The video below, which we just found today, is taken from a promo by the American news channel CNN in 2017. It’s deeply ironic now, because CNN has been thoroughly captured by gender ideology. But it’s the reason Wings Over Scotland won’t change what or how we write, even if it means we have to shut our doors.
The truth is everything. Non-negotiable. No matter what. It’s as simple as that.
So, it being Good Friday, we’re definitely not going to receive our legal opinion before Monday now, so Wings Over Scotland will be shutting down, at least temporarily, on Sunday evening. No posts will be visible on the site and our Twitter account will be either locked down or deactivated while we await advice on whether either can return.
In the meantime you can hear of any developments, or get in touch, on my personal account @RevStu or on @TheGhostOfWings, both of which have had, or are about to have, all their old tweets wiped.
We’re not going to overdramatise, because we hope this is only for a few days. We’re optimistic that the Scottish Government’s abysmal, sinister and totalitarian Hate Crime Act, opposed across every sector of Scottish society and even by the police charged with implementing it, will not put an end to 12 and a half years of political journalism.
Last week SNP MP Fulton MacGregor told Newsnight that the grotesque, draconian Hate Crime Act was necessary because “hate crime is a major problem across Scotland”, which “wreaks havoc on individuals, on communities and on families”.
If there have been stories of rampaging mobs terrorising gay people, of a wave of violence against Sikhs, or widespread arson campaigns against Italian chip shops, they’ve escaped our attention.
But of course, the onscreen discussion focused mostly on the group that the Scottish Government is obsessed with to the exclusion of all others – transgender people.
Welcome, readers, to what may be the final week of Wings Over Scotland.
We’ve been covering the Scottish Government’s horrific, draconian Hate Crime Act for almost four years now. But until this month, we hadn’t felt directly under threat by it. Wings is – sorry if this comes as a shock to anyone – based in Bath, in England, and we couldn’t see how the Scottish police could come after us.
I make no apology for what I am about to write because while I’ve said it before, the time to do so is running out.
In a couple of weeks, the Scottish Government’s Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 will come into effect and my world, and that of women up and down Scotland will enter a very dark place.
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Wow, sam. So not only did life expectancy continue to increase during and after Thatcher, but by your figures, real…” Feb 13, 08:19
sam on The Modern Politician: ““Clearly, the sea-change which occurred in UK economic prospects in the 1980s was not a change for the better; per…” Feb 13, 08:19
Aidan on The Modern Politician: “Your warning has sadly come to late Northcode, it is clear that many of the posters on here have long…” Feb 13, 08:09
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Is anybody else sensing this? A surge in Indy support that started around 10:18 last night and is still building!…” Feb 13, 08:06
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “It’s 1:15 am, YL. Aren’t you usually on the canal bank at this time? I hope you didn’t catch something!…” Feb 13, 07:58
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “A self-identifying extra-terrestrial, millennia-old Pict writes, folks. Heed wisely his words. That aside, guid tae see ye back, Northy. Mind…” Feb 13, 07:42
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: ““denying the very existence of the female sex” That’s what you claimed, Marie. Feel free to provide some examples (or…” Feb 13, 07:35
Northcode on The Modern Politician: “Warning! This is a public safety announcement. Unwary readers risk serious psychological damage if they treat the comments posted in…” Feb 13, 06:32
Young Lochinvar on The Modern Politician: “HMcH & 1.26 But then again, you aren’t a normal Scot are you. Aff yer (f8scist) knees Mosley and consider…” Feb 13, 01:15
Young Lochinvar on The Modern Politician: “Thing is, we aren’t likely to find out as MSM such as ITN have dropped reporting on the issue in…” Feb 13, 00:59
Young Lochinvar on The Modern Politician: “I rest my case.. You get upset by certain posters but abstain from adding “whanging oan” 24/7 contrarians like HMcH…” Feb 13, 00:50
Iain More on The Modern Politician: “I see our resident Yoon Troll NAZI Child Rapist Protector is back.” Feb 12, 22:17
sam on The Modern Politician: “Cambridge Journal of Economics, Volume 44, Issue 2, March 2020, Pages 319–342, https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bez037 “1979 and all that: a 40-year reassessment…” Feb 12, 21:54
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: ““a fully liberated people will need to remove its colonial collaborators” You’ve got some balls, Alf. Respect. You’ve made it…” Feb 12, 21:00
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Looks like you’ve got SFA practical, plausible or sensible that could make a start on righting the troubles Scotland is…” Feb 12, 20:51
David Holden on The Modern Politician: “Looks like the troll collective has got some overtime pay. Oh deep joy.” Feb 12, 20:21
Lorna Campbell on The Modern Politician: “Alf: ditching England is not going to be the final answer because there are other kinds of colonisers just waiting…” Feb 12, 19:39
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: ““We adhere to national guidance set by the National Police Chiefs’ Council in relation to custody searches involving transgender suspects”…” Feb 12, 19:16
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Well now, willie, why didn’t you say earlier? If Prince Andrew and Peter Mandelson are for selling off the SNHS…” Feb 12, 19:05
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “The point is that it’s 35 years since Thatcher exited stage right, and despite some of the opportunities I list,…” Feb 12, 18:59
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Modern Politician: “NORFOLK POLICE CRITICISED OVER INACCURATE RECORDING OF SUSPECTS’ SEX Norfolk Constabulary has faced strong criticism for recording suspects’ preferred gender…” Feb 12, 18:30
willie on The Modern Politician: “Nigel Farage’s policy is to privatise the health service in the style of the corporate market supplied healthcare in the…” Feb 12, 18:28
sam on The Modern Politician: “You are such a fucking idiot I usually ignore what you say. UK life expectancy has been improving ever since…” Feb 12, 18:20
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: ““one in four Scots is intending to vote Reform, a party with a leader who supports USA style privatisation, the…” Feb 12, 17:27
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Aye, sam, ye’re a grand auld fossil so ye are. We should slap a protection order oan ye. You can’t…” Feb 12, 17:15
Willie on The Modern Politician: “To be fair Sam the Scottish Government under Alex Salmond did much to try to minimise the Thatcher type policies…” Feb 12, 17:01
sam on The Modern Politician: “Just a little bit of the effect of Thatcher on the NHS https://www.pilc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/PILC_OS_Sum_PRESS.pdf A survey last year of 9000 Unison…” Feb 12, 15:47
Alf Baird on The Modern Politician: ““we need to cleanse the Augean Stables first” By implication, a fully liberated people will need to remove its colonial…” Feb 12, 15:23
PC Foster on The Modern Politician: “@andrew scott Aye- a woman in a dress actually means- a man in a frock (MIAF).” Feb 12, 15:09
