Wings Over Scotland

The kind of result Better Together could only dream about!

Sadly the kind of result most of the ‘YES’ camp can only dream of?
Stu you need to drag some of the others into your camp?
WE NEED SOME F***ING SYNERGY FOR YES!

Sadly the kind of result most of the ‘YES’ camp can only dream of?
Stu you need to drag some of the others into your camp?
WE NEED SOME F***ING SYNERGY FOR YES!

Absolutely brilliant, well done rev, and all of us.

Damn it, EVERY SINGLE TIME you do one of these things I end up late to the party!

Party starts at 9pm Taranaich.

Grab a glass and have a toast to wings good fortune. 😉

Well done Rev and well done my fellow ‘Wingers’

BTW Duncan, he wipped me up, into saying that, cos ehm jist a Scoatish simpleton ken.

Easy to suggest now, but 100K is entirely possible.

I’M WITH THE PAYRISE FOR STU CREW 🙂

I think Rev Stu should get at least another tenner for all his hard work.

That and a night off to celebrate.

Then he should get back to fukn work! We’re hard taskmasters and there’s a lot to do 😉

(posted on last thread too, but I don’t care!)

Now to mobilise, whilst the iron is hot

link to yesdunfermline.com

Over £55000 on the site, not counting the generous one off £10 000 donation sent via other means, and still going like a euphoric express train.

Nicely done – and well deserved.

Well done to everyone who has contributed so far, however ever much you could spare.

So, what are we doing tomorrow? 🙂

What do we want?
A pay rise for Stuart!

When do we want it?
Starting tomorrow looks good… 🙂

We should really start putting our heads together for ideas for stretch goals. Maybe apportion some out to other worthy causes? Sponsored meetings for undecideds. Etc

Powerful, Brilliant, Astonishing and Overwhelmingly a superb show from the members, From the Big Hitter’s to the lurckers give yourselves an almighty pat on the back.

I haven’t donated yet but shall do.

Roll on 9pm and let’s all have a collective Drink and Toast the tired and cranky ‘at time’s’ Rev.

I didn’t contribute the first time around, glad to help out this time. Keep up the good work 😉

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Congratulations Rev, and it’s not over yet. The people of wings and Scotland have spoken! Kudos.

The good Reverend has come to the rescue of other fundraisers in the past, and I trust his judgement on if, when? and who?

However, I think I posted here last week that one on going fundraiser which I think represents a good potential impact for the money is Labour For Independence.

Their goal is to get their message to every Labour supporter in Scotland, which I consider would be a very good thing.

I am not a Labour supporter in any way shape or form, now, or anytime this side of indy, but that doesn’t mean I don’t see the potential value of LFI for the Yes campaign.

So I donated a small amount last week and put the fundraising link on Wings comments and elsewhere.

Anyway, since others have already made suggestions, I will put the link here again for consideration by those who have already donated to Wings.

link to indiegogo.com

I am…..astonished 😉

p@ge refresh

Need to put this in front of any and all press / media outlets. They can’t keep ignoring us ordinary folk.

Great tweet there from oor Jojo, “Johann Lament MSP ?@wee_things 24m Just hearing that @WingsScotland has been given money by lots of North Britain’s benefit claimants. Disgraceful use of UK welfare payments” Great stuff. This is all kind of moving though. I thought £6k first day would be a great result.

This is just mental, congrats Rev.

Very good (I’m just in from work).

Speaking of BT, there was one of their newspapers through the door today.

Superb, Rev. I hope you are as proud of yourself as we are all proud of you.

I said about 18 months ago that Wings was the most important Indy site on the Net; this at a time when some other sites such as Newsnet were somewhat stand-offish. Today’s phenomenon has absolutely underlined that importance. Incredible, really incredible.

Thankfully, your worth is now widely recognised and everyone is pulling together, thank you so much for what has already been an immense contribution to this campaign, and let’s all look forward to even greater gains in the run up to the vote.

Congratulations sir, your contract has been renewed. A good day’s work indeed!

as we used to say at the fishing Stu “haud er gan”

Wow! I’ve not been on Wings all day (unusually for me), and when I finally get the chance to log in, not only have you launched your fundraiser, you’ve met the target!!! What a day for me to miss! Have put my few coins in the bucket – will we have reached £100k by tomorrow do you think? 🙂

People say this and that about Wings and the Rev, but (and not that I know him personally) I think he`s lovely and a real trooper.

