It’s that time of year again
Posted on
February 27, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Please give as generously as you can, readers. It’ll really upset the Daily Record.
Click the image to go to the 2015 Wings fundraiser site.
A tenner to start me off Stew, more to come, your site is too valuable to loose.
Whits the target Rev?
Donated what I can and I know it will be put to good use. Keep at them Stuart & team. Worth every penny!
I’ll throw a few quid in later on. In the meantime, that’s a damn weaselly article from the Record. I expect none of it is strictly defamatory, but it sails pretty close to the wind. 🙁
How to turn £250,000 into £10,000? Publish false and defamatory articles designed to demean and silence courageous investigative journalist – Je suis Stuart Campbell.
The Record and Murray Foote may be making a sizable involuntary contribution to the Wings fundraiser, bless their mendacious little hearts.
I’d gladly contribute but I’m skint atm I’m afraid. Fear not though, I hear Duncan Hothershall is planning on chucking a few quid your way. He’s a huge fan.
Sweepstake on what time the target is smashed? I reckon 12.30pm
Donation sent Stuart. Keep up the fantastic work that you do and give them hell.
Donation made. Your work is extremely important Rev. as the last few days alone have proved.
Done.
AND THANK YOU:-)
Due to The Hoth,i have doubled my donation.
Thanks for all the brilliant work you are doing.
Small donation made. Thanks Rev.
Donation gratefully made. Your work is greatly appreciated.
Getintaethum
Done. Keep calling them out Stu. In the ‘fog’ of the information battle this site has proved invaluable to opening the eyes of the electorate.
Done
Chucked in a quid as a token gesture. (Best I could do). Just to show appreciation for what you do. Keep keeping the bastards in check. 😉
Thrown some money into your virtual begging bowl, just to annoy the Daily Record of course.
Done and done.
Well, there is an additional 630 NOK (£50) sailing over from Norway
Keep up the great work
I reckon it will be smashed by 12.18pm.
Can’t get “PayPal” to work, ah well, by the time I will, I’ll give me time to increase the donation.
Done. (Hi Daily Record ????)
Donations flooding total was about £5.5k when I started mine and was over £8k by the time I had finished….
In for a tenner Stu – your work is invaluable.
Astonishing – more than £9000 raised in 25 minutes.
sent donation last Monday will send more when I get my pension
Rev – contributed gladly and with gratitude!
Best £20 I’ve spent for a while! And thanks for exposing the gutter, sorry sewage, press so effectively.
going well I see, have a few quid from me
Done and well worth the money. I haven’t bought/read a book in bloody ages 🙂 A little disappointed in FM but I suppose she has to say all the right things. Bring on the 7th May.
Done
Hey! That was a stroke of good luck Stu!!
The day you launch the fundraiser, is the last Friday / working day / 27th / 28th / 29th of the month & most people have just been paid! – What a coincidence – LOL
(Rolls eyes)
Donation paid. Sook anither ane Record!
Money well spent – still the number one site for Scottish politics.
I will weight tonight at the coo’s tail as usual.
Done! Small price to pay for keeping the best of the fifth estate going. The fourth estate let us down a long time ago and is in terminal decline.
Will donate when able, great work.
GMS now discussing BBC License fee, is it worth it.
Gary Campbell now valiantly trying to hold the line.
A fifty-hour week (at the least) on the Living Wage. What a contrast with those who regard their pay as an MP as mere loose change, to be augmented by everything that they can grab out of the “expenses” and “consultancy” trough. Donated. Your work is beyond price. Thank you.
A wee contribution from me to continue the fight
All the best
Kenlike
Oh my, just looked at the fund raiser. I gave my last wee blue book away the day before the vote. I’m so tempted by the souvenir edition
🙂
I’ve contributed what I can Stu. They don’t like it up ’em!
O/T Gary Robertson on Radio Scotland right now asking people to phone in with their views on the BBC License tax. Both my phone numbers are blocked. Good luck.
Stu
Just going into a meeting but you will have it this afternoon – I fancy a couple of wee blue books 🙂
Lol, if you refresh after you’ve made your donation you can see the total visibly increasing – and by large amounts.
£13,748 when I came here to comment. Went back and refreshed: £13,952.
(Went back £14,237)
If only there was video of all the unionists coughing and spluttering as this campaign runs.
Stu, I’ll be astonished at a level Lamont could only dream of, if you don’t make target by lunchtime.
Done. You’ll be there by 11am.
And many thanks for what you do.
I’m gonna have one of those days hitting F5 and watching the number get bigger while sniggering at the thought of all Labour types grinding their teeth.
Waiting for paypal, then the cash is all yours Rev…
For as long as the MSM continue to lie and manipulate the News on an industrial scale then I’m happy to donate for the lies they propagate to be ripped apart by fact based analysis.
Thanks is good, but Thanks with a wee bung is better..
Dear Stu, Whoooosh!
Done. (And I need every penny myself. Sigh.)
Done. More later after next payday. Well worth the money (and then some)to counterbalance the facile corruption of what once was professional journalism in the Scottish media.
Stu
Done & dusted 🙂
£15,000 in less than an hour. Amazing! Ever get the idea that people appreciate this site?
Well done Stu & keep, keeping on exposing the lies of Lib/Lab/Con Tories, BBC & MSM. More power to your elbow and keyboard.
slàinte mhath
Looking forward to my copy of the Special Wee Blue Book still relevant today. Keep on going Rev lets make a real difference this May. Come on People give all you can this Site is worth it’s weight in Gold!
