Because, for startlingly obvious reasons, even the SNP hasn’t had the brass neck to do a general fundraiser for this election, with the police’s inquiries still going on into the whereabouts of the cash from their last big appeals.
But in fact the party has managed to wring over £100,000 from the most gullible of its remaining supporters in the days since the election was announced. It’s just been a bit more subtle about it.
Last week’s controversy around the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre put the spotlight on the need for single-sex services to protect vulnerable women, but it’s very far from the only example of how Scottish women are being let down in this regard by both the Scottish Government and civic organisations.
The homelessness system in Scotland has collapsed. Emergency accommodation is dangerous, sub-standard, and overcrowded. There has been an epidemic of deaths in hotels and B&Bs in recent years.
As a writer, feminist and literary events organiser in Scotland, I’m regularly sent links to information someone thinks might be of interest to me. This week it was a document commissioned by one of Scotland’s leading and most powerful publicly-funded literary organisations, Literature Alliance Scotland (LAS).
Nobody, of course, objects to transgender writers being included or supported, but the content of the guidance raises several extremely serious and concerning issues.
Normally in cases like these, there’s an instant and concerted attempt to rubbish the judgement, both from amateurs and activist lawyers like Robin Moira “Barry” White, Jolyon Maugham, and the anonymous “Pissed Off Lawyer” tweeting as @legaltweetz. They’ll issue spurious “analyses” dismissing the findings with jargon terms like “obiter”, and either question their correctness or attempt to minimise their significance.
For some reason that didn’t happen this time. The hyper-antagonist online trans army has very conspicuously failed to rush to the defence of ERCC CEO Mridul Wadhwa, perhaps because Judge Ian McFatridge’s conclusions were so relentlessly, brutally and comprehensively excoriating of Wadhwa’s appalling behaviour that no amount of spin or disingenuity could disguise it.
But then, on white charger and with papoose, enter a hero.
Mridul Wadhwa, a man with whom Wings readers have been familiar for some years, was found by the tribunal judge to have been “the invisible hand behind everything that had taken place” as Roz Adams, a conscientious, caring and highly professional woman with a long history in the sector, was systematically and methodically hounded out of her job for holding, privately and sensitively, the belief that biological sex is real.
We watched Question Time last night for the first time in about nine years, and this comment from SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn raised an eyebrow.
Because we couldn’t remember ANY times that Flynn had publicly expressed any problems with the Scottish Greens during their governing alliance.
Hatey McHateface on The Marshalling Plan: “Aye, Sven, True Socialists always give away every penny. How’s that going for you? And party discipline among committed professional…” Feb 3, 08:41
100%Yes on The Marshalling Plan: “I just want to remind people that the Sottish government is in court again today regarding transgender and woman’s prisons,…” Feb 3, 08:34
Hatey McHateface on The Marshalling Plan: ““With the exception of Reform, it does not matter what colours are in the government” If I can just stand…” Feb 3, 08:31
Hatey McHateface on The Marshalling Plan: “Ah, Nae Need! Those care free, golden days in the primary school playground. Everything was so much simpler then. But…” Feb 3, 08:25
Sven on The Marshalling Plan: “Young Lochinvar @ 07.48. Not to mention that of the 3 available options of the D’Hondt system, Labour’s messr Blair…” Feb 3, 08:15
Young Lochinvar on The Marshalling Plan: “I wonder; does this article not just inadvertently illustrate what a Machiavellian/ Heath Robertson mess the DHondt voting system (that…” Feb 3, 07:48
Cynicus on The Marshalling Plan: “Rev. Stuart Campbell says: 2 February, 2026 at 9:28 pm “Never become a full-time Musical Chairs professional.” ======= Or a…” Feb 3, 02:27
Skip_NC on The Marshalling Plan: “NaeNeed@5:02pm, this election is about casting a vote for independence. Voters can choose whomever they like on the constituency ballot,…” Feb 3, 02:06
Cynicus on The Marshalling Plan: ““Bogey the game is.” -======== From the word order does either Yoda or Fearghas think in Gaelic? ‘’S e taibhse…” Feb 3, 02:02
dan macaulay on The Marshalling Plan: “I get it, and it’s a no brainer, that I will vote for ALBA on the regional list. But otherwise,…” Feb 2, 22:43
willie on The Marshalling Plan: “When Swinney was the sole candidate to stand for election as party chief another candidate came forward. That candidate it…” Feb 2, 22:11
Nae Need! on The Marshalling Plan: “As if, who would have it. Pauline and Hatey KISSING UP A TREE.” Feb 2, 22:01
Nae Need! on The Marshalling Plan: “Aidan says: 2 February, 2026 at 7:42 pm @RevStu I think you’re being unfair, all you need to do is…” Feb 2, 21:53
Rev. Stuart Campbell on The Marshalling Plan: “Never become a full-time Musical Chairs professional.” Feb 2, 21:28
Hatey McHateface on The Marshalling Plan: ““How about Venus, Jupiter or Mars?” Or that planet, light years away, the Picts came frae. Colonising cants. Nae wonder…” Feb 2, 21:19
Nae Need! on The Marshalling Plan: “AgentX Hm, You ARE a conundrum, I like you, So, you never feel differently on the day? But why on…” Feb 2, 20:54
Nae Need! on The Marshalling Plan: “Oh my gawd, Ian, listen to yourself. Mind you, thanks for the laughs 🙂 And you’ve fair made my day,…” Feb 2, 20:47
Insider on The Marshalling Plan: “That tool for predicting the number of seats is addictive! Just a few more points lost by the SNP and…” Feb 2, 20:40
100%Yes on The Marshalling Plan: “Doug, If this man would betray his own country then why would he resign? Make no mistakes about the people…” Feb 2, 20:37
Cherrybank on The Marshalling Plan: “I think Craig Houston the You- tuber has a good chance of getting elected on the Glasgow List vote.” Feb 2, 20:29
Scot Finlayson on The Marshalling Plan: “WHY WOULD ANYONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND VOTE GREEN nobody in their right mind votes green. As Churchill said ish,…” Feb 2, 20:13
Nae Need! on The Marshalling Plan: “I DON’t KNOW, ANDREW SCOTT, WHY WOULD THEY?” Feb 2, 20:03
Nae Need! on The Marshalling Plan: “Skip, “there will be only seven pro-independence MSPs, ie, from Alba alone.” Negate this from your mind. And focus. NOMINALLY…” Feb 2, 19:45
Aidan on The Marshalling Plan: “@RevStu I think you’re being unfair, all you need to do is vote SNP a wee bit more and then…” Feb 2, 19:42
100%Yes on The Marshalling Plan: “For every vote you don’t give to the SNP and give to someone else the SNP has to find two…” Feb 2, 19:33
Rev. Stuart Campbell on The Marshalling Plan: “”I’m no fan of the SNP and didnt vote for them in 2021, but anyone who supports independence and votes…” Feb 2, 19:26
agentx on The Marshalling Plan: “No I never feel differently on the day – why on Earth should I?” Feb 2, 19:21
Andrew scott on The Marshalling Plan: “WHY WOULD ANYONE IN THEiIR RIGHT MIND VOTE GREEN” Feb 2, 19:10
Skip_NC on The Marshalling Plan: “100% Yes, I should have thought it was obvious that I do not see the SNP (or Greens, for that…” Feb 2, 19:09
