Rape Crisis Scotland, who are almost entirely dependent on the Scottish Government for funding, have chosen this evening to wade into the debate over the wording of a new law which is intended to lessen the trauma of people (nearly all women) who’ve been raped. We can only speculate as to whether they were pressured to do so, but the intervention seems likely only to pour petrol on the fire.
In his evidence to a Holyrood inquiry today, having been asked about some troubling WhatsApp messages concerning the case from 2018 which appeared to suggest the possibility of a conspiracy against the former First Minister, Murrell told members of the committee “I’m not on WhatsApp, it’s not a social media platform I use”.
Alert readers will have noticed a very careful use of the present tense there.
We’ve now filed a formal complaint with the Scottish Information Commissioner about this, because what we’d forgotten last week was that our original request was actually sent in September and it’s now been almost 60 working days with no sign of a proper response, not the 20 it’s supposed to take.
Because for some reason the Scottish Government REALLY doesn’t want you to know what the First Minister and Geoff Aberdein talked about in March 2018, and we think that you probably should.
We don’t normally like to devote much time on Wings to things that have been more than adequately covered elsewhere in the media, which is why you haven’t read much here about eg the Internal Market Bill. Unlike some we don’t see much point spending our limited human resources telling people stuff they already know and agree with.
But we’re going to make an exception for this next thing, which was already covered pretty well by Susan Dalgety in last week’s Scotsman, because (a) a lot of our readers, quite reasonably, will have an instinctively adverse reaction to either anything printed in the Scotsman or anything written by Susan Dalgety, and (b) a number of people have asked us to amplify this issue because it’s so important and so awful.
As well as the SNP NEC elections, the weekend saw the election of the first committee of a new grassroots independence organisation which is unfortunately and hopefully temporarily going by the stupendously terrible working name of “Yes Alba”.
15 people were elected to its ruling body by the votes of hundreds of delegates, with the top-ranked picks including SNP MP Angus MacNeil and former SNP MP George Kerevan. The majority of the successful candidates (eight) were female, even though there were no quotas or women-only shortlists imposed, and a wide range of ages was represented from young activists to former UK ambassador Craig Murray.
(We have no idea about any of their sexualities or gender identities, and also no interest in knowing, because those things have not the slightest bearing on their ability to fight for independence and are frankly none of our damn business.)
But that wasn’t good enough for Team Woke.
On a day when Joanna Cherry had a grown-up, reasoned and constructive column in The National calling for unity in the pursuit of independence, the outpouring of snide, sour sneering from a faction still raging with bitterness about being routed on the SNP NEC is instead curdling Twitter even as we speak.
And embarrassingly, not a single one of them has actually bothered to check even the most basic facts.
Alert readers will recall the deranged open letter released by a group of transactivists last Friday, in a nakedly transparent attempt to influence the SNP’s NEC elections that weekend which backfired on them horribly (and amusingly) when the party’s members instead kicked out three-quarters of the committee’s woke faction and replaced them with feminists, socialists and above all advocates of actually achieving independence.
If you don’t have the time to read Alyn Smith’s astonishing response to the SNP NEC election results in today’s National, we’ve edited it down to 10 seconds for you.
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “Smart move, Confused! Deny all knowledge of the magic flying carpets and live to post more shite the morra.” Mar 2, 14:30
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “MSM is reporting on how personnel from our fighting friends in the east are lending their world-leading expertise on countering…” Mar 2, 14:28
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: ““you were telling folk on here to stick to hoovering” Not true, Geri. I was telling YOU to go to…” Mar 2, 14:15
Confused on Two Men Unalike: ““friendly fire” I hope iranian F-14s took them down; tomcats are far superior to eagles. but seriously : IFF should…” Mar 2, 14:07
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “…or maybe, just maybe, he’s a *friend* of Kid Starver sent to drum up some support & gein it laldy.…” Mar 2, 14:03
Young Lochinvar on Two Men Unalike: “HMcH You’re projecting yet AGAIN “old boy”..” Mar 2, 13:59
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “Get with the program, Shiteface. No one is forced to wear letterboxes. The only ones who do enforce it are…” Mar 2, 13:55
Confused on Two Men Unalike: “there is a great photo of the knifeman grinning at his window that flat is paid for by the state;…” Mar 2, 13:43
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: ““new leader appointed who didn’t share the last leaders views on not having nukes” Great news if true, Geri. Now…” Mar 2, 13:34
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “Stop it, Geri! You’re making me want to post something about you secretly desiring to be forced into a letter…” Mar 2, 13:22
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “Magic flying carpets, Confused, the radar beams go right through them. But I’m telling you this in strictest confidence. Breathe…” Mar 2, 13:12
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “Yup. Those families drapes were already on shoogly pegs. Vassal states bullied by the emperor with no clothes on. All…” Mar 2, 13:10
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: ““the main task of the liberator is ‘to unveil their oppression’” We’re all about to see in May just how…” Mar 2, 13:07
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “Kid Starver will do his usual bullshit no one buys. ‘It wisnae us! We were just minding our own biz…” Mar 2, 13:01
TURABDIN on Two Men Unalike: “There would be few tears in the arab street were the kleptocrats of «Arabia» deposed by events. US has unleashed…” Mar 2, 12:43
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “That Dubai chocolate has just hit a $million a bar I reckon. Imagine building a millionaire paradise, with no food,…” Mar 2, 12:33
TURABDIN on Two Men Unalike: “This is certainly not a time to be a stateless nation or a state with clueless leaders. Ooops! that’s Cyprus…” Mar 2, 12:10
Confused on Two Men Unalike: “and so it begins https://x.com/RMXnews/status/2028428908425605358 – Scotland makes the front page of remix news “diversifies you in the vibrancy” don’t…” Mar 2, 12:07
Alf Baird on Two Men Unalike: ““you’ve wasted the last 5 years” Hardly wasted, considering you and the other Ukania tools here spend all your time…” Mar 2, 12:00
Marie on Two Men Unalike: “Personally I think it’s wonderful that enlightened and highly educated (and post-faith) Western women are leading the way in not…” Mar 2, 11:15
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “Simple answer is for you to fuck off & go pay a visit to the Netherlands. Don’t be greedy. Give…” Mar 2, 11:05
DaveL on Two Men Unalike: “Yeah it’ll carry on but it’s not for your benefit. You could get shit on by a humongous flying elephant…” Mar 2, 10:47
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “Yer going to eradicate Islam are yeh? An ancient civilization that’s been around for centuries? Sit down, you fucking Muppet.…” Mar 2, 10:47
DaveL on Two Men Unalike: “The yanks have had it bad for years and it seems now our illustrious Brit elites have got a dose…” Mar 2, 10:44
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “I believe it was the late, great Isaac Asimov who observed that with every additional human on the planet, the…” Mar 2, 10:19
Aidan on Two Men Unalike: “Oh okay – thanks for telling me that James. Your leadership and wisdom is invaluable as always. I’ll just put…” Mar 2, 10:06
TURABDIN on Two Men Unalike: “Killing your own species in the cause of freedom and democracy? Do you think that’ll catch on?” Mar 2, 08:32
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “I’m very happy to buy a round of the same for every last one of the medievalist, misogynistic cants. Money…” Mar 2, 08:23
Hatey McHateface on The Tactics Of Suicide: “Nae as nice as the brek we all had. Mind tae look left AND right afore crossing the road, Geri.…” Mar 2, 08:04
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “So I’m debased? Michty! Seems nae time since a couthie lass telt me ah wis debest. But I note you’ve…” Mar 2, 07:59