Done. Hey DR do you hear the people sing?
How much is a Daily Record subscription? Just so I know how much to give?
First tenner donated…will try for more later. was at +£17k by the time I was processed.
Are the bank a/c details stll the same? Can’t access funder details.
The irony – we have to pay BBC so they can lie to us, then Pay WoS to expose their lies!
Glad to be able to help, already at 39%,wow.
Keep up the great work.
whoosh—-payment away.
Labour’s Duncan’s reaction to the every increasing total;
link to youtube.com
Nice to see this up! Will be making a donation this evening!
Stu
Did we ever find out how Labour got on with their fundraiser for the 10 campaign assistant jobs? I only ever saw the ad on here & twitter for 1 day & nothing since.
Just curious you know 🙂
@Clootie
I hope you’ll be buying Jean a wee gold Wings badge too! You know you want to…
It’s a bargain at any price! I say smashed at 12pm!
my contribution sent!.
still waiting for this “top secret wonder weapon”!.
What a week for WOS!,mair power to your elbow Stu.
Done.
Hope you absolutely smash the target. Fingers crossed all that additional exposure you got the last couple of days will help too.
Anyone who pisses off the Daily Retard is worth a tenner in my book. Don’t go blowing it all on champagne, eh?
I have a feeling this is going to be a Refresh (F5) Friday!!
@Lanarkist
O/T
Can you give our mutual friend your email so they can pass on to me please.
Done and dusted. Keep at it Rev.
I have loads of work to get through today, but I can’t keep away from that page refresh… wow!
Perfect timing! Just when the electricity company promised me a refund. What do you mean, it wasn’t specially timed just to suit me? 🙂
I hardly ever comment here, but please know that you’re doing a terrific job and your hard work is much appreciated.
Delighted to be able to contribute. Money well spent. Looking forward to my copy of WBB
Made my donation and in the minute or so it took to process the total had leapt about another grand, not all from me- my contribution was modest.
Incidentally if you if you look at the referrals tab in your indiegogo account you can see how much people who click on any of your links have shared.
Despite only having a small number of followers on social media I’m pleased to note my links have brought in £100 between various campaigns, so it really is worth sharing the fundraiser links.
How could I possibly refuse such a kind invitation to cause annoyance to the Daily Record?
Now, please excuse me while I locate my credit card…
Wow! “Ranting cybernats!” then surprise surprise the arsewipe paper goes on to twist the story. Of course no mention how the unionist puppet is allowed to lie to the electorate on a political pamphlet wearing an NHS uniform. Feel let down by Sturgeon.
just a wee thought – where’s Kendomacaroonbar??.
also can’t get paypal to work right now. I’ll try when I’m home in the evening. I’ve also, as with others, been inspired to donate a little extra due to the monstering we rabid nationalists are getting. And the Daily Record is hilarious btw.
link to indiegogo.com
Wings – Trending #1 Worldwide on Politics
X_Sticks says:
27 February, 2015 at 10:21 am
Jean will do her own thing (as you well know) 🙂
I’m in a meeting but can’t help checking total!
I’m proud of you all – whatever you can afford…and we appreciate that some of you cannot afford anything.
£20,000 (44%) passed by 10.32am …… no bad 🙂
Sorry, completely off topic here but i`ve just read an article on Newsnet about the latest incident of the laughingly called BBC Trust excusing the BBC of any wrong doing over its coverage of a number of issues regarding Scotland, it`s referendum, oil claims etc.
I really think we have no option but to start a campaign (would it even be legal?) of non payment in Scotland. They are secretive and anti democratic especially where Scotland is concerned and have left us no option I feel to take them head on and expose them in a way that they can`t just fob us off in the usual manner. Join us at the demo this month, Sunday the 15th @ Pacific Quay. Lets make it one they can`t ignore!
The campaign has hit 45%
Thought that was worth a mention. 😛
Shut up and take my money!
[…] It’s that time of year again […]
Just wanted to say that the “story” and the cartoon of course, on Indiegogo is great. It wasn’t showing when I went on to donate (2,000 when I arrived and 12,000 by the time my payment got through).
You more than justify your use of the donations, and I am happy to do my bit, I am a bit addicted to this site.
Well that’s Stu’s salary paid already!
A thought. All of us ‘refreshers’ are probably holding up the folk trying to pay. Maybe one person can do the refreshing and announce the total here periodically. Volunteer?
Stu, just made a donation on behalf of my wife and myself. Please continue to really, really upset the Daily Record and all their fellow travellers. Appreciate the good work. Keep it up.
Jeez…The total is spinning faster than the Red Tories lie-o-meter!
@ dawn in nl
That was some gift, £10,000?
🙂
Keep up the good work
About time too, Stu!!
£50 smackeroonies sent from me. Will try and give more later.
Keep at it. They really, really, really don’t like it up ’em.
Well, I’m really disappointed in you all.
The fundraiser’s been up for nearly two hours and it’s only raised 53% of the total.
At this rate it’ll be lunchtime before we reach the total 😉
Wings Now Trending #7 Worldwide in ALL Categories
link to indiegogo.com
A modicum donated. Thanks Stu.
