For the combatants in the gender wars, it’s been quite a spring and summer here in the TERF Island theatre of battle.
In February, polling company YouGov revealed the vast extent to which public opinion has shifted around the issue (significantly though not entirely in the wake of the Cass Review last April), which we reported on via a snazzy Stalingrad metaphor. But just as with Stalingrad, it was only the precursor to the recapture of territory on an epic scale.
And this is what they say elsewhere, when they think nobody in Scotland is looking:
One day someone’s going to tell them about the internet, and our life’s going to get a lot more difficult. Until that day, though, let’s just enjoy the laughs.
Regular readers of Wings won’t need any reminding that Dani Garavelli of the Herald is, among some very stiff competition, one of the most contemptible pieces of nightsoil currently operating in the Scottish media.
But if you’re new here, we can give you a quick illustration.
If the sneering piety of that opening paragraph made you feel a little revolted, a bit angry and somewhat nauseous, then congratulations, because that means you’re still something minimally approximating to a decent human being. But unfortunately it gets a lot worse from there.
We’ll be honest, readers, we gasped out loud when we saw this.
That such a basic, fundamental truth of human existence should ever be front page news with the capacity to shock 100,000 years after we invented language is a sign of just how insane our world has become since 2015.
But magnificent as it is, it’s not even today’s BEST front cover.
We wouldn’t be Wings if we didn’t round off this evening with a representative selection of some of the more measured and thoughtful responses from transactivists across the UK to today’s Supreme Court judgment.
So fetch some sort of celebratory beverage, settle down in your comfiest armchair in front of the fire (‘cos it’s been Baltic today) and enjoy the Sounds Of Kindness.
For those among you who don’t have the time or patience to wade through 88 pages of judicial lingo, we’ve distilled today’s Supreme Court judgment down to its key points.
Much of it, of course, can be summarised as “the bleeding obvious”.
We’ve all got a lot of extremely heavy reading and pondering to do now. But the short version of the outcome of For Women Scotland vs The Scottish Ministers is this:
On the face of the judgment just handed down live in the courtroom, a more absolute, comprehensive and legally momentous defeat for the Scottish Government – and the forces of gender ideology in general – seems difficult to imagine.
But we’ll get back to you on that after all the reading. Today, we’re just going to stand and salute FWS and their richly-deserved triumph. See you later.
Welcome back to what will hopefully be normal service after we’ve been spending the last few days battling off a determined and temporarily successful attempt at hacking the site. Apologies to those who had clicks intercepted and redirected to a malware site which tried to get people to download dodgy .EXE files, but our readers are far too alert to ever fall for such things so no harm should have been done.
So back to business, which for us often means pointing out things that have been said in newspapers that aren’t true, which brings us to last Friday’s issue of The National.
As alert Wings readers will know, we’re fond of a WW2 analogy from time to time. The conflict is so extensively documented, and so deeply embedded in British culture (for both good and ill), that it’s a reliable tool for getting points across concisely and clearly.
(It’s also one of the last major wars in which, overall, the good guys and the bad guys were pretty indisputably easy to identify.)
So let’s keep that in mind for a moment while we look at this.
Northcode on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “To quote Northcode. “There’s barely a comment posted here by a unionist (colonialist?) that is anything other than childish insult,…” Jul 23, 13:58
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Regarding the colonialism question, the following Vimeo discussion with Bill Rolston will be of interest to Scots, even though its…” Jul 23, 13:57
Mark Beggan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: ““heroically restrained” Ok Dorothy We’ve heard enough.” Jul 23, 13:37
Aidan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Professor Baird may have spent a lot of time on the subject, but that in itself isn’t a validation of…” Jul 23, 13:27
Aidan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “@Dan – you’re obviously right, but at the moment there is no place more supportive of this kind of stuff…” Jul 23, 13:18
Aidan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Of course we always have the option of scrolling on by, but to ignore the endless tide of incoherent waffle…” Jul 23, 13:06
Mark Beggan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “And your going to colonial hell as a punishment for being a gibbering auld dafty.” Jul 23, 13:04
Dan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Lorn says: “I want independence, have wanted it from around the age of 11 to now, and I’m no spring…” Jul 23, 12:52
Northcode on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Alf Baird puts forward a coherent and convincing argument based on sound and methodical academic research. He’s written several papers…” Jul 23, 12:51
Stuart on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “How about readers are freed from the colonialism of Professor Baird colonising this forum with er posts about colonialism? Meanwhile…” Jul 23, 12:24
Lorn on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Alf: absolutely agree that colonialism is abhorrent, and I also agree that Scotland is certainly treated like a colony. I’m…” Jul 23, 11:37
Captain Caveman on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “‘… these are all cultural illusions enforced by hateful fascist tendencies and laws, fascism sitting at the root of colonialism…” Jul 23, 11:30
Chas on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Oh goody. Another link provided by our learned Professor. I wonder who wrote the subject matter in the link. Surprise,…” Jul 23, 11:24
auld highlander on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “If you are not happy with what Alf has to say the solution is simple, just sling your hook.” Jul 23, 11:01
Alf Baird on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Correct definitions are very important, as the Rev illustrates. Important then for an oppressed colonized people to know that independence…” Jul 23, 11:00
Chas on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “It is amazing how the esteemed Professor manages to shoehorn his favourite subject into EVERY thread irrespective of what the…” Jul 23, 10:18
Alf Baird on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “A colonial and hence dominated society will always be left subject to whatever form of cultural imperialism its external rulers…” Jul 23, 09:49
Anthem on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Totally agree Twathater. These sickos know exactly what they’ve done, and doing. They are in these positions to serve themselves…” Jul 23, 09:01
twathater on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “WHY should any of these deviants and perverts get to resign, NHS Fife have been acting unlawfully against the rulings…” Jul 23, 03:53
Rob on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Its become very obvious that having failed to purge the nurse through suspending her that they are trying all the…” Jul 23, 00:14
Young Lochinvar on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “MB @8.07 A depressingly accurate assessment I suspect.” Jul 22, 20:27
Mark Beggan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Is it case the Scottish government can’t step into it as they are the cause. It’s their secret cult of…” Jul 22, 20:07
Milady on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Wait, just when I think I’m keeping up we get “trans*” – what does the * mean?! (Other than I’m…” Jul 22, 20:02
agent x on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Mark Beggan says: 22 July, 2025 at 7:43 pm Can the UK government step in on this scandalous behaviour? ———————————————–…” Jul 22, 20:01
Mark Beggan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “The Scottish government are the criminals. It’s our money being spent on insulting us.” Jul 22, 19:57
Mark Beggan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Can the UK government step in on this scandalous behaviour? No matter the outcome Dr Upton will have to change…” Jul 22, 19:43
Anne Johnston on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “For Everything, and that is EVERYTHING, I say ‘Follow the Money’and you’ll find the real criminals behind this enterprise …just…” Jul 22, 19:31