I am greatly honoured to have been targeted for censorship in the same weekend as two great artists as rightly esteemed as Salman Rushdie and Jerry Sadowitz. (Though thankful to have not yet been violently physically attacked for my views, as both have.)
To be honest, I was amazed my most recent Twitter account lasted three months. I set it up in May for the sole purpose of a throwaway rude reply to Darren “Loki” McGarvey and Kenny Farquharson of The Times, expecting it to be banned within hours, then somehow it had thousands of followers and I figured I might as well have a bit of fun with it for however long it lasted against the barrage of shrieking outrage and mass organised complaints from the SNP Twitler Youth.
Which turned out to be until Saturday night.
Twitter has declined to identify who I supposedly incited the harassment of, or to offer any examples of the offending tweets. Obviously I did no such thing, but it’s good to know that “in order to ensure that people feel safe expressing diverse opinions and beliefs on our platform”, only some opinions and beliefs may be expressed.
Which even in the hopelessly politically-debased world of the modern Scottish judiciary might be one of the most extraordinary miscarriages of justice in the nation’s history.
When I entered front line politics in 2012 as an SNP councillor, I was clear that my guiding ambition was to play a full part in the restoration of independence to Scotland. Over the past 10 years that commitment has only strengthened as the need for independence has grown ever more urgent. From oil and gas, to wind, tidal, wave and hydro Scotland’s vast energy resources keeps the UK powered and Her Majesty’s Treasury pumped full of cash.
Make no mistake, Scotland IS the broad shoulders of the UK.
Our reward for that vast contribution of energy, food, drink and water? To be fleeced of those resources, charged for transmitting our energy, denied access to associated revenue and berated, and ridiculed in the “mother of all parliaments”.
But it’s the social injustice that results from this distortion of governance that is finally beginning to dawn on many as the cost-of-living crisis deepens and more Scots find they are paying through the nose for energy when Scotland produces far more than we could possibly need.
When I rose to my feet on Wednesday 13th July, I had no doubt about the words I was going to say. I had no doubt about who I would be speaking to, and I had no doubt about who I was speaking for.
As you can see, she’s part of the hyperwoke “Aberdeen Independence Movement” faction which recently took it upon itself to issue a “code of conduct” for independence campaigners, demanding that everyone in the Yes movement should debate things:
By now Wings readers will likely have already seen today’s events in the House Of Commons, where Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle completely lost his rag at Alba MPs (and Wings contributors) Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey for protesting against the UK government’s refusal to respect Scotland’s mandate for an independence referendum.
‘Get them out’ demand Tory benches as Speaker Lindsay Hoyle orders ALBA MPs Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill out of the chamber for heckling Boris Johnson. #pmqspic.twitter.com/RiADdSwKZA
Every one of the SNP’s MPs, meanwhile, sat meekly on their hands and didn’t squeak a single word of protest even as the Speaker flagrantly disregarded the House’s rules and subsequently improperly suspended the two Alba members for a week.
You know how the SNP are always going on about how bad the Tories are and how urgently we need to get rid of them? Well, it turns out they don’t want that to happen for at least a couple of years. They just want a different Tory as Prime Minister, even though they keep telling us that Boris Johnson is the greatest recruiting sergeant for independence there could be.
One might almost imagine that once every Parliament, a drawing of lots is conducted at The Times’ offices in Scotland and the loser is obliged to write this column, on pain of a ceremonial debagging and a jolly good paddling with an old cricket bat from all the other chaps in the newsroom.
Perhaps the fear is playing tricks with Alex Massie’s memory.
We were sent something disturbing recently. It’s from a training course civil servants are being sent on by the Scottish Government.
As you can see, one of the sites that staff are directed to is something called The Trans Language Primer. We thought you should see some of its content.
