The world's most-read Scottish politics website

Wings Over Scotland



Braveheart or something 258

Posted on November 28, 2018 by

Britain really is this stupid 136

Posted on November 21, 2018 by

And we’re sure these guys are at least partly to blame.

Theresa May’s Crack Team 242

Posted on November 14, 2018 by

…is what they’re calling Jack and James now, we hear.

Draw your own conclusions about the word “crack” there.

The news that could be 367

Posted on November 07, 2018 by

Now featuring Scotland 142

Posted on October 31, 2018 by

Or so they say, at any rate. Near the end, we think.

Against all the odds 49

Posted on September 29, 2018 by

Politics in 2018 is almost impossible to satirise, and nowhere more so than in Scotland, where at least two of the main parties are currently campaigning on the principled policy of “any referendum we lose should be re-run, and any we win must never ever be held again because the decision was final”.

So it’s quite understandable that the Dateline 2018 team – Scotland’s only currently operating satirists of any kind (which is, madly, true) – opted not to bother with any Scottish content in their last series. But they’ve totally promised that they’ll absolutely definitely do some this time, honest, if you fund them for another one.

Yeah, we’d be sceptical too. But they only need £7,500 by tomorrow to carry on, and if they don’t reach the target you get your money back, so if you just got paid and can spare a couple of quid then fire it their way by clicking on the pic, because frankly we don’t like to think about what they’d get up to if we don’t keep them occupied.

A collective breath 29

Posted on July 25, 2018 by

News of a world 303

Posted on July 19, 2018 by

This might as well be the news 112

Posted on July 11, 2018 by

Dark news 1

Posted on July 05, 2018 by

If you don’t want to know the TRUTH 16

Posted on June 27, 2018 by

…look away now.

The Day Before Tomorrow Today 31

Posted on June 20, 2018 by

They’re back to save us all.

Wait, correction, that should read: they’re back – God save us all.

  • About

    Wings Over Scotland is a thing that exists.

    Stats: 6,863 Posts, 1,233,842 Comments

  • Recent Posts

  • Archives

  • Categories

  • Tags

  • Recent Comments

    • Aidan on And every day was exactly the same: “@Alf – the UAE has a GDP per capita similar to Scotland and achieves this significantly through its zero-tax regime…Jan 5, 09:39
    • Hatey McHateface on And every day was exactly the same: “Near 1 AM, Scotland lies dark and silent, blanketed deep in snow, and Lochinvar’s musings turn, for unfathomable reasons, to…Jan 5, 09:32
    • Hatey McHateface on And every day was exactly the same: ““the coloniser, always with great relish, endeavours to point out “the endless deficiencies of the colonised”” Every now and then,…Jan 5, 09:24
    • Hatey McHateface on And every day was exactly the same: ““Guid dey” to you too, Northy. I thought I would reply to your post, as nae ither cant bothered. It…Jan 5, 09:01
    • Hatey McHateface on And every day was exactly the same: ““still not informed us about your man” Oh but I have. Several times, at least twice in considerable detail. You’ll…Jan 5, 08:47
    • Hatey McHateface on And every day was exactly the same: “2026 already shaping up as interesting. Both Xaracen and Northy now melding with James. Hail, Jorthacen! Possessor of the True,…Jan 5, 08:41
    • Jay on And every day was exactly the same: “Andy Ellis: your name omitted by Jay at 10:20pm, 4th Jan 2026Jan 5, 07:26
    • DaveL on And every day was exactly the same: “Quite attached to the ‘rules based world order’ you say. That shows how attached you are to western hegemony/ideology because…Jan 5, 02:04
    • Young Lochinvar on And every day was exactly the same: “Get a room you two! YOU are amongst the most prodigious creators of spoiler (going nowhere) BS AI reliant rubbish…Jan 5, 00:54
    • Alf Baird on And every day was exactly the same: ““Oman, UAE and Singapore aren’t democracies …” The matter of economic success of ex colonies was the main issue, not…Jan 5, 00:03
    • Northcode on And every day was exactly the same: ““Oh, get the fuck over yourself, you arrogant dishonest prick!” A tame exclamatory, Xaracen… you used the temperate obscenity “fuck”…Jan 4, 22:58
    • Alf Baird on And every day was exactly the same: ““There is nothing in the least bit bigoted about ANY native wanting to defend his nation from unwarranted, unlawful, and…Jan 4, 22:36
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on And every day was exactly the same: “KAFKA: THE TRIAL (Chapter 1 ARREST) « Somebody must have made a false accusation against Josef K., for he was…Jan 4, 22:29
    • Jay on And every day was exactly the same: “Your comment 3:39 on 4th Jan. finds fault with Alf Baird’s comment (shortly preceding) by referring to the issue of…Jan 4, 22:20
    • Alf Baird on And every day was exactly the same: “Yes James, the “hateful racism” of colonialism (Cesaire) inevitably shows through whenever the colonizer, always with great relish, endeavours to…Jan 4, 22:08
    • DaveL on And every day was exactly the same: “Hi Hatey, you’ve still not informed us about your man Stepan Bandera. I noticed they had a torchlit parade in…Jan 4, 22:02
    • Northcode on And every day was exactly the same: ““So there you have it, the ongoing oppression of native Scots is largely a consequence of privately schooled Anglicised sadomasochistic…Jan 4, 21:54
    • Alf Baird on And every day was exactly the same: ““Dae masochism next” Kipling, brought up initially in India and then sent to private school in England, imagined British society…Jan 4, 21:27
    • Andy Ellis on And every day was exactly the same: “And yet here you are for some strange reason giving us the benefit of your dazzling insight. I doubt my…Jan 4, 21:13
    • Andy Ellis on And every day was exactly the same: “@ Xaracen 8.08 pm Wind yer neck in ya bigoted piece of work. I didn’t say ALL Scots were bigots.…Jan 4, 20:58
    • Ross on List Voting For Cretins: “Which other pro independence party is likely, on current polling, to achieve more than the 1 list seat though? Every…Jan 4, 20:49
    • Xaracen on And every day was exactly the same: “@Andy Ellis; Way to go to miss the point, prick. Your attribution of bigotry to Scotland’s people in the context…Jan 4, 20:08
    • Hatey McHateface on And every day was exactly the same: “The greatest living half-Scot, President Donald J. Trump, continues to expand the American language: Trump said under Maduro, Venezuela hosted…Jan 4, 19:54
    • Hatey McHateface on And every day was exactly the same: ““Note the curtness of my response (a single sentence) set dow above this observation” I’m seeing what you’re about, Northy.…Jan 4, 19:18
    • David Holden on And every day was exactly the same: “Hard to wade through the comments at the moment as life is too short. Dr Ellis seems to be trying…Jan 4, 19:14
    • Hatey McHateface on And every day was exactly the same: “Wow! Assertions, propositions, veracity, premises. Check out the big vocabulary on Brad, sorry, Northy. But tell us true, Northy, as…Jan 4, 19:08
    • Northcode on And every day was exactly the same: ““…when you give someone enough rope…” It isnae rope ther needin, James, it’s mair ‘bullets’… fir ther nivver feenisht shootin’…Jan 4, 19:00
    • Northcode on And every day was exactly the same: ““A wholly unsuprising lack of originality on your part.” This assertion has been noted and immediately dismissed due to its…Jan 4, 18:50
    • Hatey McHateface on And every day was exactly the same: “Xaracen expressing his inner James there. Such lack of magnanimity and uncivil rudeness from someone forever telling us Indy is…Jan 4, 18:46
    • Andy Ellis on And every day was exactly the same: “@ Xaracen QEDJan 4, 18:46
  • A tall tale



↑ Top