The video below, which we just found today, is taken from a promo by the American news channel CNN in 2017. It’s deeply ironic now, because CNN has been thoroughly captured by gender ideology. But it’s the reason Wings Over Scotland won’t change what or how we write, even if it means we have to shut our doors.
The truth is everything. Non-negotiable. No matter what. It’s as simple as that.
Zilch continues to happen in Scottish politics, so to pass a bleak November afternoon we’re going to do something we haven’t done on Wings for years: talk about football.
Try not to panic, because it’s really about the Scottish media – just like it used to be back in the good old days when they, rather than the SNP, were the main obstacles to Scottish independence. But there’s going to be quite a bit of football involved along the way, so if you can’t bear it, just go and stare out of the window and wait for Spring.
We thought this was overdue an update. It’s got about 16 new front pages on it, one whole new row and a handful of newly-rediscovered replacements. It really is worth taking a few minutes to peruse it properly (click on the pic to enlarge it) to get the full effect of eight wasted years of deja vu disappointment.
It’s not even The National’s fault. They’re a business, they’re simply trying to sell a few papers to a diminishing audience of endlessly gullible eejits. The real fault lies with the halfwitted SNP members who just keep on doggedly failing to learn a single lesson, and repeatedly vote to carry on doing what they know doesn’t work and never will.
We were curious to find out what we’d said, but it seems to have been expunged from The National’s website. We eventually managed to track the email down in our vaults, though, so just as a bit of a change, here it is, as a reminder of a different time.
Scotland’s biggest cultural problem famously used to be with its alpha males: hard-working, hard-drinking men, often sexist and openly sectarian, with an easy propensity for violence. (The archetype cut right across every social class, from shipyard workers to high-ranking police officers and everywhere between and beyond.)
But times change, and thankfully those characters are now almost entirely a thing of the past. Less happily, though, they’ve simply been replaced by a breed that’s every bit as unpleasant, just in slightly different ways. Readers, meet the Beta Bullies.
Mark Beggan on Once more around: “The female hierarchy of Scottish politics are the Sus scrofa domesticus.” Jan 3, 07:06
gregor on Once more around: “re. “Musk will go after Kid Starver” Only bad actors/rogue state clowns should be absolutely terrified (everyone else can start…” Jan 3, 01:09
gregor on Once more around: “Mr G Reality: King Solomon: Intro: “The beautiful thing about life Is that you can always bounce back And triumph…” Jan 3, 00:31
Geri on Once more around: “Musk will go after Kid Starver. Starver & Lammy dared to call Trump names during the presidential campaign & narcissists…” Jan 3, 00:07
gregor on Once more around: “BBC: Why Orwell’s 1984 could be about now: “Prophetic? Possibly. But stirring, moving, creative, undeniable and helpful? Yes. A book…” Jan 2, 23:47
gregor on Once more around: “Craig Gordon: Uni-Party (acoustic): “Heat pumps Mask dumps Electric cars And Donald Trumps Locked down Shut town Take your jab…” Jan 2, 23:12
gregor on Once more around: “Elon Musk: “Britain has the illusion of two parties, much like the US. The uniparty bureaucracy actually rules Britain. The…” Jan 2, 22:59
Geri on Once more around: “Dan America own everything in the UK. England has obviously squandered most of the oil revenues & has shares in…” Jan 2, 22:55
Dan on Once more around: “It’s basically been totally squandered in terms of benefit to the people due to mismanagement under London Rule, and that’s…” Jan 2, 22:28
Louise Hogg on The Cost Of Truth: “2 women? I thought Ms F was the only one who could semi-legitimately claim that she was gaslit into believing…” Jan 2, 21:53
Young Lochinvar on Once more around: “Gloriana; Hmmmm.. Really? Notwithstanding, still hardly a ringing endorsement for the “Union” eh? Tick tock Tractor..” Jan 2, 21:53
gregor on Once more around: “BBC (2025): Twenty councillors quit Labour in Starmer protest: “Twenty councillors have quit Labour in protest at the party’s direction…” Jan 2, 21:51
Jay on Once more around: “Could excessive delay by a prosecuting authority in making a decision on prosecution become the basis for a Court decision…” Jan 2, 21:51
Young Lochinvar on Once more around: “Gloriana “FACTS” based on speculation and Fleet street propaganda. Away and piss aff Tractor..” Jan 2, 21:43
Louise Hogg on The Cost Of Truth: “Can we recruit Ashleigh Gray as mole in the Civil Service? Or as an Independence Sleeper Agent?” Jan 2, 21:41
Geri on Once more around: “Jeez, the propaganda is strong in you… Scotland doesn’t need to join anything. The UK isn’t a major world economy.…” Jan 2, 21:35
McDuff on Once more around: “I`ll say this again. Scotland with a pop of 5m has had nearly fifty years of oil and gas revenues…” Jan 2, 21:13
Louise Hogg on The Cost Of Truth: “Is there any way to negate the ‘>£600’ argument, by paying the difference, on tick, to be paid back by…” Jan 2, 21:10
gregor on Once more around: “The crown Prosecution Service: “We’re here 24/7, 365 days of a year” DOES @CPSUK ENDORSE @BBC FIRE-BOMB GUIDE, FOR VOLUNTEERS…” Jan 2, 21:03
Andy Ellis on Once more around: “I don’t think there are in fact many countries which are or were in the situation Scotland finds itself. Generally…” Jan 2, 20:45
gregor on Once more around: “Labour (2024): Keir Starmer’s time as Director of Public Prosecutions (CPS): “Keir Starmer was appointed Chief Prosecutor and head of…” Jan 2, 20:19
Mia on Once more around: “What this means is that, in practice, Scotland does not care if that bottle of whisky is sold to England…” Jan 2, 20:07
Mia on Once more around: ““How is the value of the money the same?” If the price Scotland sets for a particular bottle of whisky…” Jan 2, 20:03
Dan on Once more around: “Port wise, dinnae forget the massive warmongering bastard tourism boost to Scotland’s economy of aw the weapons of mass destruction…” Jan 2, 20:00
Iain More on Once more around: “He missed the touchline as Indy is also going to get well hoofed into touch by the Creepy Stalker Wokes…” Jan 2, 19:41
gregor on Once more around: “Keir Starmer (2014): How can we prevent another Rotherham? “It’s not about individuals. Abuse scandals on the same scale will…” Jan 2, 19:39
Iain More on And Then What?: “And there is the problem right there. Scots should back Indy regardless of who the fuckin English vote for. Indy…” Jan 2, 19:38
factchecker on Once more around: “As I said in my comment above, the value of the money of every country is the exact same as…” Jan 2, 19:28
Campbell Clansman on Once more around: “I give facts and statistics. You respond with something illiterate about the “next First Minster.” [sic] I’m pleased with the…” Jan 2, 19:26
Mia on Once more around: ““Where exactly would you like to locate all the extra ports round our coastline?” I am not an expert, but…” Jan 2, 19:17
