This is so freaky I had to check they weren’t quoting each other. It’s like a game show.
Just a couple of nice well-brought-up Hutchesons’ Grammar boys in smart suits, there, thinking the same, speaking the same, saying the same, and angling for the same job. (Which one of them now has, and the other may have soon.)
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.
Mark Beggan on Eyes Full Of Beams: “Old Chinese Proverbs Number 15. People who spend time in other peoples business find that their own business gos bankrupt” Jan 10, 09:25
Effijy on Eyes Full Of Beams: “Off topic but I never knew that everywhere in the U.K. gets a Pensioner’s bonus payment of £25 when 7…” Jan 10, 09:22
Chas on Eyes Full Of Beams: “It appears that the nurses in the psychiatric ward forgot to lock the doors to the computer room again. Gregor…” Jan 10, 09:09
Mac on Safeguarding Is Not Right-Wing: “If they deny us an inquiry then we all MUST assume the worst. That is the only correct response. What…” Jan 10, 09:06
Breeks on Eyes Full Of Beams: “Can’t help noticing that’s the 20th Century he’s referring to… I suspect the yardstick needs “recalibrated” now. As the saying…” Jan 10, 08:48
Mia on Safeguarding Is Not Right-Wing: ““The far left are acting against the people of the country” It is not just the far left. It is…” Jan 10, 08:43
Mia on Safeguarding Is Not Right-Wing: ““The Equality Act 2010 protects individuals from discrimination based on the fundamental premise that we are all equal under the…” Jan 10, 08:36
Mark Beggan on Eyes Full Of Beams: “No matter what the Rev exposes, investigates, etc. The whining wokes just got to get the Palestine point in. The…” Jan 10, 08:29
Stranger on Eyes Full Of Beams: “He was a refugee who was hunted for the accident of his birth. He’s talking about the opposite of Zionism…” Jan 10, 08:18
Mia on Safeguarding Is Not Right-Wing: ““They failed repeatedly and were treated like collateral damage in a system that became too broken to fix. This is…” Jan 10, 08:17
Mark Beggan on Eyes Full Of Beams: “When was Pro- somewhere in the Middle East, turn up every week illegally, disturb the peace. All paid for by…” Jan 10, 08:12
Mark Beggan on Eyes Full Of Beams: “You sick little fuck. Piss off” Jan 10, 08:05
Mia on Safeguarding Is Not Right-Wing: ““Yet, the evidence has been in front of us for years – so why has immediate action to ensure the…” Jan 10, 08:03
The Flying Iron of Doom on Eyes Full Of Beams: “In the interests of saving everyone’s sanity I will drop the important part of the document here. Quite how relevant…” Jan 10, 07:44
Muscleguy on Safeguarding Is Not Right-Wing: “Meanwhile 4 Romanians including one woman are being prosecuted by Tayside Police for acting as a rape gang. We need…” Jan 10, 07:36
Dave Hansell on Safeguarding Is Not Right-Wing: “Quite. However, those with a scapegoating agenda would doubtless view sticking consistently to the principle in all cases as some…” Jan 10, 05:27
The Flying Iron of Doom on Eyes Full Of Beams: “He’s got the sort of possessed energy which makes me feel as though he should be telling us how drinking…” Jan 10, 02:41
gregor on Eyes Full Of Beams: “World Economic Forum: People: Keir Starmer: https://www.weforum.org/people/keir-starmer/” Jan 10, 02:06
gregor on Eyes Full Of Beams: “World Economic Forum: People: Nicola Sturgeon: https://www.weforum.org/people/nicola-sturgeon/” Jan 10, 02:05
gregor on Eyes Full Of Beams: “Why is SNP shilling for Keir Starmer, lol Sir Labour hates Scotland.” Jan 10, 01:51
Michael Laing on Eyes Full Of Beams: “You are sick in the head. Clear off!” Jan 10, 01:37
gregor on Eyes Full Of Beams: “My annual salary is under £12,000 (excluding expenses) – ‘Far-right’ (WTF), I’ve voted SNP most of my adult life, until……” Jan 10, 01:24
gregor on Eyes Full Of Beams: “BBC: Who is Humza Yousaf? The rise and fall of a former first minister: “Humza Yousaf’s decision to leave the…” Jan 10, 01:13
gregor on Eyes Full Of Beams: “I’m just a wee local gardener (nothing special:)” Jan 10, 00:49
gregor on Eyes Full Of Beams: “Elon Musk: “He is super racist”: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1877504950802198946” Jan 10, 00:45
gregor on Safeguarding Is Not Right-Wing: “At Vance: Flying High: No Escape: “You never see what’s inside of me That’s why you won’t face the truth…” Jan 10, 00:35
Billy Carlin on Eyes Full Of Beams: “You maybe want to actually use your brain cells to do some REAL research and then you will discover that…” Jan 10, 00:11
wull on Safeguarding Is Not Right-Wing: “Well said, Ash Regan. I hope you do become the leader of Alba, and sooner rather than later. And that…” Jan 9, 23:29
Jay on Eyes Full Of Beams: “Hello Confused, thank you for keen observation, 124pages in 10mins really does look like special bigot speed reading. The main…” Jan 9, 22:57
Mark Beggan on Eyes Full Of Beams: “I’m beginning to wonder if Wokes are Scientologists in disguise” Jan 9, 22:24
