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.
Southernbystander on Search And Replace: “Up to a point, I don’t disagree Alf, but all racism is bad, no matter its origin, and nationalists also…” Jul 6, 20:15
Mark Beggan on Search And Replace: “You are all singing from the same BBC hymn sheet. Nothing will distract from the disaster that is now Scotland.…” Jul 6, 19:56
Mark Beggan on Search And Replace: “You don’t vote but you could go on and on about Reform. You are suddenly an expert on Reform corruption.…” Jul 6, 19:38
Alf Baird on Search And Replace: ““committed racists” Colonialism is described as ‘hateful racism’ (Cesaire); thus, colonialists must be ‘committed racists’. Scots ‘unionists’ evidently still need…” Jul 6, 19:13
Hatey McHateface on Search And Replace: ““The oppressive jackboot of the coloniser will never be lifted from the throats of the wretched, nor the alien, colonising…” Jul 6, 19:02
Hatey McHateface on Search And Replace: “The Central and Southern American peoples who practiced centralised government, settled agriculture, irrigation and monumental building in stone were not…” Jul 6, 18:53
James on Search And Replace: “Is it no past your bed time wee man? “…..I don’t know whether you’re doing your regular piss take or…” Jul 6, 18:39
robertkknight on Search And Replace: “Sure, and the only way to beat a cocaine addiction is to use heroine and vote Reform. Any other random…” Jul 6, 18:33
TURABDIN on Search And Replace: “on the subject of «areswipes», this ought to win a prize for the AI generated variety. https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/eustons-transformation-success-depends-on-taking-a-people-and-place-based-approach-03-07-2026/ London the Great…” Jul 6, 16:40
Mark Beggan on Search And Replace: “The only way Scotland can even begin to start a fresh independence movement is to learn from the past and…” Jul 6, 16:26
Marie on Search And Replace: “Hate-filled @ 11.59hrs. You haven’t been cruel to me in the slightest. I am well aware of the theft of…” Jul 6, 16:04
Mark Beggan on Search And Replace: “Dave the Jewish Jew hater.” Jul 6, 15:56
Mark Beggan on Search And Replace: “@Hatey That’s the point about these people. They are in a constant state of funeral.” Jul 6, 15:45
Hatey McHateface on Search And Replace: “Finding out his real name is Dave was the last straw.” Jul 6, 15:31
Mark Beggan on Search And Replace: “Police told “stop the woke culture and get on with catching criminals” Are Police Scotland listening?” Jul 6, 15:17
Mark Beggan on Search And Replace: “Big ugly Zak is getting the chop. Way to toxic for the liberals and not Marxist enough for the Antifa…” Jul 6, 15:02
Hatey McHateface on Search And Replace: “In excess of 7 million deaths were attributed to Covid by April 2024 when the gathering of international statistics ceased.…” Jul 6, 14:59
Mark Beggan on Search And Replace: “Is it not time you started sharing those drugs you are on so the rest of us can keep up?” Jul 6, 14:47
Hatey McHateface on Search And Replace: “Credit where credit’s due, Mark. They know how to stage a good funeral. I doubt that even the North Koreans…” Jul 6, 14:31
Mark Beggan on Search And Replace: “Tuberculosis was the weapon used. Very effective. Maximum fatality. No cure at that time. The same method used successfully all…” Jul 6, 14:29
Hatey McHateface on Search And Replace: “Ah, c’moan noo, Confused. I can’t believe you’re lumping appeals for G@z@ in with that.” Jul 6, 14:19
Mark Beggan on Search And Replace: “You never mentioned the Tea Towel carpet lickers. You know. The inbreds who think it’s still the 8th Century and…” Jul 6, 14:11
Hatey McHateface on Search And Replace: “I wondered if somebody would post that the Aztecs “had it coming”. Thanks, Confused. Good to be reminded occasionally, if…” Jul 6, 14:09
james on Search And Replace: “Lorncal There is no specific statutory laws under Scots law that concern the “ring-fencing” of internal political donations. However case…” Jul 6, 14:08
Captain Caveman on Search And Replace: “Do you reckon Fanon would send the ‘keeper the wrong way in a penalty shoot out, Alf? He might be…” Jul 6, 14:08
Lorncal on Search And Replace: “crazycat: I’m not doubting you. I am doubting their sanity. Why would anyone who is a Green donate to a…” Jul 6, 14:02
Alf Baird on Search And Replace: ““Between them, Fanon, Cesaire, Elkins, Purves and Jonesy have covered everything else we will ever need to know.” Yes, that’s…” Jul 6, 13:33
Confused on Search And Replace: “I raised, in total, 50 quid for the venezuelan earthquake victims. – after expenses (a nice jalfrezi and a couple…” Jul 6, 13:23
Confused on Search And Replace: “america’s early ruling class were all puritans; remember the puritans were mad protestants who were too fucking mad even for…” Jul 6, 13:19
MaryB on Search And Replace: “STV, BBC, Yes Scotland, OBE. Hmm” Jul 6, 13:16