East Lothian Courier
Robert McNeill, 55, from Tranent, posted the colour-coded graphic, which called for tactical voting in 16 Scottish constituencies – but not East Lothian – on social media on Monday.
The former Tranent councillor – whose supporters say later suffered a torrent of online abuse – had apparently meant to only highlight the content of the graphic and in no way had intended to endorse its content.
A source close to Mr McNeill told the Courier: “He regrets what he did: he was not endorsing the content of the tweet but was instead aiming to highlight it
bfh–what a load of shate,up their with daily record correction
Rev,
I’m in the process of earning my “Wings” (my silver wings) and i want one of those wee hardback souvenirs.
I don’t like the idea of wasting money on polls, however, i’m chuffed to bits with everything else this site does, and i especially like your new ideas on:
(1)-Introducing the App for phones & tablets.
(2)-Commissioning proper investigations.
And i can’t wait for the unveiling of Project Red.
Words can’t express what you and WOS mean to all of us.
When you consider what you have to pay for the absolute shite the Daily Rectum and BBC churn out 24/7, WOS is worth every single penny.
And if i was a wealthy man there would be no need for donations.
Keep up the excellent work.
😉
Well, that’s the 55% obliterated now. Onwards to 45, and beyond Stu.
That was a narrow squeak!
It took 1/2 hour pounding away at the Indigo walls before they finally crumbled and accepted my contribution… 😉
I’ll bet that the eyes of Labour, (Tories and Lib Dems as well) are firmly riveted on Wings today, mad with hate and foaming with jealousy. You mugs have got Murphy.
Oh how good it feels.. 🙂
Lets see, where’s todays things to do list. Oh, there it is,
1) Buy Daily Record – nope.
2) Give money to Dunky Bawbag – eh, nope.
3) Annoy Daily Record and Dunky Bawbag by giving money to a professional journalist – check.
Done.
Stoker
I like the polls because a) it really upsets the opposition
and b)Stu asks the questions that matter to people not just the ones that matter to parties. Very enlightening 🙂
Done. Keep up the good work.
Things are a bit slow this year, only 57% of the target after three hours 😉
Keep up the good work, we need you and others like you, until Scotland is independant once again.
Donated what I can – will do more later
Bugger (the Panda) says:10.53
I wish 🙂 just very slow indiegogo and paypal (and a fast growing total of course).
Just donated £52 to earn the special edition Wee Blue Book.
I even persuaded my parsimonious, canny, wee maw (who, when she last made a charitable donation, it was to ‘The Titanic’ Survivors’ Appeal’) to cough up twenty smackeroonies for the cause.
To my fellow, awesome Wingers: Fly, my pretties! Fly! Fly!
Hope yer nerves aren’t fraying Stu…delivery due within the hour methinks…it’s going to be a smashing fund 🙂
One to WGD this mornin’ and one here.
Anyone got taxi fair hame? 🙂
Wingers
YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING
This will NOT be mentioned on any MSM .
maybe give the National a wee letter when the total is smashed with 30 days still to go (fingers crossed)
Happy dayz are here again 🙂
Donation made. And a wee something sent to the Wee Dug as well.
Donated.
Good luck.
Perhaps you should also set up a gocardless monthly direct debit thing? People would find £5 a month easier to manage than a lump sum, which, when you need to buy 2 new tyres and car tax in the same week, can sting a bit.
The way it’s going, the target will be long surpassed days before I’ll be able to make my modest donation sometime next week. 😀
It’s now at £28,363 (63%)
I only work 20 hours a week so struggle a bit. Believe me would love to donate the £1k for the wings works.
Well Stu, you work hard to do your bit, time for us to do ours. So mine going on now!
Gladly chipped in.
If the Daily Record sales keep dropping, they will need to do one of these fundraisers every month, just to pay for their puppet reporters.
Are you watching how it’s done Mr David Clegg. If I was head of Trinity Mirror PLC, I would sack David Clegg on the grounds of gross incompetence and catastrophic drop in their readership.
You could always get a job at BBC Scotland. They are always on the lookout for extremely bitter, biased, rabid wee unionists.
The Daily Record has backed the wrong horse.
Ah wings over Scotland is calling to me
It’s Rev Stu’s fundraiser, a braw day to see
Dig deep in your pockets and send him some cash
Worth every penny to kick slabour’s arse
Sure they are gurning & greeting this morn
As the total is climbing knowing they’ll soon be gone
Botherall and murphy with their heid’s in their hands
looks like hiring McTernan was a really bad plan
Wee cailleach will be donating this evening Stu.
I’ve not given an awful lot but it looks like you may hit the target before today’s out – just under 30k and it’s not even midday!
It’s worth every penny. This site is the jewel in the crown of Scotland’s (and Somerset’s) alternative media.
Two thirds of the way there 30k raised. Only 15k to go.
Get your cards out people.
Oh enjoying the view Daily Redcoat?
This seems to be a frightfully easy way to get some cash – any tips old boy?
Just punted a modest amount, the pension doesn’t stetch as far as I would like and there are other fundraisers on the horizon to get rid of the useless Ms McKechan (I’ve always got to resist the temptation to put a double ‘e’ in her name).
Donated some of the money that was freed up from the BBC License Fee (i.e. British State Propaganda Tax) which remains cancelled since 2013.
And to the Editor of the Daily Record, I am looking forward to the day when your newspaper can only be read as a reference copy of fiction from a filing cabinet at the Mitchell Library.
