If there’s ever been a (branch office of a) political party that could somehow manage to blow it in Scotland against the burning trainwreck in a ditch full of sewage that is the SNP right now, it’s definitely Anas Sarwar’s hapless Scottish Labour.
Honestly, this stuff is comedy gold. But in a winner-takes-all dumb-off with Humza Yousaf’s SNP, it’s way too close to call.
One year ago today, Nicola Sturgeon suddenly resigned as First Minister. And what a spectacular 12 months it’s been for the Yes movement since her departure.
As Twitter followers will have noticed, we’ve been busy this week with an extensive remodelling of Wings HQ, which involved the main computer being out of commission for several days while the office was basically torn down and rebuilt from scratch. (It seemed a good time to do it, given that there’s nothing remotely of interest happening in Scottish politics.)
Unfortunately the lack of activity on the site caused the comments on the last post to degenerate into the most wretched playground shrieking match, so let’s see if we can’t distract the children and talk about something else for a bit.
Particularly alert observers will have noted that Kezia Dugdale, the most spectacularly inept and unsuccessful Scottish political leader in history, this week demitted her role as Director of the John Smith Centre, which she was handed as an incentive to quit Scottish Labour after dragging it to 14% in the opinion polls.
We long ago ran out of words to express the magnitude of the contempt in which the SNP now hold the people of Scotland. Which is unfortunate, because this probably calls for the invention of a whole new scale.
Shall we go through just a few of the more crassly insulting holes in this pitiful excuse for a cover story, just to pass the time while we wait for the former First Minister to appear before the COVID inquiry? We don’t know about you, but we’ve got nothing better to do.
Nicola Sturgeon is due to give her evidence to the COVID inquiry tomorrow – if, of course, she remembers anything. We’re awaiting, open-mouthed in genuine shock, her explanation for this.
Because try as hard as we might, we cannot for the lives of us bring to mind a single possible legitimate justification for a First Minister to do such a thing.
Alert readers may however note that 19 March 2020 was just four days before Alex Salmond was cleared of all charges, and might find themselves pondering the reasons why she might want to be in possession of a cheap disposable text-capable phone at that particular point in time.
Jay on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Robert, would a rally at Olympia be even more to your taste?” Nov 28, 12:23
gregor on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Correction: May the road not rise for the regressive negative ones (total fu**wits) #MayScotlandRise” Nov 28, 12:21
gregor on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Some people cannot handle reality. All they can offer is negativity.” Nov 28, 12:20
Campbell Clansman on A Personal Best For Kezia: “The “Monster Raving Looney Party,” the “Alba Party,” the “ISP” and other fringe political parties couldn’t even find a candidate…” Nov 28, 12:17
Alf Baird on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Postcolonial theory helps explain the neo-imperial approach we see, where: fascism lies at the root of colonialism, and; colonialism has…” Nov 28, 10:30
Mac on A Personal Best For Kezia: “I think when you start using terms like ‘sub-human’ it is more than just garbage. Every post is wall to…” Nov 28, 09:13
Dan on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Due to the seemingly dogged unwillingness for some to coalesce and present a united cohesive political entity that would be…” Nov 28, 09:09
Robert Hughes on A Personal Best For Kezia: “” What does Scotland do? Show backbone and integrity? Or fall silent behind a feckless non-entity like John Swinney, the…” Nov 28, 08:58
gregor on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Public Image Ltd: Album: Rise: “I could be wrong, I could be right I could be black, I could be…” Nov 28, 08:00
Hatey McHateface on A Personal Best For Kezia: ““have only english, myself (and still learning)” I see. You’re of foreign extraction and wish to learn more. Luckily for…” Nov 28, 07:33
gregor on A Personal Best For Kezia: “AP: White House pressing U***ine to draft 18-year-olds so they have enough troops to battle R***ia: “…the outgoing Democratic administration…” Nov 28, 07:24
Hatey McHateface on A Personal Best For Kezia: ““We don’t want gen0cide in the Middle East, we want peace and the long, long overdue upholding of International Law.…” Nov 28, 07:17
Hatey McHateface on A Personal Best For Kezia: ““who’d bet against President elect Trump making a private ‘phone call to Mr P to assure him that come T’s…” Nov 28, 06:56
Hatey McHateface on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Annual inflation in R currently running at around 9%. R military expenditure as percentage of GDP around 6.3%. Sorry, Ros,…” Nov 28, 06:42
Breeks on A Personal Best For Kezia: “I think it’s worse than that. Suppose there was irrefutable evidence proving that a Western politician, whether in Scotland, London,…” Nov 28, 05:23
Jay on A Personal Best For Kezia: “G.P., I think it is something heading in the direction of self-destructive compulsion. I detect nothing of public school or…” Nov 27, 22:51
Campbell Clansman on A Personal Best For Kezia: ““ISP, Alba, Peter Bell’s outfit should join forces” Add Alba’s 1% to the ISP handful, plus Peter Bell, and you…” Nov 27, 22:34
Robert Matthews on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Maybe all these smaller parties ISP,Alba,Peter Bells outfit should join forces and stand under one name. National Front sounds like…” Nov 27, 22:25
gregor on A Personal Best For Kezia: “The Waterboys: Room To Roam: Bigger Picture: “I’m starting to see a bigger picture I’m beginning to colour it in…” Nov 27, 22:17
znovak on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Glad to hear that, but what else can one think when even mild and well-reasoned criticism of R’s invasion is…” Nov 27, 21:44
Mac on A Personal Best For Kezia: “I am sure you do. I work for truth, as best I see it. I find it ‘pays’ the best.” Nov 27, 21:26
Mark Beggan on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Correction, That should have been The Royal 5th Missile Division.” Nov 27, 21:21
Sven on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Maybe me justoverthinking things in my cynical way, RoS, however I’d not be surprised if the big picture behind our…” Nov 27, 21:20
Mark Beggan on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Captain Starmer heads the 5th Missile Division in a two pronged attack on Minsk. The other prong being that of…” Nov 27, 21:07
dandydons1903 on A Personal Best For Kezia: “The Labour Partei are in cahoots with Blackrock and Larry Fink or more likely Blackrock/Larry Fink own Starmer and Co’s…” Nov 27, 20:59
Republicofscotland on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Its interesting to note – that England has sent its entire compliment of Storm Shadow missiles to YOU – all…” Nov 27, 20:26
Republicofscotland on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Not just the evil dictatorship in Eastern Europe – but Starmer, is also funding the other evil regime in the…” Nov 27, 20:05
