Alert Wings readers will have noticed recent press coverage of events surrounding North Lanarkshire Council, centred around a scandal of sexual harassment by former council leader Jordan Linden.
Here we present the full story, directly from one of the SNP councillors involved.
This morning’s news is that the SNP have finally found a company desperate enough for business to take the gamble of associating itself with the party’s finances.
When Humza Yousaf was campaigning to be elected leader of the SNP, he pledged that he would be not only the First Minister, but also the “First Activist”. It transpired that this in fact meant chapping a few doors in Dundee, just down the road from his home in Broughty Ferry (and on the way to his Glasgow constituency).
But what might a real “First Activist” have done with the position and power?
Wings always likes to correct any inadvertent errors as quickly as possible, so we were pleased to hear from an alert reader with a correction to this morning’s article in which we claimed that “we’re supposed to be less than six months away from a second indyref, but [Humza Yousaf] hasn’t even admitted that that isn’t happening”.
Our reader informed us that they’d actually had some communication with the Scottish Government on that matter, which we’re happy to share with you.
As far as we’re aware this fact has never been formally stated publicly before for some reason. But just in case you were still holding out hopes, now you know.
Last week the property-porn TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp described severely disabled people requesting same-sex care as “demonising male nurses”, although the statistics suggest that they’ve demonised themselves.
Instead of trying to understand the position of disabled individuals and their families Kirstie has decided that it is best to ignore the evidence and call us man-haters.
You really have to go some to stand out as a proper grade-A scumbag in the ranks of trans activists, readers, but let’s be fair and commend some serious effort when we see it. Everyone, meet Beth (no, not that one).
Beth is a nasty little grifter trying to monetise “transphobia”, although it’s not going massively well so far, with only five donors signed up. So they’ve come up with an idea, although not a very original one: a list.
Oily SNP MP John Nicolson – a man who was pompous and condescending even as a teenager presenting Open To Question in the 1980s – this week posted an extended and theatrical Twitter rant at the fine Herald and National columnist Kevin McKenna.
Aidan on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “Do you think the former party chief exec going to prison for a 12-year campaign of embezzlement which has left…” May 28, 11:52
Spartan 117 on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “We had our say on 18th September 2014. You must have forgotten. Are you saying blatant corruption is acceptable because…” May 28, 11:51
James Barr Gardner on The Final Robbery: “Dented buoys an’ Aspro pouder ?” May 28, 11:46
Geri on No Money Back, No Guarantee: “Bloomberg also mentioned a staggering £177 billion excess profits for Energy firms. So there is more income down the City…” May 28, 11:30
Northcode on No Money Back, No Guarantee: ““Of course the ONS doesn’t take an institutional view of political questions…” Time for another packet of Tunnock’s Tea Cakes…” May 28, 11:28
Izzie on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “Im at a loss as to how this endless stirring and poking advances the Cause. The Unionists should be the…” May 28, 11:10
DavidT on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “The Spectator on X has posted a very good graph showing SNP funds spent by Peter Murrell over the years.…” May 28, 11:08
Alf Baird on All The Dirt From My Eyes: ““the workings of the state institutions in current-day Scotland” ..is indeed a subject requiring of careful consideration, especially given the…” May 28, 11:00
Aidan on No Money Back, No Guarantee: “Of course the ONS doesn’t take an institutional view of political questions, it collects, analyses and publishes data. So what…” May 28, 10:49
Captain Caveman on No Money Back, No Guarantee: ““Unlike you, I’ve never tried “… pushing shite uphill.”” On the contrary, Northy. Most would conclude that’s an activity (hopefully…” May 28, 10:40
Kate on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “If only we could see front page headlines followed by a full investigation of the behaviour of SNP & especially…” May 28, 10:39
Nemisis Benn on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “It’s irrelevant whether the accounts are signed off by the Party Leader or the Treasurer – at least one person…” May 28, 10:38
Northcode on No Money Back, No Guarantee: “I could be wrong, of course… there is always that remote possibility to be considered. But I think this is…” May 28, 10:38
Northcode on No Money Back, No Guarantee: “Unlike you, I’ve never tried “… pushing shite uphill.” Tell me, is it really a very difficult thing to do,…” May 28, 10:31
Geri on No Money Back, No Guarantee: “Data shite in = data shite out. A. GERS has been admitted by various ex London MPs that it’s bullshit…” May 28, 10:29
Captain Caveman on No Money Back, No Guarantee: “Ah, my bad. Of course! The ONS are “in on it”, all part of some grand Fanon-tastic conspiracy – in…” May 28, 10:25
Spartan 117 on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “Keep digging and asking the awkward questions, Stu. As another commenter stated, it gives a good insight into the workings…” May 28, 10:24
Northcode on No Money Back, No Guarantee: ““The ONS hasn’t a clue…” On the contrary, I think the ONS knows exactly what it’s doing when it omits,…” May 28, 10:18
Tinto Chiel on Off-topic: “You’re lucky to be so near the coast to see all those divers. We stayed in a house over-looking “Anthrax…” May 28, 10:00
Northcode on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “I believe that what Fanon is really doing here is trying to break a psychological chain. Colonised peoples are often…” May 28, 09:57
Captain Caveman on No Money Back, No Guarantee: ““I wouldn’t trust much of what the ONS has to say” Well, therein lies the problem, in a nutshell. “The…” May 28, 09:50
Northcode on No Money Back, No Guarantee: “Conclusion This report looks at the social background of the people who run Scotland… Our research suggests that the top…” May 28, 09:35
TURABDIN on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “«To educate the masses politically does not mean, cannot mean, making a political speech. What it means is to try,…” May 28, 08:48
Andouillette on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “Thick? Or devious? Maybe both. One thing I am sure of is endless paragraphs of “Oooh look, squirrels” from the…” May 28, 07:11
DavidT on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “It is hard to believe that Colin Beattie could have been paid for being the SNP treasurer all those years,…” May 28, 07:11
Aidan on No Money Back, No Guarantee: “Well here’s the good news Geri, the Office for National Statistics produces an extraordinary amount of high quality data through…” May 28, 07:00
robertkknight on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “I’m not surprised it doesn’t resonate with the equally deluded and myopic types I imagine you speak to… all regular…” May 28, 04:59
gm on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “Stuart McDonald is down as treasurer. My theory doesnae work then! They couldbae hae been that brassneckit.” May 28, 00:42
Young Lochinvar on All The Dirt From My Eyes: “Izzie & 7.05 Is that, Izzie, the word coming down the line from the top to the party-before-country faithful? What…” May 28, 00:30