BALLOT’ (April 2015) Andy Anderson, Democratic Socialist Federation Education Officer, introduces the…” May 20, 12:09
Garavelli Princip on The Ace Attorney: ““The burning question is when are we going to find out about the charges against Peter Murrell?” This trial will…” May 20, 12:07
Cynicus on The Ace Attorney: ““ Wheesht, Peter! The regulars on here love the EU …” ====== All of them? There is at least one…” May 20, 11:55
Garavelli Princip on The Ace Attorney: “Tommy is a foreigner who is quite content with the status quo. A subject, colonised people (of whom Tommy is…” May 20, 11:44
Lorn on The Ace Attorney: “Professor Black is quite correct in all his statements about the continuing institutions (of England) after 1707, but is that…” May 20, 11:42
Northcode on The Ace Attorney: “Once upon a time a bunch of not-very-nice people from a country called England, along with some not-very-nice Scottish people…” May 20, 11:38
