The world's most-read Scottish politics website

Wings Over Scotland


Archive for the ‘pictures’


The winners 365

Posted on November 14, 2014 by

The SNP’s new leader and First Minister-elect, and her deputy.

snpwinners

He is the eggman 158

Posted on November 01, 2014 by

eggman

A big boy did it and ran away 210

Posted on October 26, 2014 by

sadhenry

Le tricoteur 171

Posted on October 19, 2014 by

mawbroon

Gogszilla Returns (to the back benches) 342

Posted on October 03, 2014 by

GORDON-TITLE

Read the rest of this entry →

Caught between 516

Posted on September 27, 2014 by

rockhard

The candle 429

Posted on September 20, 2014 by

hopesnuff

We are not afraid 1,079

Posted on September 14, 2014 by

Alert readers will remember that Gordon Brown, who is apparently some sort of former politician, has recently been spreading the completely baseless scare story that Scots would no longer receive organ transplants or blood transfusions from other people in the UK (and vice versa) in the event of independence.

On Friday night, before the Orange Order marched in the streets of Edinburgh with “NO POPERY” banners, a young woman with a life-limiting illness called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency climbed the face of Edinburgh Castle with oxygen strapped to her back and tubes up her nose. (The only cure for A1AD is a double lung transplant.)

This is what she did there.

climber1

Read the rest of this entry →

And then my heart went boom 290

Posted on September 13, 2014 by

The picture the BBC chose to illustrate events in Glasgow’s Buchanan Street today:

bs2

Read the rest of this entry →

The opposite of prestige 100

Posted on September 13, 2014 by

oink

At the last gasp 133

Posted on September 08, 2014 by

We apologise for any images conjured by that headline.

willskate

Above is our Chris Cairns cartoon from June 2013. And here’s today’s news.

Something in reserve 81

Posted on September 06, 2014 by

finalbend

*Readers! Meet Chris in person next Thursday as part of the Scottish Cartoon Art Studio. Tickets are FREE but you need to book in advance. – Ed.

  • About

    Wings Over Scotland is a thing that exists.

    Stats: 6,885 Posts, 1,237,428 Comments

  • Recent Posts

  • Archives

  • Categories

  • Tags

  • Recent Comments

    • Mark Beggan on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Well it started like a rabid dog chained to a traffic cone, and the less said about the middle the…Mar 9, 20:59
    • Marie on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Yes Confused- End Times, Rapture, Armageddon, Second Coming – people like Hegseth are batshit crazy and a danger to us…Mar 9, 20:58
    • Northcode on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Well, having perused all the comments posted here today I think I can say that us Scottish liberation seeking Scots…Mar 9, 20:50
    • Dunx on Scotland’s Most Frightened: ““No need to resort to type with yer banal childish insults.” Irony isn’t really your strong point.Mar 9, 20:49
    • Aidan on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Far be it from me to be content, although I am realistic about the fact that posting on wings isn’t…Mar 9, 20:27
    • Cynicus on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Alf, did you forget the late, great commentator Bill McLaren? He wis a Borderer wi a guid Scots tung in…Mar 9, 20:24
    • Dan on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “@ Aidan at 7.45 pm Very droll ya radge. I guess you’re content with the way things are playing out…Mar 9, 20:08
    • Alf Baird on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “To add, in relation to Northcode’s correct use of the Scots word ‘dummie’, which refers to in English ‘a dumb…Mar 9, 19:54
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Ah, c’moan noo, Alf. Ye were jist getting interesting. Fits Scots fer corset? BTW, surely nae True Scot drinks pints?…Mar 9, 19:52
    • Aidan on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Nice to see you again Dan, hope you’ve been well. Was the moderated post you moaning about something by any…Mar 9, 19:44
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “@Northy I bought a 2026 calendar and a 2026 desk diary. In December 2025, at full price. Not at the…Mar 9, 19:36
    • Alf Baird on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “The Anglo dominated and assimilated colonial mindset certainly ‘boggles’ with illusions of cultural superiority, as Hatey ower Scotland aye attempts…Mar 9, 19:33
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Turns out that in a country of over 90 million, the best man for the top job just happens to…Mar 9, 18:50
    • Dan on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Hatey McHateface says: at 6:03 pm “And continue to act astonished that because most people think your borderline illiterate, with…Mar 9, 18:31
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Dead man stooping more like. He’ll be down in a tunnel like the ham ass scum. If the surveillance drones…Mar 9, 18:26
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “It’s the coming of the men in white coats you need to be worrying about. Anybody make it to the…Mar 9, 18:20
    • Sven on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “President Trump is reported to have offered the Iranian Women’s Team political asylum in the US, Mark, so things may…Mar 9, 18:16
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Twinned with “Scots For Dummies”, Alf. Who knew that the Scots for zombie is zombie, the Scots for tree is…Mar 9, 18:11
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: ““Scotland will have expressed it’s will” Ah. I see the problem right there, Geri. I guess that no matter how…Mar 9, 18:03
    • Confused on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “My favourite austrian painters are egon schiele and gustav klimt, but this guy has potential www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmjrfXO0mdk art can be a…Mar 9, 17:56
    • Mark Beggan on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “New Iranian leader is now declared a ‘living martyr’. How’s that for word play! Or in other words a dead…Mar 9, 17:56
    • Alf Baird on Scotland’s Most Frightened: ““In every general election since 2015 (bar the last one) there has been a majority of (supposedly) pro-independence MP’s returned…Mar 9, 17:09
    • Aidan on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “So we are back where we started then aren’t we. Can you provide any legal authority to back up this…Mar 9, 16:45
    • Geri on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Cause Alex asked the electorate two separate questions. #SNP1 – to govern. #SNP2 – to remain as FM. New SNP…Mar 9, 16:32
    • Geri on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Areswipe Learn to read.. What I said “Only Westminster is the recognised seat of power. They need to concentrate on…Mar 9, 16:26
    • agentx on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Alf Baird says: “This also explains why our oppressor is keen to ensure the SNP never quite wins a majority…Mar 9, 16:20
    • Geri on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “They’re probably trying to audition as some of those $7k a post influencers to promote BS & failing miserably.Mar 9, 16:02
    • Aidan on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Oh right, so it started off as “this proves my point” and we are now on “this has nothing to…Mar 9, 16:01
    • Geri on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Isn’t it ironic. After decades of propaganda that we need protecting from the radicalised, religious, fanatical terrorists who aren’t afraid…Mar 9, 15:58
    • Geri on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Areswipe The Supreme court ruling related to Holyrood. & ONLY Holyrood.Mar 9, 15:26
  • A tall tale



↑ Top