Now, readers, it’s not much of a secret that anyone who’s still supporting the SNP in the hopes that they’ll deliver Scottish independence is – and let’s put this as gently and kindly as possible – a bit thick.
From a membership high of 125,000 in the run-up to the 2021 Holyrood election, fully 60% have now wised up and left, and the 40% still left paying annual subscriptions to a party that’s stolen their money TWICE and spent it on pepper pots are pretty much by definition the dumbest of dum-dums.
But it looks like even they’re just about beginning to get it now.
Five more years and they might have just about woken up.
It’s sometimes tempting to believe that transactivists, and in particular the extra-loud attention-seeking type, are simply mad and/or stupid. But that’s not always the case, because this sounds like some actually pretty cunning work.
Ever-alert Wings readers will be aware that for the past three and a half years or so I’ve been the target of a campaign by disgraced former policeman Lynsay Watson, who over that period has relentlessly attempted to get me arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned for knowing – and saying – that human beings can’t change sex.
(As we’ll learn during this article, I am far from unique in that experience.)
Watson has made numerous ludicrous, vexatious complaints to various police forces about me – a particularly memorable one being when he reported me last September for “perverting the course of justice” because I’d tweeted a link to a fundraiser for someone being persecuted by another transactivist – as well as trying to extort tens of thousands of pounds from me with threats.
Yesterday, though, he finally found some police officers gullible enough to listen.
Attending the Civic Justice Centre in Manchester as part of an ongoing attempt to persecute the feminist journalist and author Helen Joyce, Watson was intercepted by Greater Manchester Police and arrested in connection with allegations of harassment of several people, one of whom was myself.
Watson had been evading justice for a long time. He provides false addresses to the police and courts (which is a crime in itself), and despite numerous criminal complaints against him he manages to dodge arrest because police forces endlessly ping-pong the complaints between each other (“He lives in YOUR area!” “No, yours!”) and allow him to repeatedly arrange voluntary interviews which he never turns up to, stalling and hiding until the six-month limit on harassment cases times out.
It was exactly one year ago today that the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in the case of For Women Scotland Vs The Scottish Ministers, a judgment which has still not been implemented by the Scottish or UK governments, so it was quite bold of the SNP to choose it as the launch date for their manifesto.
The judgment (which the SNP are in fact still fighting in court) is not referenced in the document and the phrases “women’s rights” and “single-sex” do not appear anywhere in it, although it does say “We are committed to upholding and protecting the human rights of trans people as far as possible within our powers and we will do all we can to ensure that trans people’s identities are recognised and respected”.
So, y’know, more of the same to come for the next five years.
As all alert readers will know, this site likes to keep a watchful eye on the shady and disturbing activities of paedophilia-plagued charity LGBT Youth Scotland. So we were naturally intrigued to hear that they’d hired a new convenor last month.
And if you’re sitting there thinking, “Blimey, AI Christopher Walken looks very very ill”, well, stay tuned, because this story gets more and more interesting.
So Cathy Newman of Channel 4 News got herself a scoop last night.
And to be honest, readers, we were a bit confused. “Gender critical views” are not only lawful things to hold and express, they’re one of a small subset of opinions that are explicitly protected as such in law. And why would a man very occasionally airing some lawful and protected views on social media be a news story? You might as well run “BREAKING: Premiership footballer discovered to enjoy cheese-and-ham toasties”.
It seems that it’s fine to farm important judgments out to mysterious shadowy figures who just make important chunks of them up out of thin air, and then issue them in your own name. Back in your boxes, plebs.
