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.)
We couldn’t help but chuckle yesterday when the £100K-a-year Westminster MP and obsessive Wings Over Scotland reader “Pension Pete” Wishart announced – in the space of six minutes – that this site was simultaneously an irrelevance that nobody listened to, but also somehow one of the greatest threats to independence.
Wings Over Scotland marked its ninth birthday earlier this month. To be honest, we totally forgot about it until someone reminded us. Normally we mark the anniversary with a small reflection and taking of stock over how things are going, but this year we couldn’t be bothered – we’d already mentioned readership stats in August.
But today in The National we found out that we were apparently dead.
But reports of our demise have been, as the saying goes, somewhat exaggerated.
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “Nope! It wasn’t. I pointed out your fake concern & hypocrisy over a kidnapped child while hundreds of them lay…” Mar 2, 16:19
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: ““They don’t reject Christ. Far from it.” So true, Geri. My local church is hoaching with former followers of the…” Mar 2, 16:16
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “There, there, Confused, you’ll feel better now. Ah ken it’s difficult for you when people point out you don’t have…” Mar 2, 16:07
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “Islam has more in common with Christianity than you’d care to admit. They don’t reject Christ. Far from it. Unlike…” Mar 2, 16:04
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: ““sick bastards who took out a school full of weans” I told you before, Geri, stop it! You’re making me…” Mar 2, 15:59
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: ““just sailed signal intae town” If that’s the popular toothpaste brand you’re referring to, Geri, you should capitalise it in…” Mar 2, 15:52
Hatey McHateface on Two Men Unalike: “I have the power to summon Implants! Currently takes a bit over an hour. But I may work on getting…” Mar 2, 15:46
Mark Beggan on Two Men Unalike: ““Islam is as dangerous in a man as rabies in a dog”” Mar 2, 15:45
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “Whit? You mean the great Oz didn’t have that capability either? Dinnie fash, the other Eastern friends have jamming &…” Mar 2, 15:27
Geri on Two Men Unalike: “Listen up, fuckwit..no one in the region either likes you or wants you there. No one. The West won’t be…” Mar 2, 15:23
DaveL on Two Men Unalike: ““Best in the world”? Is that why they’re getting beat? Big and shiny like the yanks no doubt.” Mar 2, 15:04
Breastplate on Two Men Unalike: “Remember to check under the bed before going to sleep tonight, John.” Mar 2, 15:02
Confused on Two Men Unalike: “I see your tics are still firing www.youtube.com/shorts/LLxS5DnPEJA SPIT IT OOT JOHN YA WANKFACE” Mar 2, 14:49
Breastplate on Two Men Unalike: “If that is true, John, what would be the point of regime change? Would it not be the exact same…” Mar 2, 14:45
TURABDIN on Two Men Unalike: “The trouble is when you have a direct line to a vengeful deity you hear what you wish to hear.…” Mar 2, 14:33
Young Lochinvar on Two Men Unalike: “I see being sludged in a pressure cooker is now legal here as an alternative to cremation to keep the…” Mar 2, 14:33
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