Congratulations on raising the amount needed. It`s well deserved. Here`s to the next six and bit months, and let`s bring back our old friend Scotland.

Magnificent effort.

I’ve seen a lot of things in my life but none to match this and I’m delighted to be a wee part of it.

Keep fighting the good fight, we’re stronger than we knew.

If you ever wondered how well the readers of this site think of you Stu I think you have just had your answer! 😉

For anyone to be able to raise over £50,000 in less than 9 hours via a crowd funded website is utterly astounding. I know we all thought your first foray into crowd funding last year was about as good as it could get. Well I for one whole heartedly apologise for even thinking that the support you receive from everyone on this site could possibly fail to achieve your desired target this year in anything less than the desired 34 days far less 24 hours! 🙂

More power to your pen nib, figuratively speaking. 😉

Well done folks fantastic, will have a wee drink at 9 to you all keep it going. YES SCOTLAND

With all that cash coming in surely your going to need the ‘broad shoulders of the UK’ and the UK treasury to manage it?

It is just not in our DNA to handle this kind of thing.

How much is 53,080 GBP in bawbees anyway?

Here’s the press release that went out at about 6.45. Drafted by self & albaha & totally trashed & re-written by Stu (well, what did we expect?). Gone to UK press agencies in the first instance:

Now working on something for the wider world:

Thanks to all who sent quotes

PRESS RELEASE

WINGS SOAR TO FUNDRAISING TRIUMPH

Scottish political website Wings Over Scotland today raised more than £60,000 in a little over eight hours to continue its commentary and analysis for another year – a figure 50% higher than Scottish Labour secured from fundraising activities in its entire last accounting year.
(Source: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk)

The second of its annual “crowdfunding” appeals was launched at 10am on Wednesday (February 26) with 35 days to reach its goal of £53,000, but in fact hit the target that evening – in addition to a direct donation of £10,000 made by one reader who didn’t use the official appeal website.

With 34 days still left to run on the appeal, the site – which had already commissioned two Panelbase opinion polls in 2013 – now seems likely to be able to afford an extensive series of projects proposed by its editor, Rev. Stuart Campbell. This includes the publication of a pocket fact book about Scottish independence, commissioning of opinion polls, and a series of live events to promote the virtues of an independent Scotland.

Despite some controversy, including being threatened with legal action by “Better Together” donor Ian Taylor, the site has been characterised as “irreverent, brave, challenging, intelligent and often carrying brilliant analysis and debunking of the media’s campaign against the Yes movement” by media analyst and trainer Colin Meek, and was visited by just under one million readers in the last 12 months – almost a quarter of the Scottish electorate.

A recent poll conducted by Scotpulse found that Wings Over Scotland was relied on for key facts about the independence debate more than any Scottish or UK newspaper.

Some users of the site who donated to the appeal commented:

“I’ve donated to Wings over Scotland because they do what the mainstream media doesn’t. Wings analyses and deconstructs the Westminster propaganda and provides a more balanced view. My donation cost me nothing – I saved it from my daily newspapers. “
Eric McLean

“I want to be able to look in the eyes of my children, grand children and great grandchildren and say I have done my bit for my country’s future freedom , to enable you (my children) to have the opportunity to have a better more equal, prosperous and rich life than I had. “
Stuart John Muir

NOTES FOR EDITORS
Wings Over Scotland is located at http://www.wingsoverscotland.com
Its editor Rev. Stuart Campbell can be contacted at reverendstu@gmail.com

Marvellous. Watched the amount rise throughout my journey to Norway. Dram at 9 pm

Good lord almighty, looks like the world and his wife have sent in their donations…including Carwyn Jones!

Well done man, unbelievable effort to get to this stage. Now is the time to push on with directing as many people as possible to this site, plus National Collective, Bella, Newsnet etc. I’ll be hopefully be getting some of those ‘Aye Right’ leaflets and leaving them in strategic places. For the site to even get close to this sort of milestone is a clear sign that people are fed up of being told by the media that they have to accept Westminster rule until the end of time.

So aye, bevvy at 9, eh?

Lindsay

Lovely wee Bitter Traitor post there

You sound desperate.

You could also do no wrong in supporting this : link to indiegogo.com it’s a stupendous idea (even if I do say so myself)

Alistair Wilson – thanks for the video. I can now see why equal billing was given by the BBC to about 4 BT activists stage managing some leafleting somewhere.