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Cynicus on Cowering From Destiny: ““FURFUCKSZAKE Anyway, having had enough of all this bollocks, I joined the monastery today.” =========== NOT The Trappist order, I…” Sep 24, 23:34
Lorncal on Cowering From Destiny: “Between 25 and 30 now. The total rises every day. Three have already gained outline planning permission. The Central Belt…” Sep 24, 22:04
gm on Cowering From Destiny: “These so called and sometimes self described left wing politicians seem to despise the native poor and the working class?…” Sep 24, 21:59
Lorncal on Cowering From Destiny: “You think, Wally? Yes, Scots can get jobs anywhere, except in Scotland – certainly not the high heid ones.” Sep 24, 21:49
gm on Cowering From Destiny: “Liberals man not left wingers. The individual and self interest over the people and the common good. More that way…” Sep 24, 21:47
Red on Cowering From Destiny: “Data centres employ tiny numbers of people. They only need a handful of junior techies (not very well paid IT…” Sep 24, 20:39
Aidan on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Aye so that’s it then Alf – Scotland is geographically contiguous with rUK and therefore cannot be an NSGT.” Sep 24, 20:25
Red on Cowering From Destiny: “I’m glad someone else agrees Susan Aitken could benefit from losing weight. Fascist!” Sep 24, 20:04
Alf Baird on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: ““land border between England and Scotland” Indeed there is such a border, and that’s no doubt why the geographic area…” Sep 24, 19:57
Wally Jumblatt on Cowering From Destiny: “AI jobs won’t go to Scots? We get everywhere around the world and rise to high levels cos our talent,…” Sep 24, 19:10
Campbell Clansman on Cowering From Destiny: “The SNP’s leadership is for Leftism, first and foremost. Indy is NOT their number one priority.” Sep 24, 18:47
Spartan 117 on Cowering From Destiny: ““Enjoy watching a stand alone England ruled by Trump style absurdity and corruption” You seem to miss that we’re already…” Sep 24, 18:21
Colin Alexander on Cowering From Destiny: “A Freedom of Information (FOI) response from the Electoral Commission about the SNP indyref and indy booklet fundraisers monies and…” Sep 24, 18:19
Captain Caveman on Cowering From Destiny: “Tsk tsk, Spartan. Oh dear! It would appear that you are FAR RIGHT. Take yourself off to the reprogramming booth…” Sep 24, 18:17
Frank Gillougley on Cowering From Destiny: “All smoke and mirrors as per the usual… And ‘we’ go round and round and round in the circle game.…” Sep 24, 18:15
Spartan 117 on Cowering From Destiny: “Blimey, and I thought *I* was being sarcastic. Well said Red. We think alike.” Sep 24, 18:07
Spartan 117 on Cowering From Destiny: ““What’s not to like?” We can’t have the little people happy and *enjoying* themselves, can we. No, instead we *really*…” Sep 24, 17:59
Red on Cowering From Destiny: “We’ve got to keep Farage out, because he wants to reduce immigration and also enforce border laws, and that’s what…” Sep 24, 17:40
Ross on Cowering From Destiny: “They can hardly appear to welcome a Reform govt. Or indeed want one as it would be bad for everyone.…” Sep 24, 16:50
MaryB on Cowering From Destiny: “There’s a new Facebook called ‘whynotscotland.com’ looking at all the reasons to support independence. (Not to be confused with Why…” Sep 24, 16:26
Captain Caveman on Cowering From Destiny: ““Farage is a disruptor and represents a significant threat to The Blob of Fabians, Scroungers and Crooks, which the SNP…” Sep 24, 16:16
Spartan 117 on Cowering From Destiny: “Farage is a disruptor and represents a significant threat to The Blob of Fabians, Scroungers and Crooks, which the SNP…” Sep 24, 15:50
Northcode on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Aidan’s breakdown of the salt-water rule is exactly right, and it dovetails with the UN procedural constraints I set out…” Sep 24, 15:36
Aidan on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: ““Everyone knows Scotland is geographically separate from England” – Really Sam, everyone knows there is no land border between England…” Sep 24, 15:21
Aidan on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “The analysis you have provided there is wrong Alf, in respect of the four examples you have given each time…” Sep 24, 15:10
Lorncal on Cowering From Destiny: “Spot on, Turabdin. Take all autonomy away from the local areas. It is at this level that resistance is often…” Sep 24, 14:58
Lorncal on Cowering From Destiny: “Until a majority of Scots get it through their brain box that independence and only independence has any chance of…” Sep 24, 14:54
Northcode on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “The UN doesn’t treat Scotland as a colony procedurally, and has no mechanism to do so without UK permission. That’s…” Sep 24, 14:47