As you were 103
Posted on
April 01, 2023 by
Chris Cairns
Archive for the ‘scottish politics’
Minority Report 131
Posted on
March 31, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
It’s not often we have to correct the figures of an esteemed KC like Joanna Cherry, but she’s made a straight-up mistake in her column for The National today.
Because of course Ash Regan and Kate Forbes did rather better than that.
Before the storm 394
Posted on
March 29, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
To be honest, Humza Yousaf’s new Cabinet satirises itself – everyone’s picking on the absurdity of noted idiot Shona Robison becoming Finance Secretary but the funniest is surely omnifailure Shirley-Anne Somerville as Trans Rights – sorry, “Social Justice” Secretary – so rather than waste our breath on it today we’re going to catch up on some results from our latest Panelbase poll that we haven’t managed to squeeze in amid the mayhem of the last couple of weeks.
They tell us some interesting things about the Scotland the new FM now leads.
Better living through higher prices 331
Posted on
March 28, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Well, we’re off to a flying start.
This is certainly what the public want. So let’s see his plans.
The beginning of the end 361
Posted on
March 27, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The beam on Kate Forbes’ face was quite something.
She’d clearly been exhausted by the contest some time ago, and must have been dreading winning and having to continue fighting the assault from within her own party. Her evident delight and relief at her own failure was a revealing moment.
The great unknown in this election was just who the SNP membership was. No poll could tell us, and with over 50,000 people having quit the party in the last three years, nobody knew who was left. But we know now: idiots.
The Hollow Crown 197
Posted on
March 27, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Today is the last day of Nicola Sturgeon’s record-breaking reign as First Minister of Scotland. In a few hours we’ll know who is to succeed her in the role. She was only the second SNP occupant of Bute House, and the legacy she bequeaths compared to the one she inherited from Alex Salmond is a matter of measureable record.
So let’s see the final scores on the doors.
The Smell Of It 113
Posted on
March 26, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This is the second time Wings Over Scotland has asked Police Scotland a question through the proper official channels, only to read the response in the tabloid press before we’d heard it firsthand (which we still haven’t, incidentally, several days after the 28-day deadline expired).
But the sidebar piece in today’s Sunday Mail raises more questions than it answers.
Humza’s Sneaky Peek 85
Posted on
March 24, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Wait what now?
And how would he know that, exactly?
Spinning the wheel 439
Posted on
March 22, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’ve been thinking about it since last night, and we’re not sure if Humza Yousaf now still has ANY of the policies he started the leadership election with.
But this one‘s got us extra-specially perplexed, since at the start it was pretty much the main unique selling point he was hanging his whole campaign on.
Maybe you can help us out, readers.
Fantasy Island 202
Posted on
March 21, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The Final Insult 183
Posted on
March 20, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
According to SNP President and acting CEO Mike Russell, SNP members are too thick to understand the concept of changing their vote, and integrity is “disruptive”.
We’re not very clear on why a revote would be susceptible to “hacking” in any way that the original vote isn’t, but we’re sure there’s a great explanation.