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: ““Do you not have trouble sleeping at night?” You’re the one posting at 1:11 am, Geri. Got to say, your…” Oct 21, 08:27
Aidan on Faces In Sand: “I think MI5 has rather more serious issues on its caseload then turning off the internet at a tiny gathering…” Oct 21, 08:14
Captain Caveman on Faces In Sand: ““Scotland did not have colonies.” Wrong. Plainly and factually wrong. Examples have been provided. Northy, you’re still hiding behind an…” Oct 21, 08:03
Spartan 117 on Faces In Sand: “Amazed that anyone bothers with the Telly Tax anymore. I binned it years ago, having given up on terrestrial TV…” Oct 21, 07:55
Willie on Faces In Sand: “And for those Scots licence payers complsining about.thei BBC Scotland being cut here’s a headline from BBC Pidgin news piece…” Oct 21, 05:11
Willie on Faces In Sand: “And meanwhile you have to laugh the laugh of the luckless sucker BBC licence payers. Here we have in Scotland…” Oct 21, 04:52
Geri on Faces In Sand: ““Ah, c’moan noo, Geri. Surely you mean “shagging & eating”? Doing if the other way around seems quite infeasible.” Shagging,…” Oct 21, 01:11
Geri on Faces In Sand: “Nonzi – I like it! The Nonzis are off to Saudi to get their arse kicked. Imagine having the front…” Oct 21, 00:06
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: ““Nonces & Nazis everywhere” Of course, Geri. Look out behind you! Crivens, Geri, that ane might be a Nazi AND…” Oct 20, 22:52
Geri on Faces In Sand: “The West is dripping with nonces. Why else would they give them immunity from prosecution & give them a wee…” Oct 20, 22:01
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “How do you know what size mine is? Or how effective a weapon it is? “Why else would blighty &…” Oct 20, 21:00
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: ““eating & shagging weans in their spare time” That’s what Indy’s been missing since the female hating medievalists cut of…” Oct 20, 20:53
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “@Lorncal In “No Country For Old Men” the author writes that back in the fifties of the last century, the…” Oct 20, 20:49
Geri on Faces In Sand: “They’re well & truly kicking yer arse eh? That’s what you call gubbed. It’s delicious that it’s on all three…” Oct 20, 20:36
Geri on Faces In Sand: “Those shite stirring bastards are in every single country, fae the Balkans tae the Middle East, noising up the locals,…” Oct 20, 20:21
Lorncal on Faces In Sand: “Northcode: you are right up to a point. We would have had Darien had it been successful and we would…” Oct 20, 20:05
Lorncal on Faces In Sand: “H McH: yes, I agree that the circumstances were a bit different in the past, but even in the relatively…” Oct 20, 19:53
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “Sam, none of my comments referred to slavery — my point was about co-opted elites, imperial agency, and national sovereignty.” Oct 20, 19:28
MaryB on Faces In Sand: “Watching the Covid enquiry report on C4 news. I’m reminded that Nicola behaved similarly to England and the care homes…” Oct 20, 19:13
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: ““Neither would it have been abolished” Let me just fix that for you, sam: “Neither would it have been made…” Oct 20, 18:44
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “Well known that the LNM supports the SNP. Her pic is all over some of the merchandise. So yes, as…” Oct 20, 18:31
sam on Faces In Sand: “The Scottish people, outside the elite, participated in slavery as sailors,dockworkers and plantation overseers. Doctors worked on plantations. Many in…” Oct 20, 18:14
Aidan on Faces In Sand: ““Rev, David Henry suggests at 3.28 hours in the Sunday 18th October youtube of the SSRG conference that MI5 blocked…” Oct 20, 18:03
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “Woohoo, Geri’s back! I guess this means the Ir@nian medievalists have restored some internet connectivity to the citizens of that…” Oct 20, 17:41
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: ““private or chartered projects that lacked the institutional, diplomatic and military structures that define colonial sovereignty” I’m sure that fine…” Oct 20, 17:38
sarah on Faces In Sand: “Rev, David Henry suggests at 3.28 hours in the Sunday 18th October youtube of the SSRG conference that MI5 blocked…” Oct 20, 16:34
Geri on Faces In Sand: “It’s not such a bad idea to self delete themselves fae social media until the adults are back in room.…” Oct 20, 15:31
Captain Caveman on Faces In Sand: “”… modernism/neoMarxism/oppressor-oppressed nonsense that, if they had one critical braincell, they would question and refute. However, so powerful a hold…” Oct 20, 15:26
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “Sam, yes — the Knight case is an important moment in Scots legal history. It’s just not related to the…” Oct 20, 15:23
