That clip (from just past midnight on the BBC News channel) isn’t a bad starting-point summary of last night’s extraordinary story, except by our count the Telegraph’s piece was fourth-hand rather than third-hand.
(First-hand would have been Nicola Sturgeon. Second-hand would have been the ambassador. Third-hand would have been the consul-general. The civil servant – who doubted the story him/herself – is fourth-hand.)
This is also a pretty good primer. Now let’s get to the fun stuff.
Sheesh. We pop out for a couple of hours to feed the Wings Emergency Kitten and we get back to find that it’s the UK press that’s barfed up hairballs all over its front pages.
And the contradictory cross-vortex coverlines aren’t even the mad bit.
Remember before the referendum, readers, when the £30bn cost of decommissioning oil platforms was a nightmarish unaffordable millstone around a future Scotland’s neck that proved it couldn’t be independent?
It turns out it wouldn’t have been so bad after all.
Anthem on The Nobodies: “Ah, so that’s why BP bought up all those natural energy licences and about to pump £bn’s into it. They’re…” Jul 31, 21:21
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “Because the Scottish government is even keener on Nutt Zero than WM. Because the Scottish government has committed Scotland to…” Jul 31, 19:51
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “Strange as it is for me to be sticking up for Confused, he does have a point. I am willing…” Jul 31, 19:43
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “It’s doable if we get the towel heids to do all the hard bits. No doubt that’s the part of…” Jul 31, 19:32
Insider on The Nobodies: “Anthem @ 6:05, You’re having a laugh, aren’t you ?” Jul 31, 18:53
Anthem on The Nobodies: “A little off topic, but why can’t the Scottish government purchase the oil & Gas from BP? It would make…” Jul 31, 18:05
Jay on The Nobodies: “Thank you Agent x” Jul 31, 17:16
Minceheid on The Nobodies: “To be fair they did have a few clever ideas back in yer Golden Age, but sadly it all went…” Jul 31, 16:59
100%Yes on The Nobodies: “The words coming out of your mouth started Nazi Party in Germany. But its only joking, its a same that…” Jul 31, 16:26
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “Occam’s Razor suggests they did invent zero. They needed to put something on the measuring stick to record their cultural…” Jul 31, 15:25
agentx on The Nobodies: “Headline: “Craig Murray unveils Scottish independence plan – that could trigger war” ———————————– Read the full fantasy proposals here: https://archive.ph/okGN0#selection-1235.0-1235.72” Jul 31, 15:18
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “All very true, Northy, but on an Indy supporting site like this one, you omit (I’m certain accidentally 🙂 )…” Jul 31, 15:12
Confused on The Nobodies: “spain invaded by 49 BILLION potential workers to boost the ECONMYUNTHENETZERO (ursula never done lyin was down there, taking line…” Jul 31, 15:01
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: ““Black Skin, White Masks”, eh, Alf? If only we could fathom what that might be about, we could deduce how…” Jul 31, 14:59
Alf Baird on The Nobodies: “A highly informative paper, Fearghas. I especially noted the following, although there is much more in the paper to explain…” Jul 31, 14:40
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “MSM now reporting 60,000 migrants. The usual population of Ceuta is approximately 84,000. This is the second mass invasion. The…” Jul 31, 14:38
Northcode on The Nobodies: “Ceuta is land-joined to North Africa and is not a part of mainland Spain. Most of the 49,000 migrants walked…” Jul 31, 14:28
Captain Caveman on The Nobodies: “Well, I don’t think the Italians are best pleased with Spain’s hopelessly lefty government right now. Not at all. Not…” Jul 31, 13:59
Minceheid on The Nobodies: “Captain Caveman says: 31 July, 2026 at 12:52 pm I love the way the BBC described these 49,000 as “500…” Jul 31, 13:32
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “@Captain Caveman says: 31 July, 2026 at 12:52 pm ‘I love the way the BBC described these 49,000 as “500…” Jul 31, 13:31
Young Lochinvar on The Nobodies: “HMcH In yer haste tae respond you missed the opportunity to quip about the face that launched a thousand boats…” Jul 31, 13:19
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Nobodies: “A 2016 (English-subtitled) interview with Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh. 1916 Centenary analysis. 1916-2016 COTHROM CÉAD BLIAIN: Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh (Gaeilge: NvTv)…” Jul 31, 13:03
Captain Caveman on The Nobodies: “I love the way the BBC described these 49,000 as “500 swimmers”.” Jul 31, 12:52
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Nobodies: “The following is the latest blog article from Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh, Senior Lecturer in History at St. Mary’s University, Belfast.…” Jul 31, 12:47
Minceheid on The Nobodies: “Hatey McHateface says: 31 July, 2026 at 11:11 am Interesting to see that the calls for suspension of EU freedom…” Jul 31, 12:15
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “49,000! That’s a lot of renewable energy consultants, dentists and optometrists. Interesting to see that the calls for suspension of…” Jul 31, 11:11
agentx on The Nobodies: ““The Spanish interior ministry has just said that more than 49,000 people are believed to have swum or walked into…” Jul 31, 10:34
agentx on The Nobodies: “AI response: “On the Wings Over Scotland blog, the absence of a “reply” button on certain comments is caused by…” Jul 31, 10:31
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “@ Young Lochinvar says: 30 July, 2026 at 11:05 pm “I see the casting of a black actress … is…” Jul 31, 10:14
Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “The “Spanish Gibraltar”, Ceuta, is appealing for help from the mother country after an estimated 2 to 3 thousand Moroccans…” Jul 31, 08:26
