Having solved cat hunger in Greece, the tireless Holiday Boy has now turned his hand to addressing Scotland’s crippling golfing shortage, so we’ve got a different sort of cartoon again for you this weekend.
The clip below is from a 1981 arcade videogame called Venture, by Exidy, in which you play a cheerful character called Winky on a mission to loot treasure from a series of monster-infested dungeons.
For the purposes of this article the treasure in the room above, which takes the form of a castle tower, represents Scottish politics. The room itself is the Union.
The SNP released their general election manifesto today. We’re not going to link you to it, because we don’t want to be responsible for wasting your time. This is everything it has to say on the party’s (cough) strategy for achieving independence.
It deserves much, much less respect than we’re giving it. Tomorrow, ice lolly reviews.
I’m a professional community organiser, and a tenant and housing activist for some 20 years. I saw the old Scottish Tenants Organisation get smashed by Jack McConnell’s government to make way for council housing privatisation, which in Glasgow created the Glasgow Housing Association.
I’ve long wanted to rebuild a national body to give housing schemes a political voice and to push to end the housing crisis. That’s why I got involved with Living Rent, organising my community to become their first branch. Little did I know that would lead to a brush with crazed gender ideology, and see Queer Theory used to try to destroy it.
We’re still trying not to pay attention to the election because it’s so tedious and awful and pointless, but this is worth putting on the record because it’s in The National and otherwise nobody’s going to read it.
Holiday Boy has of course chosen the general election campaign to spend the next three weeks feeding stray cats somewhere sunny, so here’s a cartoon by the brilliant webcomicname that summarises the Baillie Gifford story for anyone joining us late.
January 2018, with no general election due for four and a half years: “I very rarely talk about Scottish independence in the chamber, because I talk about things that matter”
June 2024, with an election in four weeks and a £91,346 salary, expenses and pension at stake: “ROBERT THE BRUCE! BANNOCKBURN! DECLARATION OF ARBROATH! FLOWER OF SCOTLAND! FREEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOMMMM!”
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.
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “University of Edinburgh CELTIC AND SCOTTISH STUDIES Intro Webpage https://llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scottish-studies” Sep 21, 22:57
Hatey McHateface on A Thousand Islands In The Sea: “Careful there, Alf. You should fire off a message of congratulations to poot for his overwhelming victory in the elections…” Sep 21, 22:53
Hatey McHateface on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Ah, Bilbo, if you weren’t such a fucking arse, you’d be worth debating with. There’s absolutely nothing stopping you from…” Sep 21, 22:43
A2 on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “I’m betting she’ll be in the next series of celebrity Traitors.” Sep 21, 22:38
Bilbo on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “@ Spartan Spartan 117 Like this imaginary one: https://archive.is/qyISB Europe is under attack from three sides … … The continent…” Sep 21, 22:17
Alf Baird on A Thousand Islands In The Sea: “All UN Member States are not only entitled to support the right of Scots to self-determination, there is the obligation…” Sep 21, 21:52
Spartan 117 on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Correct, but don’t let trivial things like facts and logic get in the way of a good unhinged rant.” Sep 21, 21:50
Spartan 117 on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Right, so I’ve been imagining all those hysterical MSM articles then, all these past few months, like that Star Trek…” Sep 21, 21:49
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “‘An Act of Monumental Cultural and Educational Vandalism’ (Mike Small, BellaCaledonia, 21 Sept 2026) « “There is a loss of…” Sep 21, 21:43
Red on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “It’s been known as the welfare state since Beveridge.” Sep 21, 21:33
Red on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Nicola Sturgeon has always been a hairy wee thespian.” Sep 21, 21:28
PhilMacVee on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Is it an indicator that Nicola can deliver lines in a drama? She doesn’t seem to mind who is the…” Sep 21, 21:14
Hatey McHateface on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “@ Bilbo says: 21 September, 2026 at 8:27 pm “Do you believe that the UK will be militarily attacked by…” Sep 21, 21:13
Bilbo on A Thousand Islands In The Sea: “Another example of how misguided the Trade unions are now. https://archive.is/JrGXt According to the below article, there is already work…” Sep 21, 21:03
Hatey McHateface on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Very true, Alf. One of the giveaways by which we recognise the culturally and linguistically colonised is when they insist…” Sep 21, 20:50
Willie on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “My my my, and just how this wee dragon from Dreghorn cuts a new path with the London set. Free…” Sep 21, 20:47
Spartan 117 on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Probably to deter the usual headbangers who post lengthy diatribes following their daily raid on the COSHH cabinet and subsequent…” Sep 21, 20:29
Bilbo on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Aye Hatey, you’re a slippery one when you want to be 🙂 Okay, lets look at it this way. The…” Sep 21, 20:27
Spartan 117 on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “@Hatey – yes they have. Even the most glib media browser will not have failed to notice over the past…” Sep 21, 20:25
Alf Baird on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: ““It’s cultural and linguistic colonialism. It’s everywhere in Scotland and it’s ingrained in the populace” Weel spattit Hatey, keep up…” Sep 21, 20:21
Hatey McHateface on A Thousand Islands In The Sea: ““What side of that conflict does Liberate Scotland sit on?” Once it has been compromised, I guess it will be…” Sep 21, 20:10
M.E on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “I missed when she was going to be making no further statements.” Sep 21, 20:01
Hatey McHateface on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: ““At the very least, it says it will be Autumn this year” What will be in autumn this year? You…” Sep 21, 19:57
Bilbo on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “At the very least, it says it will be Autumn this year. It’s Autumn now, where are the signs of…” Sep 21, 19:37
Aidan on A Thousand Islands In The Sea: “@Alf – would you like to comment on a key member of Liberate Scotland working closely with the Ru**ian state?…” Sep 21, 19:31
Aidan on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “@RevStu – it’s a bit restrictive that Ru**ia is a term that attracts a pre-mod on a post on this…” Sep 21, 19:26
Hatey McHateface on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “As so many of “the poor” consist of those impoverished millions and their dependents who have flooded into the country…” Sep 21, 19:24
Alf Baird on A Thousand Islands In The Sea: “Most countries are rightly not too keen on allowing trade unions based in other countries to influence their national policies.” Sep 21, 19:14
Hatey McHateface on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: ““There’s been articles in the likes of the Mail that the country she is referring to as the enemy is…” Sep 21, 19:11