Wings Over Scotland well worth it’s weight in gold, my first and last port of call for exposing the unionist media and unionist parties constant daily lies. Glad to have contributed in some small measure, keep up the good work Rev Stu the good fight still goes on.
Good luck with this go-around. Not that you need it, but good luck all the same.
@Indigo 9.22am
I think there is a limitation on the site how quickly things are processed – my current estimate is that the target will be met at dentist time – 2.30pm
Small donation made and will buy some car stickers to promote site when finished work tonight.
Many thanks again Stuart
Have donated 100 pounds which probably works out at about 1p a visit to this site over the last year.
Done, and also sent some gravy bones to the wee ginger dug.
Just donated don’t comment much but love this site and all the great work Stu and his colleagues do.
@Karmanaut
There’s already a monthly donate function set up, which is great for anyone who finds that a more manageable way to donate.
link to wingsoverscotland.com
It is excellent to see the fund increasing so fast, more scratching heads in the Slab/ BT operation room.
I had this vision of someone shouting where is McTernan? Oh, he is off to the pub to get pissed was a subdued reply.
Also reminds me of the “Hitler’s Bunker” clip, to a “T” to be honest.
Stu,
You seem to think a year of your time is worth as much as four days of Rifkinds!
I’ll be delighted to make a contribution and will use this as a reminder to bung a bit to some of the others who do so much for our country’s future.
Many thanks.
Predictions aren’t my strong suit…nonetheless…it will be smashed within the hour, just not the hour that I predicted before 😉
Few more quid your way Stu, well deserved, while it’s not the only donation I feel good about making, it’s certainly the one I get most excited about- Project Red, tell us more, will ya, c’mon???
Fund at 76% now, I think it will be busted in a few hours.
However 700 subscribers,which leaves a whole lot of room to well exceed expectations, ie those working come home.
Doing great Rev, hope it goes much higher.
An aside, I was going to contribute £10, however when noticing that some said they were not in the position to contribute. So I contributed another £40 to mine to cover a £10 for four of you guys. So that is your contribution, keep your heads high.
Thanks for all your work Reverend and WoS! Wish it was much more. Its brave and clever people like you writing and debating that run rings round our loonytunes UKOK establishment and their ridiculous hired goons.
The National really needs to make you an offer you cant refuse:D
i’m crying now.
moved by the amazing vocal generosity, selfless commitment to just cause and freedom.
it’s heartwarming.
we shall overcome.
And just to think you almost packed it in!! Ho,Ho,Ho. And another donation made.
I’ve been reading this site (almost) every day for nearly 2 years now. Haven’t posted before and may not post much in the future. Keep up the good work and make use of the spare cash I’m able to donate just now. Cheers.
O/T, but important, The vice chair of UKIP just announced on the Daily politics (at around 1220), when being interviewed by Andrew Neil, that they would cut the funding to Scotland by between 3 to 8 billion per year, by abolishing the Barnett formula.
Considering the Scottish tax receipts more than fund the current Barnett amount, this would mean Scots paying taxes for absolutely nothing.
To add even more hilarity for Scots, she then said the amount would depend upon negotiations!!! i.e. you can lose 3 billion or lose 8 billion, which would you prefer, Scotland.
Anybody voting UKIP in Scotland is akin to a turkey voting for christmas.
I still think Stuart should pay himself a bit more.
Hideously financially stretched here, but Wings and the Dug are worth their weight in gold.
Looks like its going well 🙂 Chucked in a wee bit to help along.
thanks wings
you’ve given me many a shuddering shadengasm over the months.
BBC licence cancelled – half to you, half to common weal
(actually, I kept 50p back and bought myself a double decker too)
At this rate it’ll take until 2pm to get the full amount. You lot are getting sluggish. 🙂
Thanks for that info Betsy. I’ll set that up for future donations.
The single £10.00 note that Rev Stu washes through the indiegogo fundraiser site must have disitingrated by now!
How does he do it?
10 squid sent. Don’t know what that is in EUR.
Just as well it is pay day.
It’s heartwarming to see the range of donations & comments on the Wings crowdfunder pages.From the smallest to the largest donation, it’s a clear indication of what this site means to so very many people.
831 donors so far totalling £36,661 is amazing when you think that it’s all coming from the grassroots, particularly at a time when we are also trying to support election campaigns, campaign hubs & shops, other sites etc. Stuart you should be so proud of the monster you have created. Clearly many people are proud of what it does. Good man 🙂
There must be more who can’t afford to donate but to them I would say don’t worry about it-you need that money more than Wings does but you can do your bit by spreading the word about Wings or even posting a comment occasionally.
Rev, I worship daily at this altar of truth. So more than happy to add something to the collection plate.
52.00 donated, and some idiot (me) pressed the anon button before I put my little bit in. 🙁
Robert Louis says:
“The vice chair of UKIP just announced …. they would cut the funding to Scotland by between 3 to 8 billion per year, by abolishing the Barnett formula.”
I suspect there are a lot more in WM who would like to do the same! By pushing the ‘subsidy junkie’ myth, the MSM in England has encouraged a lot of the English population to think along the same lines.
UKIP will get nowhere in the GE, however Con/Lab continue to be as big a threat to Scotland. To counter this, we NEED to send a bus load of SNP MPs.
