More than three months have passed since Alex Salmond launched a lawsuit against the Scottish Government for its grotesquely botched handling of false allegations of sexual misconduct against him.
With Scottish politics currently in a completely moribund state, as the party of government disintegrates shambolically and the main opposition party keeps its mouth shut and its head down in an attempt to not destroy its newfound and extremely fragile status as a credible alternative, one might imagine that the political media would be desperate for the case to get under way and provide them with some juicy content.
So it’s slightly surprising that none of them has noticed the latest development.
We’re reluctant to even mention the farcical, embarrassing goings-on in the House Of Commons last night, but the very short version is that the SNP somehow contrived to save Keir Starmer from an embarrassing mass rebellion of Labour MPs.
And in so far as anyone cared about them at all, the people of Gaza were the losers.
As the long-running police probe into SNP finances continues, Wings received some slightly surprising news today in the form of an FOI response.
Based on reports from various trustworthy sources we’d expected to hear that the police side of the investigation was by this point winding down somewhat, with most matters of fact already established, detectives assigned to other duties and the ball now largely in the court of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).
Because we’re still more than two years out from the next Holyrood election, and it’s really hard to see how it’s going to pan out. So let’s throw some figures around.
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.
Hatey McHateface on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “BBC Online is reporting the latest wheeze to come out of the airheads, reality deniers and virtue signallers holed up…” Jun 16, 07:47
George Ferguson on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “@Sarah 1 Well nobody has helped me, so much for the umbrella. The facts. I can spend several hundred pounds…” Jun 16, 01:15
sarah on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “Pending the Rev unveiling his proposal for ousting the SNP, in order to rekindle some enthusiasm and hope for we…” Jun 15, 21:04
agent x on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “I notice that Swinney’s calls for peace in the World has had zero effect. But he knows what will happen…” Jun 15, 20:44
Aidan on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “@Xaracen – You’d have to direct your question at them, you can read from the text below that there is…” Jun 15, 20:26
Xaracen on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “@Aidan; From the document you linked; “JPTi affirms that the principle of self-determination applies universally—not selectively. It is a legal…” Jun 15, 20:06
agent x on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: ““Nicola Sturgeon accuses actor of misogyny after he calls her ‘a witch’” https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25240117.nicola-sturgeon-accuses-actor-misogyny-calls-a-witch/ —————————————— What’s her problem – she pardoned…” Jun 15, 19:22
Aidan on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “@Xaracen – The way that you navigate inconvenient facts by just making things up appears to know no boundaries and…” Jun 15, 17:35
Young Lochinvar on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “Maybe Liam should join in and get his front teeth punched out – again! Get the popcorn out and book…” Jun 15, 16:51
Callum on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “John Swinney the modern day John Balliol – ‘Toom Tabard’ (empty coat)” Jun 15, 16:42
Xaracen on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “‘The C-24 has very strict rules. Only regions already on the UN’s official list of “Non-Self-Governing Territories” (NSGTs) are allowed…” Jun 15, 16:36
Southernbystander on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “O/T This amused me: Edinburgh council are worrying about ‘conflict’ between Fringe goers and ‘medium to high intoxication, fat’ Oasis’…” Jun 15, 16:15
Andy Ellis on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “@Dan 8.40pm So jist yer usual resorting to lame ad hominen pish and skirting around adding any input on the…” Jun 15, 15:58
Aidan on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “It’s 18,000 people assuming that everyone who signed it is a Scottish resident, and that nobody signed it more than…” Jun 15, 15:05
Aidan on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “@Xaracen – I’m happy to describe uncertainty or ambiguity where it exists, but here there isn’t any need because the…” Jun 15, 14:54
Hatey McHateface on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “So it’s not a fiction, but somebody has been perpetrating a heinous fiction. That’s cleared that up then. Perhaps :)…” Jun 15, 14:22
Hatey McHateface on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “Powerful stuff, sarah. Know what we should do? We should link our struggle to that of the other two sovereign…” Jun 15, 14:10
Xaracen on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “@Hatey; The Treaty isn’t a fiction, but the authenticity of its implementation IS. Language matters, so use it properly. I…” Jun 15, 13:48
bobo bunny on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “the SNP members would have voted to say they agreed with the constitutional changes to democracy within the party. hell…” Jun 15, 13:46
sarah on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: ““We declare the right of the people of Scotland to the ownership of Scotland and to the unfettered control of…” Jun 15, 13:42
James Cheyne on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “What you are being asked to do is to look at taking sides so you will end you life days…” Jun 15, 13:18
Hatey McHateface on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “You could be right. But consider the alternative. We indigenes all sit about on our flabby erses, because we’re too…” Jun 15, 13:07
Hatey McHateface on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “Bad boy, Andy. You’re not supposed to point the finger at the elephant in the room. ” Jun 15, 12:59
Breastplate on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “I’m sorry for upsetting you John, I really do love your comments on here. It brightens my day to know…” Jun 15, 12:53
Andy Ellis on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “So it works out at around 0.42% of the Scottish electorate. Doubtless the UN will be well impressed*. *Will totally…” Jun 15, 12:52
Hatey McHateface on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “Another day and here we are, all having loadsa fun. There are other things going on in the world though.…” Jun 15, 12:48
Andy Ellis on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “Less than 18 thousand people from an electorate of 4.2 million…? That’s not exactly a ringing endorsement in anyone’s book…” Jun 15, 12:48
James Cheyne on Let’s Not Make Some Plans: “TURABDIN. A war is the ideal finishing touch for Britain, elite and globalists , as it will reduce the amount…” Jun 15, 12:42
