Warning: despite the quite zingy title this is actually going to be a very dry stats post, readers. It is, on the other hand, based on a man having something disturbingly close to a complete psychotic mental breakdown, so there’s always that for a bit of colour.
Because the paragraph above, and in particular the highlighted part, is without a doubt the most dishonest, diametrically false and wildly extreme lie about Scottish politics that we’ve ever seen anyone tell in the 13.5 years of Wings Over Scotland’s existence.
We’re stuck indoors waiting for a repairman today, so we had a little read-around of some of the less popular Scottish politics blogs to pass the time, and noted this:
James Kelly of Scot Goes Pop, which we gather from its front page was seemingly one of the “Top 50 Left-Wing Blogs of 2011”, is noticeably insistent on making the argument that we’re “stalking” and “obsessed” with him.
But in fact the headline on the STV News website – whether intentionally, through innocent misunderstanding or, as we suspect, a result of being deliberately misled by government ministers – is a flat-out lie.
In fact the Scottish Government has done the exact opposite. It has taken Dr Hilary Cass’s four-year report and set it on fire, so that it can continue to irreversibly destroy the lives of Scottish children in the name of gender ideology.
In many ways, the fabricated, hysterical furore of Humza Yousaf Vs Elon Musk is the ultimate in summer-silly-season politics stories.
Absurdly plainly, the former First Minister ISN’T going to take any legal action against the billionaire owner of Twitter. He only likes bullying small nurseries, and even then he doesn’t follow through. He didn’t even sue us for calling him racist a few months ago, so there’s zero chance he’s going to square up to the world’s richest man.
Normally in cases like these, there’s an instant and concerted attempt to rubbish the judgement, both from amateurs and activist lawyers like Robin Moira “Barry” White, Jolyon Maugham, and the anonymous “Pissed Off Lawyer” tweeting as @legaltweetz. They’ll issue spurious “analyses” dismissing the findings with jargon terms like “obiter”, and either question their correctness or attempt to minimise their significance.
For some reason that didn’t happen this time. The hyper-antagonist online trans army has very conspicuously failed to rush to the defence of ERCC CEO Mridul Wadhwa, perhaps because Judge Ian McFatridge’s conclusions were so relentlessly, brutally and comprehensively excoriating of Wadhwa’s appalling behaviour that no amount of spin or disingenuity could disguise it.
But then, on white charger and with papoose, enter a hero.
We watched Question Time last night for the first time in about nine years, and this comment from SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn raised an eyebrow.
Because we couldn’t remember ANY times that Flynn had publicly expressed any problems with the Scottish Greens during their governing alliance.
Last week SNP MP Fulton MacGregor told Newsnight that the grotesque, draconian Hate Crime Act was necessary because “hate crime is a major problem across Scotland”, which “wreaks havoc on individuals, on communities and on families”.
If there have been stories of rampaging mobs terrorising gay people, of a wave of violence against Sikhs, or widespread arson campaigns against Italian chip shops, they’ve escaped our attention.
But of course, the onscreen discussion focused mostly on the group that the Scottish Government is obsessed with to the exclusion of all others – transgender people.
agent x on The Undertaker: “In the 2011 Scottish election the SNP under Salmond won a majority of seats (69) – the only time there…” May 14, 23:51
Red on The Undertaker: “Scottish voters are catching up with the English in being scunnered. The main difference between England and Scotland is that…” May 14, 22:30
Michael Laing on The Undertaker: “@ Ross: Pish. As I’m sure you know, the SNP has sat on its hands and done nothing but undemocratically…” May 14, 21:39
100%Yes on The Undertaker: “We have bloggers, youtubers and individuals who write about Independence and make money from talking about Independence which is fine…” May 14, 21:27
Jay on The Undertaker: “100% Yes: I read your comment several times but second and third paragraphs do not make sense. Please read them…” May 14, 20:08
100%Yes on The Undertaker: “The SNP made Scotland a branch office and nothing more.” May 14, 19:32
Sideshowmanny on The Undertaker: “I don’t remember the last time I heard the SNP mention trying to get additional powers. Not only is there…” May 14, 19:28
Hatey McHateface on The Undertaker: “The crims and spivs of the not-a-country scam have made themselves fortunes selling bogus passports. I’m one of the gullible…” May 14, 19:12
Owen Mullions on The Undertaker: “You’re probably right but I’ve a macabre fascination with his descent into madness. Still, I’ll take your advice and move…” May 14, 19:05
Hatey McHateface on The Undertaker: “Great article. Good cartoon too. But the carrot is not nearly mouldy enough.” May 14, 19:02
David Holden on The Undertaker: “Perhaps it is time to just ignore James.” May 14, 18:45
Callum on The Undertaker: “The simple truth is the SNP are a road block to Indy. Until Scots realise this and act on it…” May 14, 18:18
100%Yes on The Undertaker: “For the last 11yrs the only thing the SNP has done, was to bring out policies in order to turn…” May 14, 17:56
100%Yes on The Undertaker: “In the video clip, Swinney couldn’t even bring himself to mention Independence when asked, he was avoiding the question altogether.…” May 14, 17:38
ross on The Undertaker: “we have a parliament because vast majority of people support having one we dont have independence because vast majority don’t…” May 14, 17:35
Callum on The Undertaker: “Said it for years now. The SNP is no longer an Indy party it is in fact a Devo-Nat party.…” May 14, 17:35
Ste fella on The Blindness Of Hatred: “@stu You should challenge him to a bet that SNP win no list seats At 29% of the list vote…” May 14, 17:14
sam on The Undertaker: “Reform is getting votes as a protest against all the other parties. Reform is an offshoot of UKIP and is…” May 14, 16:58
JockMcT on The Undertaker: “The elephant in the room is this. Given the evidence that SNP cannot win big on the constituency vote and…” May 14, 16:52
TURABDIN on The Undertaker: “ON THE THEME OF «UNDERTAKING» Scotland’s lawmakers, or some of them, push the sinistrr envelope on so called assisted dying,…” May 14, 16:51
James Cheyne on The Undertaker: “The Scottish Constitution cannot pass muster under a devolved parliament from Englands Westminster. Parliament As it would turn it into…” May 14, 16:43
Steven on The Undertaker: “If there is a unionist majority at the next election then surely there is no mandate for independence. Why don’t…” May 14, 16:41
Owen Mullions on The Undertaker: “James Kelly back with his 6th post of the last 7 about the man who is ‘obsessed’ with him?. I…” May 14, 16:10
wullie on The Undertaker: “Here’s a thought. Well maybe three Willie McRae shot HIMSELF in the back of the heid, thew the gun away…” May 14, 16:01
Dislogical on The Undertaker: “Didn’t the perfect storm already hit? Shame the SNP did nothing with it.” May 14, 15:33
Dislogical on The Undertaker: “In an earlier article about list votes you appeared to be predicting the SNP would have a majority. Do you…” May 14, 15:31
James Cheyne on The Undertaker: “Hear hear, Uk is not a Country.” May 14, 15:26
Peter McAvoy on The Undertaker: “I voted yes yes in 97 why can’t they use their limited powers over tax to reduce the income tax…” May 14, 15:10
Ian McCubbin on The Undertaker: “It’s as clear as day Swinney and his SNP grifting team don’t want independence. If you do vote Alba, ISP…” May 14, 15:06