… AND, by crowd funding WoS 🙂
“SALARY: As with last year, I want to pay myself as editor for a 50-hour week at the Living Wage. This year that comes to £20,410. (It’s not a fortune but I have an inexpensive lifestyle and people bung me the odd fiver over the course of the year too, so I get by fine.) Overtime is free.”
Inexpensive lifestyle or not Stuart, I (and I’m sure everyone else will back me up here) think you are selling yourself short.
Please, please take a sensible salary. The UK average salary is £26k. To my mind your efforts are worth much more than that.
You should at least match the UK average, and I’d have no problem with even a bit more so you can take a decent break (or two) from the fray. We don’t want you burnt out before we reach the finish line. 😀 😉
Husband contributed a wee while ago from both of us. Not too far to go now, I reckon I go with the 2.30pm proposed for the target to be reached.
Just donated a few quid. The total has already reached over £38,000 out of the £45,000 target! Keep this up Rev and you could reach £500,000!
i contributed this morning when it was at £10k now at £38k
amazin
X_Sticks is right Rev. Pay yourself a decent salary. I’m sure that nobody will grudge you it.
Having been branded a “ranting cybernat” by the Daily Record I thought it appropriate to double my contribution to Wings this year. Something is clearly working!
Thanks for all your hard work Stu.
So, Labour want to reduce tuition fees in Engerland by 3k per year. Is that it? not abolishing because they are manifestly unfair and bad for any economy?
You know when I look at the likes of Jim Murphy, who, to use Billy Bragg’s terminology from many years ago, literally w**ed his way through his degree (and didn’t get it), without paying a penny in tuition fees, who now supports annual fees of 6k, I just cannot stomach the hypocrisy.
All those Westminster graduates, especially Labour MP’s who did their degree with a student grant AND NO tuition fees, think it is quite alright to charge 6K per year.
Many people, especially Labour just have not grasped how much finances have changed for students. Much of the accomodation and residence blocks are privately run now, and are frankly extortionate, the Universities themselves are charging more for other things like replacement student cards, graduation, registration and so on, many of the heavily subsidised canteens which the likes of Jim Murphy will have enjoyed during his fee free nine year stint in University are now much more expensive in real terms, with many privately run.
Seriously, my message to Labour MP’s is simply this, if you think 6K a year is quite OK, then how about you dig into YOUR pocket, and pay back the equivalent FEES for YOUR degree, which YOU obtained free of charge. Hypocrites the lot of them. To add to the misery, it is clear that if Labour were elected in Scotland, they would re-introduce tuition fees here (it was of course LABOUR who first introduced tuition fees for students in the UK, and NOT the Tories, as many people erroneously believe).
Nice to see the wings funding total climb, at 86% of target already. 🙂 The more we raise, the more we can see lying toerags in the foreign owned ‘scottishy’ media, the propagandist BBC and the lying duplicitious Labour party exposed. 🙂
A wull bit ah cannae. Ah don’t dae credit-cairds, cheques etc.
Twintae in ah broon poke. Bit whaur?
done
84% already
wow…….just wow
and they thought it was all over
snigger
Judging by the pace of donations, 45k target will be reached around quarter past 2. Awesome!
Fandabeedozee….
Tried four times to donate but the ‘Halifax secure check’ keep timing out after I press the button.
I will persevere because the hard back edition is a nice thing to own.
🙂
Target will be exceeded in a wee while I am sure. Also agree that the average wage of £26k is good value for us readers for the good work you are doing.
Stu
I’ll chip in something too.
Regarding your call for writers, I have posted a number of humorous articles on various sites (including this one) over the years, had some stuff published in magazines and wrote a prize winning article some years back which led to a Radio Scotland interview.
I would be happy to write some satirical stuff for Wings as my contribution to the cause. You have my email if you want to contact me.
One of several contributions I will make.Thanks Rev
Donation made. Many thanks again Stu for all your work and inspiration. For me this site is the hub of the new Scottish Enlightenment.
Les Wilson
What an excellent idea. I’ve just copied you & chucked in an extra £50 on top of my original donation so that’s a few more covered who may be struggling to donate.
Every little helps only this time it’s definitely not TESCO 🙂
Done £52.00, its worth every penny. A pound a week. Come on guys this is the best site for education and keeping Scotland safe from the lies of MSM. Stu your worth every penny. Lets bring Scotland home in May 2015.
Robert Louis says:
27 February, 2015 at 12:36 pm
Robert
You summed it up accurately. Scotland will be a key target of any pressure they can apply at Westminster.
Only an idiot would vote for them (I suppose that covers most UKIP voters anyway)
Pleased to have donated a pensioner’s bawbee, Stu. Keep up the good work. I hope that one day we can get the country we deserve, with truly ‘grown up’ politics from people who HONESTLY care for their country, its people and its future, and a media which is fair, decent and honest.
For the moment, all I can say is, there is nothing ‘grown up’ about the way SLAB is behaving and the MSM is beneath contempt. Even our local rag is full of anti Scottish Government rants these days usually to do with wind turbines but anything else they can dig up and moan about whereas in the past they concentrated entirely on local issues from a local perspective. I may be wrong, but this whole SLAB/MSM thing smacks to me of British Establishment shenanigans with SLAB willingly firing the broadsides on its behalf, their reward being, destroy the credibility of the SNP and get your fiefdom back. Shame on them.
