The world's most-read Scottish politics website

Wings Over Scotland


Archive for the ‘world’


Friends like ours 295

Posted on October 20, 2018 by

News of a world 303

Posted on July 19, 2018 by

The bag carrier 431

Posted on July 14, 2018 by

A cordial invitation 156

Posted on July 13, 2018 by

Dear Mr. Trump,

I’m a big fan of your work.

Especially your later stuff. You are the obvious natural successor to those other great leaders, Richard Nixon and George W. Bush – the perfect combination of dodgy and thick. You’ve got it all.

Since the first day of your tangeroid slithering into Barack’s old gaff, you’ve gone from strength to strength. I thought building a thousand mile wall to stop people escaping would be your greatest triumph. But putting kids in cages? Genius.

Read the rest of this entry →

This might as well be the news 112

Posted on July 11, 2018 by

Too Wee Too 28

Posted on July 11, 2018 by

Second in a series.

And then there were fewer 297

Posted on July 09, 2018 by

In the light of David Davis’ resignation last night and the continuing shambolic chaos that is UK politics, it seemed a pertinent time for these findings from our latest poll.

Readers probably won’t be too shocked that it’s Scotland Vs The Tories again.

Dark news 1

Posted on July 05, 2018 by

If you don’t want to know the TRUTH 16

Posted on June 27, 2018 by

…look away now.

The Day Before Tomorrow Today 31

Posted on June 20, 2018 by

They’re back to save us all.

Wait, correction, that should read: they’re back – God save us all.

Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough 74

Posted on June 05, 2018 by

We’ll shortly round up the last pieces of data from our Panelbase poll of English voters last month, but this one merits singling out, we think.

Wait, what?

Read the rest of this entry →

The turncoat 42

Posted on June 02, 2018 by

  • About

    Wings Over Scotland is a thing that exists.

    Stats: 6,903 Posts, 1,241,097 Comments

  • Recent Posts

  • Archives

  • Categories

  • Tags

  • Recent Comments

    • Northcode on Pick Your Poison: “Us Scots (Picts actually) are the most friendliest, most egalitarian, most sharing and caring fowk in the whole of this…May 8, 11:23
    • Socrates MacSporran on Pick Your Poison: “Watching the BBC Shortbread election programme. Strange to see Bernard Ponsonby on BBC. He already has the line of the…May 8, 11:17
    • Young Lochinvar on Pick Your Poison: “AI Dun and Fat Slag Wilma Flintstone “Love is in the air every sighting every sound”.. The dirty weekend you…May 8, 11:14
    • Dan on Pick Your Poison: “Aye TH, there is undoubtably a feeling of “a them and us vibe” with many of the big name “Indy”…May 8, 11:13
    • Sven on Pick Your Poison: ““Woven through the accounts.” ?May 8, 11:06
    • Colin Alexander on Pick Your Poison: “Asylum seekers couldn’t vote but those with refugee status who have Leave to Remain were allowed to vote.May 8, 11:04
    • Big Jock on Pick Your Poison: “Is it any worse than English students voting in Scottish elections and in our referendum! I would trust an asylum…May 8, 11:02
    • agentx on Pick Your Poison: “Refugees can now vote in Scotland if they have Leave to Remain and register to vote. Asylum Seekers are not…May 8, 10:49
    • Captain Caveman on Pick Your Poison: “Well, time will tell later today/tomorrow, but I fear you’ve likely “Picted” the wrong horse again, Northy. 😀May 8, 10:38
    • John H. on Pick Your Poison: “I’ve been hearing rumours, and I really hope they’re not true, that asylum seekers were allowed to vote yesterday. If…May 8, 10:36
    • David Miller on Pick Your Poison: “Yes the old politician spouting the same tired old well I havebeen knocking on the doors and getting our message…May 8, 10:03
    • Northcode on Pick Your Poison: “Hooray! England’s “Scottish piss-take-parliament” election is over, thank Christ. We only have the *untrustworthy count to go and a day…May 8, 09:41
    • 100%Yes on Pick Your Poison: “We all know the SNP will not get a majority. I was just wondering how much of the SNP membership…May 8, 09:40
    • Geri on Pick Your Poison: “Cause it’s harder to rig if a sample has already been announced. The didn’t have one for indyref either. The…May 8, 08:57
    • Aidan on Pick Your Poison: “Well you know CC, sometimes it’s nice to be proven right. It’s like someone who’s about to follow their satnav…May 8, 08:50
    • Mark on Pick Your Poison: “Why no exit polling in scotland?May 8, 08:29
    • 100%Yes on Pick Your Poison: “SNP well short of majority but to remain largest party by far, says leading pollster. If this is true and…May 8, 07:48
    • Captain Caveman on Pick Your Poison: “@Hatey Good morning 🙂 Looks like Reform are smashing it; people are persuaded en masse across the political spectrum by…May 8, 07:20
    • Captain Caveman on Pick Your Poison: “Ooft. That’s gotta hurt… Whilst no one but the most gullible will be surprised at this outcome, I admire your…May 8, 07:16
    • Aidan on Pick Your Poison: “Oh dear James, how embarrassing for you and Alf and the others, I didn’t realise another approach had been rejected…May 8, 06:11
    • twathater on Pick Your Poison: “Alf / Dan, I got roasted by grousebeater for suggesting that Kenny MacAskill had ignored and rejected the hand of…May 8, 02:41
    • Geri on Pick Your Poison: “It’s not nonsense & Marie is correct. Every vote cast for this colonial outpost is a vote to maintain &…May 8, 01:30
    • Mark Beggan on Pick Your Poison: “If the SNP are skint where did they get the money to pay for so many leaflets?May 8, 01:03
    • Geri on Pick Your Poison: “Shiteface, So you admit Scotland only has a say in Westminster if it votes Unionist. Thanks for confirmation that we…May 8, 00:21
    • GM on Pick Your Poison: “I didn’t bother on the constituency either. It turned out there might have been a pro independence party on it,…May 8, 00:05
    • GM on Pick Your Poison: “Staff at polling station said turnout was vert good, surprisingly. I was extremely surprised as it is unusual for the…May 7, 23:35
    • Geri on Pick Your Poison: ““because the Kingdom of England just hijacks the Westminster elections as their own, thus simplifying the choices and reducing the…May 7, 23:18
    • Cuphook on Pick Your Poison: “I have the right to vote, but it’s not compulsory. And I don’t need your respect. My choice to not…May 7, 22:36
    • James on Pick Your Poison: “Well Northy…here we go…. The United Nations Has Received the Evidence: Scotland Is a Colony and the World Now Knows…May 7, 22:08
    • Wally Jumblatt on Pick Your Poison: “I was handed the peachy sheet for the List candidates, a rag, tag & bobtail sheet of non-people and fantasy…May 7, 22:06
  • A tall tale



↑ Top