The Grand Alliance 101
Posted on
April 09, 2024 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Archive for the ‘comment’
The Eleventh Edition 167
Posted on
April 07, 2024 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Upper pic: Scottish Greens Spring Conference 2023.
Lower pic: Scottish Greens Spring Conference 2024.
Who can spot the missing word?
Far From The Maddie Crowds 108
Posted on
April 06, 2024 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Holiday Boy is at the golfing again, so instead of a cartoon here’s something real that’s far bleaker than even he could come up with.
Because that insipid collection of about four dozen wee baldy white men is, upsettingly, the real government of Scotland.
The Rules For The Rich And Famous 335
Posted on
April 03, 2024 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
So here’s a thing.
But that’s not how the Hate Crime Act is supposed to work.
How That’s Working Out 95
Posted on
April 03, 2024 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This is from the Financial Memorandum prepared by the Scottish Government for the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021.
And here’s the reality after ONE DAY.
So that went well.
A Thousand Paper Cranes 266
Posted on
March 31, 2024 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Thanks to the dedication of our legal team in working over the Easter holiday, Wings has unexpectedly received the formal Opinion of legal counsel (hereafter called “the Opinion”, capitalised to avoid confusion with the ordinary use of the word in the article) with regard to the standing of the site in the light of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, which comes into force tomorrow.
We publish the Opinion below, partly to assist those worried about the Act’s impact on them but unable to afford their own legal advice.
But we also do so to place Police Scotland on notice that anything published by Wings Over Scotland is done in the light of the greatest possible care having been taken to ensure compliance with the law, and that in such a context any future attempt/s to improperly interfere with our rights of free expression under Article 10 of the European Convention On Human Rights (ECHR) will be viewed with regard to pursuing the maximum available recourse for wrongful restriction of our lawful activities.
We have both funds and the will to pursue such action.
The War On Hate 94
Posted on
March 31, 2024 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Bookmark the links in this article, readers, because Wings might not be here tomorrow and it’s important. According to the Scottish Government, our beloved country is in the grip of a terrible epidemic of hatred. That’s plainly an unacceptable – one could also say intolerable – situation, and every last one of us must play our part to end it.
Even if that causes some administrative difficulties.
Facts First 54
Posted on
March 30, 2024 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The video below, which we just found today, is taken from a promo by the American news channel CNN in 2017. It’s deeply ironic now, because CNN has been thoroughly captured by gender ideology. But it’s the reason Wings Over Scotland won’t change what or how we write, even if it means we have to shut our doors.
The truth is everything. Non-negotiable. No matter what. It’s as simple as that.
The Eve Of War 174
Posted on
March 29, 2024 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
So, it being Good Friday, we’re definitely not going to receive our legal opinion before Monday now, so Wings Over Scotland will be shutting down, at least temporarily, on Sunday evening. No posts will be visible on the site and our Twitter account will be either locked down or deactivated while we await advice on whether either can return.
In the meantime you can hear of any developments, or get in touch, on my personal account @RevStu or on @TheGhostOfWings, both of which have had, or are about to have, all their old tweets wiped.
We’re not going to overdramatise, because we hope this is only for a few days. We’re optimistic that the Scottish Government’s abysmal, sinister and totalitarian Hate Crime Act, opposed across every sector of Scottish society and even by the police charged with implementing it, will not put an end to 12 and a half years of political journalism.
But you can’t write or tweet from a prison cell.
Into Darkness 298
Posted on
March 25, 2024 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Welcome, readers, to what may be the final week of Wings Over Scotland.
We’ve been covering the Scottish Government’s horrific, draconian Hate Crime Act for almost four years now. But until this month, we hadn’t felt directly under threat by it. Wings is – sorry if this comes as a shock to anyone – based in Bath, in England, and we couldn’t see how the Scottish police could come after us.
And then we read this.