The total is up to an amazing 37,000, every little helps. Its great to see everyone pulling together and giving what they can. That’s what team playing is supposed to be, who can afford to give a little more do and who can’t give what they can and anyone who can’t, use their time to share the word. That’s team work, everyone has a part to play. Big thank you to Stu for political education and for open up our eyes to the lies of MSM. Keep up the good work.
“Robert Louis says:
27 February, 2015 at 12:36 pm
O/T, but important, The vice chair of UKIP just announced on the Daily politics (at around 1220), when being interviewed by Andrew Neil, that they would cut the funding to Scotland by between 3 to 8 billion per year, by abolishing the Barnett formula.”
Actually, abolishing Barnett is a good idea. We should be campaigning for the replacement of Barnett with the previous method, Goschen.
There is an interesting document from 2009 from the Welsh Assembly which provides enlightening information on it, (link below) number 3, History of the Barnett formula.
The Goschen formula is the one that resulted in the clear and precise figures being issued which showed Scotland getting less back than it put in and public release was discontinued around 1922. There was a post here on Wings and accompanying spreadsheet during the referendum campaign.
I’d like to see the face of the vice chair of UKIP when they see clear money in/money out rather than percentage of identifiable spending in relation to Scotland’s finances.
link to assembly.wales
Donated with pleasure & many thanks for all WoS is doing to open the eyes of the public.
When I first started looking at Wings it was as a bystander, one of the silent indy supporters, but not motivated really to get out & about. Here I am just over a year later up to my neck in it & loving every minute. It’s been (with one notable exception) a fantastic year, I’ve made many new friends at a stage in my life where that can be difficult & I am much more confident. It’s all thanks to WoS.
Seriously. Do you have a PO BOX number?
@ WINGERS.
£ 20.410.£ 20.410 for a Editors salery,+ overtime, that Rev knows how tae get WOS intae trouble, weil be reported tae Low Pay Commission weil be the laughin stock of the Media ,ah kin see the Daily Retard heidlings the noo Man In the Bath Chained tae His Laptop by they Nasty Cybernats OH the Shame weil no live this doon.
Please give generously, REV furgout tae add the Anti Wrinkle Cream fur when WE let him oot.
Twenty two minutes past one in the afternoon and £40k reached (£40,037). Oh, to be McTernan’s swear jar …
@ WINGERS.
Ah furgoat in ma last post.
Ah Wrinkly WRANKLY Rev,s no tae be triffled wie ( Daily Retarded ).
88% of target achieved. Well done Wingers, and thank you very much for all your hard work.
Excited to hear about Project Red!
@ Robert Louis
The vice chair of UKIP said that did they?
Better Together coming to a cinema near you any day now folks. Can’t you just feel the lurve?
People voted for this?
Boom! 40K!! 🙂
90%…
what time did this post go up?
Donated and glad to do so!
Done my wee bitty, please keep up the good work Rev Stu.
Stuart,you’re worth at least as much as Rifkind and Slack Jaw Straw,so I recommend you take the lot and put it into a nice HSBC account (Zurich branch).
It’s only avoidance not evasion so what’s sauce for the goose.
Credit to you Stu, people desperate to contribute. Brilliant. Another fantastic response. Well done everyone. I’m so proud to be on the side of the good guys
Hi Stu
when I get home tonight I will sent up a standing order for £5.00 per month in the wings account not a lot but something.
Made my biggest donation ever to anything! That’s a big GIRFUY to McTernan, Smurph, Ian Bigot Smart and above all the Daily Record. This site is SCOTLAND’S CHAMPION!!!
Just donated, keep up the good* work Stuart.
(*great, actually)
🙂 Nice to see Alistair Darling giving his support to the fund raiser.
Well done Stu – thats my few quid bunged into the war chest.
Glad to get in before the target is breached (only just it seems)
Ye god’s man, here I am 4 hours into the fund raiser and you are ALREADY at £41,064! 🙂
What is it and Wings fund raisers. No matter what the total they seem to not just take off but go supersonic as soon as they do! Last year’s wee tin rattler raised an absolutely amazing amount in a fantastic short period of time. I’m not even going to start trying to guess where this one will end up. There is one for sure though … I think you can safely say you have secured another year’s work Stu. Well done what an AWESOME site this is and an AMAZING job you do to keeping it running. 😛
I’m now off to rumage down the back of the sofa and you are more than welcome to all the “shrapnel” that I find. there. Of course I won’t send the “shrapnel” I’ll add it all up and send you the total amount, just in case you thought you might be receiving a “package” in the next few days. 😀
A tenner now and more when I get paid, with pleasure Rev 🙂
.42pm: Over 1,000 funders, over £41,500 raised! And 30 more days to go…
Well done Wingers! Nearly over the threshhold–let’s keep pushing Wingers and show the Daily Redcoat and SLABBC just what they’re up against–intelligent people who can spot a Daily Redcoat/SLABBC lie a light year away.
O/T – Stu, why not show the Redcoat/SLABBC just who these “vile cyberbnats” are that hang around here on Wings by posting a number of Winger profiles? I, for one, am not some shady, spotty-faced teenage, lurking at a keyboard in the wee small hours of the morning, pouring out bile to poor Scottish NHS nurses and nor do I do of anyone here on Wings that fits such a profile.
But that is the image the Daily Redcoat/SLABBC are inent on portraying Wings as. So–let’s shoot them down with some of our own member profiles posted up on Wings. I’d be happy to post my profile. Just a thought.
