Just for a change, let’s have a Friday-night competition!
Sharp-eyed readers will have noticed that former First Minister Alex Salmond is staging a show in the Spiegeltent at the Edinburgh Fringe next month, from 4-13 August.
You may even have seen a bit of online criticism from certain po-faced pseudonats about the fact that Salmond is sharing a platform with – gasp! – a Yoon, in the shape of the “last of the traditional Tories”, David Davis MP.
It is our solemn duty to inform readers that deranged, shovel-handed Scottish Greens member and known associate of rapists and paedophiles Scott “Heather” Herbert has taken the hump at a Wings article from yesterday in which he was satirically featured.
He filed a malicious false copyright claim with YouTube which resulted in a silent video clip from the article showcasing his comically gigantic man-hands being scheduled for deletion, despite Herbert owning no copyright in the video (it’s the property of TalkTV, who have raised no objections to it) and having no legal standing to file any complaint.
But YouTube’s abysmal automated structures operate on the basis that all complaints are intrinsically valid, and allow absolutely no way for Wings to appeal this decision.
He popped up on Talk TV last night, explaining how a middle-aged man twerking at a number of very young children – some of whom seemed visibly distressed – during a recent Pride march was fine because maybe the children had asked him to (which they manifestly hadn’t), and anyway it was their parents’ fault that it happened.
And, y’know, readers can make their own judgements about that.
Hannah Graf MBE (below, right, receiving the decoration from Prince William in 2019 for his “work updating LGBTQ policy in the British Army”) is a very strange fella.
Here are three recent newspaper stories. This one’s from two weeks ago:
A wealthy businessman, related to an SNP MP, is alleged to have donated tens of thousands of pounds in envelopes to the party which it is claimed have unlawfully not been recorded with the Electoral Commission.
Tuesday’s front page headline in The National was roughly the political equivalent of introducing yourself to your new next-door neighbour by saying “Hi, nice to meet you, I’m Jimmy from No.22 and it definitely wasn’t me who killed your cat last night”.
Humza Yousaf’s great masterplan of an independence strategy is imploding faster than the OceanGate Titan, and scarcely any less disastrously. And unless you’re one of the colleagues, family or friends of the tragic victims on board the doomed vessel, it’s even more painful to watch.
24 hours on, pretty much everyone seems to have come to the same conclusion (with the assistance of briefings from the FM himself) about Humza Yousaf’s “independence strategy” as the one Wings saw immediately yesterday, namely that he’s taken Nicola Sturgeon’s flawed version of a de-facto referendum and made it even less credible.
In as far as they’re talking about it at all, anyway.
sarah on The Interests Of The Many: “O/T: Clacton by-election. Surely this is a good opportunity for a Scottish independence candidate/party to stand? Their platform could be…” Jul 8, 15:29
lothianlad on The Interests Of The Many: “This is the scrutiny that is so needed. Well done Stu and your team. There is no doubt in my…” Jul 8, 14:44
MaryB on The Interests Of The Many: “Count Binface is really Jon Harvey, a Corpus Christie, Cambridge graduate.” Jul 8, 13:59
Hatey McHateface on The Interests Of The Many: “Football’s all very well, TURABDIN, and some people are enjoying Wimbledon, but the greatest televisual spectacle of the moment is…” Jul 8, 13:37
Hatey McHateface on Search And Replace: “At least nobody’s popped up to say there was a boy developed a car that ran entirely on water, but…” Jul 8, 13:33
TURABDIN on The Interests Of The Many: “OVERHEARD in a shop today. Old Man…….Trump just wants to set the world to right. Young Man…Yeah, but he should…” Jul 8, 13:05
Captain Caveman on Search And Replace: ““The irony of you popping up when people are complaining about things that weigh too much isn’t lost on me…” Jul 8, 12:54
100%Yes on The Interests Of The Many: “Its a common name in Scotland but not so common in Bath.” Jul 8, 12:53
Captain Caveman on Search And Replace: ““ – the “safety” of the big fucking stupid car only applies as long as there are no big fucking…” Jul 8, 12:53
Aidan on Search And Replace: “The irony of you popping up when people are complaining about things that weigh too much isn’t lost on me…” Jul 8, 12:24
Karen on The Interests Of The Many: “How amusing that the current SNP treasurer is called Stuart Campbell McDonald. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_McDonald_(Scottish_politician)” Jul 8, 12:04
Aidan on Search And Replace: “Let’s just ignore all the data showing the huge improvements in vehicle safety attributed to vehicle design in favour of…” Jul 8, 11:54
James on Search And Replace: “Aw, you’re insulting horses arses, Confused. Poor cut’n’paste Adrian is just trying to join in. The other one is dribbling…” Jul 8, 11:54
Confused on Search And Replace: “Hey Dan, the practical man, hope you are having a great time. How stupid are these fucking tits, determined to…” Jul 8, 11:23
100%Yes on The Interests Of The Many: “The Nasty party (SNP) isn’t going to be able to USE the public purse to fight this one.” Jul 8, 11:01
C MacKay on The Interests Of The Many: “Today,8 July the Herlad (sic) reported the donors are going to sue demanding repayment.This looks good” Jul 8, 10:47
C Mac Kay on The Interests Of The Many: “Today,8 July the Herlad (sic) reported the donors are going to sue demanding repayment.This looks good” Jul 8, 10:46
Southernbystander on The Interests Of The Many: “Anyone know what Count Binface’s stance on the Union is? Looking through his election materials I can find nothing, but…” Jul 8, 10:37
Cynicus on The Interests Of The Many: “I supported Count Binface in the Makerfield by-election. Although he didn’t win against the Establishment candidate, he came a mere…” Jul 8, 10:28
robertkknight on The Interests Of The Many: “Thanks Rev for posting on X… https://archive.is/bv9J5 TBH I’m surprised Nicla’s fanzine had the guts to publish such heresy.” Jul 8, 10:26
Cynicus on The Interests Of The Many: ““I doff my hat to the Rev…. chapeau ?“ ======= Any bareheaded readers should don a hat so they can…” Jul 8, 10:16
Captain Caveman on Search And Replace: “Yes absolutely, there’s a world of difference between personal choices affecting only you, and making sweeping (objectively misguided, misconceived and…” Jul 8, 08:41
Aidan on Search And Replace: “Of course there’s nothing stopping Dan driving a Hillman Imp if he wants to. There’s one for sale on the…” Jul 8, 08:12
Captain Caveman on Search And Replace: “Yes, precisely Aidan: such enormous strides in road safety and crash survivability are the (priceless) dividend of research, progress and…” Jul 8, 07:48
Aidan on Search And Replace: “I’d point out that the basic Mini weighs 1,160kg, the higher 1750kg weight is probably for the countryman which is…” Jul 8, 07:16
Captain Caveman on Search And Replace: “Ah, impotently throwing insults around, blatantly ignoring points raised and refusing to address them – and posting more mince I…” Jul 8, 06:25
Peter McAvoy on The Interests Of The Many: “I thought it was worth mentioning the Daily record Tuesday 7th July. Humza Yousef warned Scotland can no longer pretend…” Jul 8, 01:53
Dan on Search And Replace: “Aye, Sam, the dickhead troll jist has to try to find an angle to kick off and create discord and…” Jul 7, 22:07
100%Yes on The Interests Of The Many: “Carol, I don’t need to read the book to know. Take a look at the picture of Swinney and then…” Jul 7, 22:01
100%Yes on The Interests Of The Many: “Alf I totally agree and support the work Salvo and yourself is doing but de-colonization isn’t going to work alone.…” Jul 7, 21:49
