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.
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.
Northcode on Too Tight To Mention: “You might be on to something there, Confused.” Jul 6, 16:57
Northcode on Too Tight To Mention: ““St Columba (originally from Ireland) could not communicate with the Picts” I didn’t know that, Young Lochinvar, but it makes…” Jul 6, 16:42
Young Lochinvar on Too Tight To Mention: “The farce of the creation of the Church of England is that Henry Tudor 8 reaffirmed his Catholic beliefs on…” Jul 6, 16:40
Northcode on Too Tight To Mention: ““I am descended of the Danaans.” I hadn’t noticed my misspelling of ‘Danann’ so the opportunity to rectify my error…” Jul 6, 16:36
Andy Ellis on Too Tight To Mention: “I always thought the usual suspects were a bunch of space cadets. From the mouths of babes….” Jul 6, 16:28
sarah on Too Tight To Mention: “The SNP should be adopting the Manifesto for Independence and then we wouldn’t need to be signing it! The SNP…” Jul 6, 16:21
Young Lochinvar on Too Tight To Mention: “Interesting post NC. In line with what you have said, St Columba (originally from Ireland) could not communicate with the…” Jul 6, 16:21
sarah on Too Tight To Mention: “I am sorry that the Free zones and ports petition “can’t be found”. It’s almost as if someone doesn’t want…” Jul 6, 16:17
Aidan on Too Tight To Mention: “@Captain Caveman – yes, I would say “officially” is probably putting it too strongly, it’s likely one of the admin…” Jul 6, 16:15
agent x on Too Tight To Mention: “” Northcode says: 2 July, 2025 at 12:24 pm I am descended of the Danaans. When we first arrived here…” Jul 6, 15:53
Hatey McHateface on Too Tight To Mention: “Great stuff, NC. Looking forwards already to your first post in Brittonic. Be sure to make it a belter. This…” Jul 6, 15:13
Andy Ellis on Too Tight To Mention: “….even if this genetic heritage is invisible and rarely acknowledged. Surely given recent scientific advances in DNA sampling and technology…” Jul 6, 14:35
James on The Con Merchant: “Nice to see the Rev named this post after “Aidan”….” Jul 6, 14:31
Mark Beggan on Too Tight To Mention: “And Edinburgh is the branch office.” Jul 6, 14:24
Mark Beggan on Too Tight To Mention: “Hey you’ve been Colonized twice.” Jul 6, 14:22
Northcode on Too Tight To Mention: “It turns out Cináed mac Ailpín was described by the Irish annalists as rex Pictorum ‘King of the Picts’. In…” Jul 6, 14:03
James on The Con Merchant: “Andy, I haven’t got tourettes. Fuck off.” Jul 6, 12:44
Andy Ellis on Too Tight To Mention: “@Dan Yet more of your disingenuous misdirection on your part. Same old, same old. I’ve frequently taken issue with the…” Jul 6, 12:31
TURABDIN on Too Tight To Mention: “DUCK.AI ON AN OVERVIEW of MONEY LAUNDERING in London London is often referred to as a major hub for money…” Jul 6, 12:19
Dan on Too Tight To Mention: “@Anne Unless there’s been a change in the last 6 months, that’s a different Liz Lloyd. https://www.thenational.scot/news/24712043.liz-lloyd-responds-liz-lloyd-gets-top-job-keir-starmer/” Jul 6, 11:43
Aidan on Too Tight To Mention: “@Dan – it’s a fine article by Barrhead boy. I particularly liked the description of the “vicious” attacks by independence…” Jul 6, 11:32
Captain Caveman on Too Tight To Mention: “@Aidan So is it the definitively the case that Baird’s petition to the UN has officially been rebuffed/rejected? If so,…” Jul 6, 11:19
Anne on Too Tight To Mention: “I believe L.L.also works as a policy advisor for the Labour government.All her past efforts are bringing home the gravy.Will…” Jul 6, 11:12
Captain Caveman on The Con Merchant: ““This is quite the corner of concentrated wit and wisdom…” Well, quite. There’s something ghastly yet inexorably compelling about it…” Jul 6, 11:12
Hatey McHateface on Too Tight To Mention: “Sorry, Dan, nothing personal, but I can’t let that one go unanswered. “Over the decades, 5.5 million folk in the…” Jul 6, 10:54
Hatey McHateface on Too Tight To Mention: ““Groundhog day” Clear case of cultural colonisation there, Dan. Anyway. Didn’t some famous boy once say that most people sincerely…” Jul 6, 10:23
willie on Too Tight To Mention: “Tax Payer facing the bill to fund Peter Murrell’s legal defence against fraud charges screams the headlines very much typifies…” Jul 6, 10:17
TURABDIN on Too Tight To Mention: “MEANWHILE elsewhere in the British Banana kingdom. https://archive.is/QImRZ” Jul 6, 09:58
Hatey McHateface on Too Tight To Mention: “Look at Starmer. Look at Farage. Haud oan though, that’s England. And this is Scotland. Nothing happens here in years…” Jul 6, 09:53
Hatey McHateface on Too Tight To Mention: “You can never hae too mony flags, x. You can use them tae keep warrum in the winter. Wrap one…” Jul 6, 09:47