1.42pm: Over 1,000 funders, over £41,500 raised! And 30 more days to go…
Rev
Stephen Ramsay has posted a good idea in your crowdfunder comments page-take a look & see what you think 🙂
link to indiegogo.com
Stuart, I am honoured to be able to donate. Anytime Chief.
Stuart, PLEASE can you consider launching a paper format NEWSPAPER as your next project?
I know we have The National, and The Sunday Herald, But if I understand the birth of WoS it was the unfairness of 37 newspaper FOR the Union and just the ONE Sunday paper FOR Independence that moved you to create Wings Over Scotland online.
Surely there is room for another new Scottish Daily Newspaper with a pro Independence editorial?
I already buy the National and The Sunday Herald, and would buy a new WoS SCOTTISH DAILY NEWS. If you were to make a mega CROWDFUND to establish a second National Daily in Scotland I am SURE there would be a huge lump donated TO START THE NEWSPAPER. Plus it would give an elegant reply to the Daily Record’s dreadful conduct of late.
Best regards, Calum.
@ Lollysmum.
I’m repeating this part of your previous post because i couldn’t agree more, especially the part about spreading the word.
“There must be more who can’t afford to donate but to them I would say don’t worry about it, you need that money more than Wings does but you can do your bit by spreading the word about Wings or even posting a comment occasionally.”
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@ Rev.
I would also like to reiterate some of the previous comments urging you to give yourself a wee pay-rise and take that much needed break.
FFS, there are turds in the Unionist media earning over double that amount for spewing utter excrement so what price truth?
I don’t think anyone would grumble if you gave yourself a wee modest pay-rise to £30K, and if the fundraiser far exceeds all expectations i would go as far as to suggest £35K.
Also, Sally McMoist masqueraded as a football manager and took a salary of millions under false pretences. Get real, Rev.
Project Red – Can not wait for this to surface.
However, one thing bugged me last year. I was late to the WoS party, but always got the feeling that not enough WBB’s were printed last year. By the time I saw the fundraiser for it it had already been maxed out and closed – a doubling (or more) of the print run could easily have been achieved.
Anyway, contribution sent 🙂
Well done all, nearly at target already only slightly over 3k to go amazing.
Has Hotdog-stall came away with “fake fundraiser” comments yet ?
New website to bookmark
link to firstminister.gov.scot
94% reached; only a couple of thousand to go. Astounding, well done everyone. Wee Duncy been quiet this morning?
Wings Now Trending #3 Worldwide
link to indiegogo.com
It’s a nice feeling, being part of something.
Calum McLean says:
27 February, 2015 at 1:44 pm
Dead Tree News is too slow for the type of format Wimgers look for in my opinion.
just a fiver from me, but keep on diging the dirt on the union, cheers!
Well the wife and I have been slowly putting aside nearly £3k so as we could stop work at the end of March and go full time on the election.
You were just about to get £569 of it when the wife (Brenda) lodged an objection pointing out there would be only one badge and she would be getting it.
So, you will be getting £250 now and £250 after we get paid, and I will get marital bliss and a badge too. Seems to me you need to think about the ‘price points’ the next time.
When I opened the donations page, they were at £40,047. and when I hit the magic button, it was £41,141.00. Incredible! But believable! Because folks here ‘believe’ in Scotland!
I feel incredibly lucky to have found this site where people feel as I do. Thank you all for the amazing information, the insightful wisdom that you all have and the way you humorously make my day, no matter how awful the present government is trying to make it.
I had no trouble deciding to add my wee contribution to the pot – £10 for me and £10 each on behalf of 4 other WoS characters whose money doesn’t stretch far enough to feel they can contribute. Now you have – you just didn’t know you had. (I did put in an extra £2.00 to bring the contribution up to £52. so that I could claim a WBB though! A coveted Christmas pressie for someone who loves reading the articles here as much as I do!). Goooooo, the Rev Stuart!! You’re almost there!! 🙂
You’re a bargain, Rev, delighted to contribute.
96% reached by 13:54, way to go everybody! Having spent the last 4 weeks as one of the “great unwashed” I’m not in a position to donate this time. Start a new job on Monday, so, if the fundraiser runs for it’s allotted time, I might still manage something from my first pay 🙂
Keep giving them the fear Stu, we’re all with you!
Dear Wingers, For the past year I’ve been glued here, not contributing but learning. Sometimes the descriptions of folk in the public eye have been so funny, I was prompted to make pictures of them for my own amusement. They might amuse you too! Here’s my contribution
link to gmtopp.wix.com
£189 short of the total (at the time of posting)
OT
Anyone got access to The Times site?
There is an editorial today about how the SNP MUST be stopped.
I just have a morbid interest in exactly how they suggest this can be done.
Good God. I’m shocked to find that you have almost reached your target in just one day. I’d have thought it would only have taken a few hours. It would only have taken a minute if I’d won something worthwhile from Lotto. Shame I can only manage £20 at the moment but boy, will this fundraiser make the MSM jealous. Keep sticking it to them, Stu. It’s time someone taught them what real journalists do when they have the interests of the public at heart.
Well, I’m still keeping up my £2 per month subscription. Cheers for a good read. 🙂
Reckon I qualify as a Wings Supporter by now? 😀
Done. The best £50 that I’ve ever spent. Hope you double your target!
