If there’s ever been a (branch office of a) political party that could somehow manage to blow it in Scotland against the burning trainwreck in a ditch full of sewage that is the SNP right now, it’s definitely Anas Sarwar’s hapless Scottish Labour.
Honestly, this stuff is comedy gold. But in a winner-takes-all dumb-off with Humza Yousaf’s SNP, it’s way too close to call.
As Twitter followers will have noticed, we’ve been busy this week with an extensive remodelling of Wings HQ, which involved the main computer being out of commission for several days while the office was basically torn down and rebuilt from scratch. (It seemed a good time to do it, given that there’s nothing remotely of interest happening in Scottish politics.)
Unfortunately the lack of activity on the site caused the comments on the last post to degenerate into the most wretched playground shrieking match, so let’s see if we can’t distract the children and talk about something else for a bit.
Particularly alert observers will have noted that Kezia Dugdale, the most spectacularly inept and unsuccessful Scottish political leader in history, this week demitted her role as Director of the John Smith Centre, which she was handed as an incentive to quit Scottish Labour after dragging it to 14% in the opinion polls.
We make no apology for returning once again to the depressing subject of the Scottish Government’s proposed new law to ban “conversion practices”, because it provides such an illuminating microcosm of how far a once competent and widely-respected administration has fallen since 2015.
Emma Roddick, who is piloting the bill towards the statute books in much the same way that Mohamed Atta piloted American Airlines Flight 11 towards the World Trade Centre, is a 26-year-old who by her own admission suffers from a serious and debilitating mental illness that any sane country would regard as an insurmountable bar to political office.
To the surprise of most of those watching, including ourselves, the Court Of Session delivered its judgement immediately at the end of today’s hearing, after only the most cursory of conflabs between the three august panel members.
The short version is that the Scottish Government lost, and must now comply with Wings reader Benjamin Harrop‘s FOI request regarding evidence that was supplied to independent adviser James Hamilton during his inquiry into the unlawful investigation of false allegations against Alex Salmond.
Robert Matthews on What Went On: “You’re not the full shilling either.” Dec 1, 00:33
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on What Went On: “SCOUTS FOIST TRANS IDEOLOGY ON 8-YEAR-OLDS « Scouts as young as eight are being told they can be non-binary and encouraged to…” Nov 30, 23:52
Mark Beggan on What Went On: “What’s the problem with GRC’s. It’s only a certificate. Swinney has a certificate that says he’s clever and we know…” Nov 30, 21:20
Dan on What Went On: “Trading Standards should be all over this misrepresentation of advertising of goods which is bordering on fruadulent activity. Terry’s Chocolate…” Nov 30, 21:03
Mark Beggan on What Went On: “They better check nothings missing from the church.” Nov 30, 21:00
Mac on What Went On: “Turks stab the Palestinians in the back…. shocker.” Nov 30, 21:00
robertkknight on What Went On: “Ah, so that’s why the Murrells christened the campervan “The Precious”. It all makes sense now.” Nov 30, 20:58
Mark Beggan on What Went On: “So Saint Godley of the Unfunny given a send off with a hundred choir boys and a fruit trifle. Smeagol…” Nov 30, 20:53
Carol Neill on What Went On: “I can’t link it ? Probably my fault” Nov 30, 20:23
Republicofscotland on What Went On: “Good to see that treacherous b*stard Swinney was booed at the Chiefs Memorial Service – the dirty b*stard had some…” Nov 30, 20:22
TURABDIN on What Went On: “Get hyper real guys… WW3 will start in Syria, rather soon. merry whatever..slàinte!” Nov 30, 20:19
Carol Neill on What Went On: “Thanks for that , I’d have liked to seen the booing of swinney but hey ho nice that Neil came…” Nov 30, 20:18
Robert Hughes on What Went On: “Yesterday’s ” evil Islamist terrorists ” magically become today’s ” brave freedom fighters ” . Such bottomless hypocrisy & ghoulish…” Nov 30, 20:15
Robert Matthews on What Went On: “Ask Martin Webster,he would know about that kind of thing.” Nov 30, 20:13
robertkknight on What Went On: “Ignore the ???????? The emoji doesn’t appear to appear 🙁” Nov 30, 19:59
robertkknight on What Went On: “Well said… Happy Saint Andrew’s Day ???????” Nov 30, 19:57
Republicofscotland on What Went On: “As thousands of Scots sleep on the streets – and thousands more Scots families sleep in low grade B&B’s due…” Nov 30, 19:57
Nae Need! on What Went On: “My last post disappeared into the ether, apparently without the aid of moderation. I will not waste my time attempting…” Nov 30, 19:57
Republicofscotland on What Went On: “Happy Saint Andrew’s Day its important that we comment on this day – it helps distinguish Scotland from the other…” Nov 30, 19:30
robertkknight on What Went On: “Yes… funnily enough.” Nov 30, 19:23
Republicofscotland on What Went On: “Two odious treacherous b*stards in attendance – the chief – Salmond must’ve been birlin in his grave, when these two…” Nov 30, 19:22
Republicofscotland on What Went On: “ The major terrorist attack on Aleppo – was coordinated between Turkish, YOU and French intelligence – with Is-helli support and…” Nov 30, 19:15
gregor on What Went On: “…And if you get fed-up of the Syrian conflict, violent BBC terrorist has kindly created a fire-bomb social media public…” Nov 30, 19:09
Nae Need! on What Went On: “Yip, I’m looking for substance too.” Nov 30, 19:08
Dan on What Went On: “Manifesto material for Scotland returning to self-governance continued… Terry’s of chocolate orange fame can get tae fuck with there scalloping…” Nov 30, 19:04
Nae Need! on What Went On: “Ooft, if looks could kill!! Was it Fergus that was up on the podium?” Nov 30, 18:52
gregor on What Went On: “While deplorable US Democrat War Regime claims AQ terrorist org as a war ally… Wikileaks: Hillary Clinton Email Archive: “AQ…” Nov 30, 18:49
gregor on What Went On: “Fake BBC News: Who are the rebels seizing control of Syria’s second city? https://archive.ph/lXHU4 In reality, BBC’s rebel freedom fighters…” Nov 30, 18:45
robertkknight on What Went On: “Some eejit cut out everything before Dougie MacLean, (what’s featured then loops) but check the fizzer on Swiney [sic] at…” Nov 30, 18:32
Nae Need! on What Went On: “Slightly off-topic to this particular piece, sorry Stu, but it’s not off-topic to the aims of Wings. “Westminster has no…” Nov 30, 18:18