Great news about surpassing the target for funding. I think Wings, independent of the yes campaign, can be a bit more bullish in its approach – gloves off: Yes campaign don’t want to alienate the MSM (well, make them even more biased I guess). Time to start telling people they’re being lied to on a daily basis; time to give people the real scare stories – that a no vote will mean the end of the few positives we have under devolution. Fair enough, Yes want to conduct a positive campaign but the message isn’t getting through to some – those who think there are risks only with voting yes.

Lindsay dont know what your position is re Indy but you certainly come over as a ‘bitter the gither wumman.

A tad annoyed are we?

@Lindsay says:
Well done, do carry on.

For all the thousands of new visitors and posters on Wings today, I’ll just take a minute to explain the function Lindsay serves.

Lindsay comes on from time to time and trots out the Better Together list of points that their little group of paid trolls have been told to posting round the world of Cyberspace today.

So it lets us have a laugh, and saves us the bother of looking around the newspaper websites to see if they are still alive, and what is the latest counterproductive drivel they have been told to circulate, as per some kind of Baldrick-level cunning plan.

This give us more time to spend on our own quality Cybernattin’.

I think the one thing I’ve enjoyed the most while watching twitter today was the flood of tweets about this fundraiser, and also the reactions of Wee Duncan H of labourhame fame

Great work, Rev. Likewise all wingers. I’m both elated and a wee bit worried. If they’re not already, the British nationalist establishment will be really out to get you now.
It might seem slightly illogical but I think you should put yourself even more in the limelight. Publicity could protect you more than relative anonymity. Get yourself interviewed by a major Scottish newspaper. The Sunday Herald?

Great new server, normal refreshing works!

Hang on…does the indiegogo tally not even count the 10k donation? So in reality it’s nearly 70k raised within hours???

Well done everybody! And especially well done to stu for providing us with a site more than worthy of the funds raised.

Great effort from all contributing. I have just Paypaled a tenner. Great things will doubtless flow from this fantastic dedication. Project hear. The information now going out from this site is inspiring. No wonder the unionists are rattled. They are on the back foot lets knock them out.

Re. BBC. Just binned my umpteenth letter from the licence people, have not paid now for two years. I urge everyone who reads this site to do likewise. Why pay for their insulting propaganda. The last time one of these cretins appeared at my door, he asked for me by name. I said, “whose asking” to which the arrogant shit replied, “me.” I then told him to take himself tae fcuk, and shut the door. He tried posting a notice through the door, as I held the letter box flap shut. He then resorted to shouting he would be back. End of. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE NOW.

Why not hold a rally, culminating at BBC Pacific Quay. A boat in the river with some really loud PA and banners. If Rainbow Warrior can chase the Japanese whaling fleet home, surely we can fund a boat on the Clyde to harrass the BBC? We need something big and spectacular. I once suggested a blimp, we could fly one of a boat in the river.

As part of knowing your market, here is a personal reflection on your successful fund raiser.

Because I am a firm ‘Yesser’I am predisposed to help out with your fund raising, but I have to say I would have been less inclined to put my hand in my pocket for Newsnet or Bella, reason being that they are not so immediate and not so user friendly. The crunch though is that you offer a unique perspective which is not matched by anyone else and you do it up-front and with honesty. You guarantee value for money and you offer us ‘Wingers’ an inclusive approach. Your prospectus for the next 7 months and beyond is exciting and not to be missed.

Who wouldn’t help out with such a rewarding site?

Congratulations to everyone. That’s a very powerful confirmation of support for the job being done by WoS on our behalf and for independence.

Astounding to see such a large total target demolished within a few hours.

Well done everyone. All our donations, big and wee, can help make a difference. I can imagine how many times them at BT said FFS as they watched the sum spiral hour on hour.

As I commented over on Indigogo, it shows just how much WOS [Stuart] is appreciated.

The unionists are in full denial mode on the Telegraph.

Bless. 🙂

Note to Ian Brotherhood: Could Stu get dragged up here for the Mcginn do?

He can afford it now…

That is it passed £60,000 now, £70,000 it you count the other donation. Not bad for the first day of the appeal. 😀

£71.258 – what an achievement! Well done Rev, and everyone who contributed. Are we all GM now?

Holy Shit!

‘Our end of the bargain’ isn’t loading for me.

