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.
We must admit, the terrible people that we are, we’ve been enjoying watching today’s extended meltdown by the SNP’s woke faction about last night’s NEC election results. Because it appears their egos are so huge that they’re not even smart enough to play dignified to spoil our schadenfreudish fun. It’s been full-on public tantrums.
Ridiculously, more than eight hours after voting closed in an all-electronic election in which “counting” should have taken a maximum of one second, and at 11.30pm, the SNP have released the results of this year’s NEC elections.
There are some big stories.
Alyn Smith is OUT as Policy Development Convener, replaced by Chris Hanlon.
We had, we think it’s only fair to say, extremely low expectations of Nicola Sturgeon’s keynote speech this afternoon to the SNP’s soporific, strangled 2020 non-conference. It seems that members felt the same, because 15 seconds before the speech began only 1,166 of them were logged in to watch it.
The speech she just delivered, though, limboed under those expectations in platform shoes and a stovepipe hat without even grazing the underside of the bar.
In a post last month we referenced a ZX Spectrum computer game from 1984 called “Worse Things Happen At Sea”. Today as we watched the First Minister on the Andrew Marr Show, we were put in mind of another nautical-disaster-themed one from a great deal nearer to the end of the Speccy’s life.
When’s a Plan B not a Plan B? Well, when it’s something that could and should have been done already, and won’t be anywhere near adequate even if delivered.
Yet that seems to be what some colleagues are now arguing for. It’s welcome that their thoughts are at last turning to the possibility of the Tories saying No to the Scottish people’s democratic vote. But it’s happening dangerously slowly as the dismantling of devolution and reintegration into the UK gathers pace. Which’s why the Yes Movement needs to act now, not after a Holyrood election.
This week on Wings has been altogether more navel-gazey than we’re comfortable with, as various SNP MPs have mounted a series of all-out personal attacks on the site before the weekend’s crucial NEC elections.
So we’ll have a proper article for you a little later on today, but in the meantime it’d be remiss of us not to tidy up the last fragments of shrapnel, so we’ll direct you to the right of reply to Alyn Smith’s column that The National kindly gave us today:
(Sadly they chose to disable comments, we’d quite have enjoyed the reaction from the few remaining diehard leadership loyalists still posting there.)
Jay on Strike One: “Hi Northcode, Going back to spoiler alert, my reference to unconstructive comments was not directed at you but at your…” Dec 12, 12:48
Northcode on Strike One: “I like this comment of yours, Oh, Southern one. Yes… the original German might be useful, and interesting, too. Thanks,…” Dec 12, 12:05
James Cheyne on Strike One: “The Scottish judges may be knobbled, however due to the pre terms, conditions and articles, one of the major reasons…” Dec 12, 11:41
Southernbystander on Strike One: “Regarding the fate of comment consigned to the silent void, as Theodor W. Adorno said about music that is written…” Dec 12, 11:35
Captain Caveman on Strike One: “A truly astonishing read (not in a good way). Just incredible. What an utter shit show. Time to clear the…” Dec 12, 11:35
Liz on Strike One: “They can’t blame typos as the stupid judge took notes in longhand, causing everyone to slow down with their responses.…” Dec 12, 11:32
A2 on The ginger stepchild: “thing is , If you realise indi isn’t going to be happening any time soon, then you will prioritise things…” Dec 12, 11:21
Northcode on Strike One: “Associating the SNP with Scottish independence and the independence movement is now a popular anti-Scots unionist tactic. There are only…” Dec 12, 11:08
James Cheyne on Strike One: “The Scottish governance are a public Body, the Scottish judges are a public body, the NHS in Scotland are a…” Dec 12, 10:53
James Cheyne on Strike One: “The NHS is a public Body and cannot overrule Private Rights of the subjects Scotland and neither can judges, Civil…” Dec 12, 10:26
desimond on Strike One: “Is this outside the remit of our Justice Minister?” Dec 12, 10:22
PC Foster on Strike One: “Let em talk- they will fade into the background when they realise you are not paying attention.” Dec 12, 10:13
James Cheyne on Strike One: “It also fails to relate any mention/wording of supreme judgements being capable of overruling it outside the subjects of Scotland,…” Dec 12, 10:12
PC Foster on Strike One: “But the Scottish judges are knobled- so that’s not going to be of any use!!” Dec 12, 10:09
James Cheyne on Strike One: “Corrections to judgement? First of all the right to private rights and private family life which has been amended or…” Dec 12, 09:46
Weary on Strike One: “I was at the Vic A@E the night before the Christmas Eve encounter. (I was held overnight and discharged Christmas…” Dec 12, 09:40
PC Foster on Strike One: “The SG are now using money that was earmarked to support the health of the good people of Fife to…” Dec 12, 09:39
Northcode on Strike One: “Hooray! It looks like I didn’t write my last comment out loud after all! Either that or it has been…” Dec 12, 09:33
PC Foster on Strike One: “The Scottish Government and the Unions are in cahoots about this and have conspired with the Scottish Judicial system to…” Dec 12, 09:25
Marie on Strike One: “I have no trust in the law” Dec 12, 09:15
Northcode on Strike One: “Oops! Sorry, folks. I didn’t realise I’d written my last comment out loud. It’s the voices you see – the…” Dec 12, 09:12
Geoff Anderson on Strike One: “Times https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G77U_GXWgAAFps9?format=jpg&name=small” Dec 12, 08:56
The Flying Iron of Doom on The ginger stepchild: “I am reminded of that Green party wifie Rachel Millward, she being the one who declared that she wanted Wales…” Dec 12, 08:38
Geoff Anderson on Strike One: “A good question https://x.com/blablafishcakes/status/1998747889703477313?s=20” Dec 12, 08:37
Hatey McHateface on The ginger stepchild: “Looks like you’ll have another 5 years of saying it then. Just think how good your cut-and-paste technique will be…” Dec 12, 07:40
Hatey McHateface on The ginger stepchild: “Say what you like about the Covid Spreaders, but they know how to stamp out tranny behaviour. Check out the…” Dec 12, 07:38
Hatey McHateface on The ginger stepchild: “Vast increase in the crime you write of, Willie. Vast increase in the boat people, too, Vast increase in low…” Dec 12, 07:25
Bilbo on The ginger stepchild: “Upon reading a comment in this thread that mentioned PayPal Kavanagh’s site, I made the mistake of having a lurk…” Dec 12, 07:20
Hatey McHateface on The ginger stepchild: “Ah, c’moan noo, Alf. It’s quite incredible that you sit on a claim like this one, that Scotland would be…” Dec 12, 07:15
Angus on Strike One: “The judge who made this judgement has zero integrity and credibility and must be sacked.” Dec 12, 05:41