@ Bob Sinclair, in the dim & distant past when you arrived at WOS ,you hud anither name, noo whit wiz it again LoL.
Am unemployed at the moment, but I have given a fiver to this site. Wish I could contribute more.
Thank you Rev. for all your work. Keep it up, we are behind you.
It is just after 2.00pm and 99% of the £45,000 has been raised. Not bad for half a days effort.
Rev Stuart, I’ve run two plcs, several limited companies and established two registered charities. ALL required funding – so have seen a few of these efforts. But I have NEVER seen such a fund raising endeavour as the Wings Over Scotland fundraising event today!
Apart from becoming a new and very regular WoS reader due to your decent, objective, near forensic journalism, I am awed at the figures – readers, pageviews and £££s contributed.
The Referendum was something very special that changed Scotland forever. But there is something else going on at Wings Over Scotland. Those who should know better are denigrating the website, and FAIL to understand it. Utterly.
Polls are one thing, but your fundraiser this morning says much more. That a seismic shift in mood amongst electors is going on.
I am an ordinary voter that just wants good governance and fair government. Also a professional media with true objectivity wouldn’t go amiss.
My point? This mornings £45,000 fundraiser by Wings Over Scotland is much more than raising money for WoS. For sure it SHOULD be reported in the MSM. But am not holding my breath. Though maybe The National might care to remark upon the phenomena that people care about government and politics to the extent that proper websites on this matter such as Wings Over Scotland can raise significant amounts within just a few hours.
How many of the old tired Westminster parties could manage a similar amazing feat?
Best wishes.
Calum.
Just had a thought. Wouldn’t it be nice if the likes of Malcolm Rifkind had to request donations to fund their salary? We would soon see which of our MPs were deemed ‘value for money’.
Done – REV Please keep appeal going for whole 30 days – if you have a massive subscription and can’t think of what to spend it on then give it to SNP in Glasgow East or any of the other YES alliance appeals that are open at the moment.
looks like the all to small amount you were looking for is there – PLEASE PUSH THE BOAT OUT
Bittie Glakit,
Good work! I’d like to commission a piece,if you have the time and inclination.I’m thinking along the lines of Jim Murphy dressed as a Redcoat bayoneting the wounded cos Davidsons to lazy to do it himself.Post it on here and I’ll make a further donation to Wings.
Cheers.
Bittie Glakit, may I just say you should have shared these with us much sooner, I am sure we would have all enjoyed them as you added to them. Nice to meet you and your pictures and another face to add to the army. Did you get your joining up papers, naw, we neither.
Under 100 quid to go! 🙂
🙁 Offshore and can’t even have a drink to celebrate the target.
🙂 We hit the target – Well done all (but keep it coming)
Well, that’s it then, £45,000 – game over. How long did that take? Scary.
Well done everyone..
*party popper pops*
Stu, crack open the “interestingly flavored” Cider…
Oh, stv are on the case…
link to news.stv.tv
WE ARE THERE – YEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH BABY 🙂
And – he’s done it!
CONGRATULATIONS WINGS OVER SCOTLAND
£45,000 RAISED, AND IT IS ONLY 2.15pm ON THE SAME DAY THE FUNDRAISER STARTED.
AWESOME.
14.13….., well done
Done!! Yay!! 🙂
Yahoo its 14.14
and thats the total raised
OTT 14.13
£45,000 goal reached only 5 hours after the appeal went live!
We did it, 2.15pm
STOP THE CLOCK! Wings target met in 5 hours 13 minutes – a new record!
Rev Stu is the Sir Chris Hoy of crowdfunding – he just keeps going faster and faster 🙂
What an amazing bunch Wingers are. Absolutely fantastic effort.
Let’s keep going though folks, lots of great project ideas in the works that could use funding.
Wooo! Target met.
Target reached at 2:13pm. Well done all.
TARGET SMASHED
Lets stretch those aims
@ X Sticks how did you,s transfer your Perks for me to get the Gold Wings on the last fundraiser. I,ve already contributed but no perk,I will contribute again & if you dont mind nominate Paula Rose for the Gold Badge as You did for me,could you co-ordinate that.
Well done Stu, quarter past two and you have already done it, looking forward to project red is there a timescale?
£45,000 @ 14.14 Good Lord !
Well done, whoever said 2.15! And well done Stu and Winger!
BINGO!
Well there you have it folks.
FIVE hours after starting, well actually FOUR hours 59 minutes after starting the fund raising total has been <SMASHED … as of 14:14 hrs this afternoon the total stands at … drum roll please! … £45,176. 😀
Now over 100%. Brilliant.
Target reached at 15:14 Norwegian time; 6 hours after it started. Brilliant stuff. Hoe Stu gives himself a pay rise
No three bad at all. 🙂
Target reached at 15:14 Norwegian time; 6 hours after it started. Brilliant stuff. Hope Stu gives himself a pay rise
Well that was a bit sluggish.
We failed to halve last year’s ‘time to reach target(9hrs.)!
Well done all.
#JeSuisWings
Donation made.
Keep up the good work.
Don’t let all the gloom merchants win.
Remember the GE is only the next step towards our final goal.
INDEPENDENCE!
Stu says
“But all of that presumes that you still want Wings Over Scotland to continue enough to fund it for another year.”
Does Ursus arctos defecate in the forest?