DDOS or lots and lots of wingers?

While I’m in such a good mood after a braw day I’d like to try one last good deed for the day before I drink that toast.

I’m looking for 12.5 volunteers.

I’d like to donate another £20 to Wings and if I can get another 12.5 people to do the same I’d like that total of £270 to buy a Heroes Wings badge for oor Ronnie.

Rev would have to help co-ordinate as we’d just have to put it through the Donate button. Or not?

Any takers?

@X_Sticks – count me in for £20 for Ronnie – braw notion!

I hold you in high regard and drink a respectful toast to you Rev Stu Campbell, slangevar.

here’s to an Independent Scotland

@marcia

Re the committee Gordon McIntyre Kemp on Newsnight Scotland tonight.

Glasses charged? Slainte!

I have just raised a glass to the Rev Stu and all at W.O.S

@X_Sticks – count me in for £20 for Ronnie too.

Slanj all

oh wait, that’s where my Aye 2014 t-shirt came from

still, ’tis the night of goodwill to all

As suggested a toast at 9. Mine’s a Singleton. Cheers everyone.

Henbroon

With all the goodwill shown to this site, surely we should be looking at hiring the Waverley for a couple of hours, it can hold about 1700 people , so that would make a noise even the BBC could not ignore!!!

Cheers all 🙂 🙂 🙂

@Lindsay

YAWN :-0

Interestingly, (or maybe not,) The same number of donors as last year produced double the money this time.

So you can take it that we were well pleased with the investment, Stu.

Rev Stu, you’re a phenomenon!

Here’s to you, to Wings supporters and to Independence.

(Wee dram of The Glenrothes – Select Reserve).

Keeping the rest for 19th September…maybe.

Slainte!

It is a pleasure to donate to the honest, intelligent and principled work of the Rev in helping us gain our rightful Independence. I have a much more sinister reason for wanting Independence-I want that shower of Judases who call themselves Scottish Labour out of business fast so we can reform a real Labour party who care about people in Scotland. Their foul corruption and dishonesty will probably be the subject of an exam question in years to come. How any decent thinking person can vote for them is a mystery. SAOR ALBA! Vote YES!

X- Sticks

Count me in for Ron’s wings.

X- Sticks

Count me in for Ron’s wings.

🙂

Wonder if we’ve just created the biggest toast on the internet 🙂

Oh! Sorry double post. Just the one £20 though.

@HenBroon

I like your thinking!

There is a massive blank white panel of wall on the Pacific Quay building facing the Clyde just crying out to be used as a massive projector screen. Know what I’m saying?

Though I started a wee bit previously ( 😉 ) it’s now after 9 pm, so I’d like to raise a glass to all the good folks on here, and especially Rev Stu but, while we’re doing that, let’s spare a thought for poor wee cringing Lindsay, och fuck it, let’s not bother, Slainte! 😀

Well done Rev.

Aw, missed it.

I’ve got a couple of bottles of Marston’s ‘Old Empire’,

Here’s to the New Republic.

And me for Ronnie’s wings.

I think the DDossers have been toasting …

Just added in a few quid. Total just shy of £62k. Absolutely outstanding effort from everyone here.

Thanks Rev for all the effort you put in. Think reaching your total so quickly proves how much you are thought of. Bet it puts the wind right up the Naw brigade though 🙂

Slainje everyone.

Raised a glass at 9pm on the dot.

Cheers abody. 🙂

Mines a MacAllans, smooth as silk.

Cheers to you Rev and all at Wings.

Chicmac, cheers for the heads up with the software, didnae work on the android but excellent on the Lapper U R a star.

Now, doon tha hatch.

X_Sticks Add me in £20 for Ronnies wings

Fandabbeydozie Stu – I think you’ve got our attention!

Lang may yer lum reek.

BTW – sent my new £4 monthly donation through paypal S/O so there’s another £48 to add in.

You’re worth every penny and more. Grand laddie!

Put yourself in the spotlight Stu, the public will protect you & the spooks wont get to you. hope to see you on Newsnight. if the BBC dare.

@ Lindsay
He he, the total just jumped £75 in the time it took to make a cup of coffee, and there is still another month left.

I’m wondering why you are here right now. What’s the deal? Are you on the payroll or are you simply anti-democratic, anti-Scots, or both? Surely you don’t believe that Westminster and the MSM are providing balanced information?