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Great news, readers! After years of requests, it’s now finally possible to possess and cherish your very own adorable cuddly toy version of Wings’ symbolic embodiment of benign and welcoming independence, Hamish the lion!

Admittedly you’ll have to buy some slacker’s book of cartoons to get one, but that’s surely a small price to pay.

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    • Young Lochinvar on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “H McH About a week ago I started the “getting blood out of a stone” process of asking a genuine…Jan 7, 17:06
    • James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “The SNP are doing the job it was meant to do, with the support and assistance of those other political…Jan 7, 16:47
    • James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Scot Finlayson, Pretty accurate analyses, I believe the Civil Servants are being challenge for parading in the trans marches while…Jan 7, 15:52
    • James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Alf Baird. The devolved parliament under Westminster along with the treaty of union is like one of those big Scams,…Jan 7, 15:42
    • Marie Clark on Off-topic: “No luck Tinto trying to get a reply from BDTT. I sincerely hope that he is well enough but perhaps…Jan 7, 15:26
    • Scot Finlayson on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “The transcult staffers rule the roost at Holyrood, every vote,policy,grant,committee decision and color of toilet paper will be vetted by…Jan 7, 15:22
    • James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “That pretendy Scottish parliament is showing the true purpose for what it was set up to do when the time…Jan 7, 15:16
    • Alf Baird on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““a shameful day” in a shameful chamber. ‘Shameful’ primarily because we ken the UK ‘union’ is a charade, it disna…Jan 7, 14:48
    • 100%Yes on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Am not, and never will again. Let the party die.Jan 7, 14:43
    • Effijy on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “He will for the umpteenth time ask the big bully not to be a big bully and if he doesn’t…Jan 7, 14:35
    • Antoine Roquentin on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “The SNP doesn’t want independence,if you, or anyone else, honestly wants independence why would you vote SNP? Administrative fecklessness and…Jan 7, 14:27
    • Aidan on Failure To Learn: ““But not many people in the wider public get to hear about these” Well whose fault is that?Jan 7, 14:00
    • 100%Yes on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “A vote for the SNP is a wasted vote because after the election the SNP will not use the vote…Jan 7, 13:47
    • 100%Yes on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Cynicus, How can Swinney ask for a section 30 order after the election when his plan is to get a…Jan 7, 13:33
    • sarah on Failure To Learn: “@ Independent: “The Scottish Independence Party”. There is the Independence for Scotland Party. And they are co-operating with other 2014…Jan 7, 13:31
    • 100Yes on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Like wings is saying, the percentages isn’t for the SNP. So why put out a plan for Independence and tell…Jan 7, 13:28
    • Campbell Clansman on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Swinney answering a question he wasn’t asked? The great political comedy “Yes, Prime Minister” had Jim Hacker telling Bernard Wooley:…Jan 7, 13:20
    • James Cheyne on Failure To Learn: “The fighting bravery of the Scots was never entirely subdued physically by England though, it took bribes of Scottish elites,…Jan 7, 13:14
    • Captain Caveman on And every day was exactly the same: “Very true Hatey, out the frying pan and into the proverbial fire 🙂 Well, at least we can all agree…Jan 7, 13:05
    • 100%Yes on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Two things will happen after the election in May 1 the SNP will not get a majority and 2 the…Jan 7, 13:00
    • Cynicus on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Not hilarious but duplicitous. Swinney answered a question he wasn’t asked. The ONLY guarantee he can give in the event…Jan 7, 12:57
    • Campbell Clansman on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “The SNP and Greens live up to the words of Thomas Sowell: “It is hard to imagine a more stupid…Jan 7, 12:51
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Failure To Learn: “The above YouTube brings immediately to mind the statistics of catastrophic Scottish losses in WW1 provided by Sir Tom Devine…Jan 7, 12:50
    • 100%Yes on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “We have extremely poor interviewers in Scotland, he’s ask the question only for swinney to take over the conversation. The…Jan 7, 12:49
    • Hatey McHateface on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““Would that we had an SNP with that much courage, or any at all” Not agreeing with that. Not at…Jan 7, 12:48
    • Hatey McHateface on And every day was exactly the same: “@ Captain Caveman says: 7 January, 2026 at 11:41 am Another fact we know now that we didn’t know back…Jan 7, 12:40
    • 100%Yes on Failure To Learn: “Britain to keep Venezuelan gold.Jan 7, 12:27
    • James on Failure To Learn: ““Aidan”; Well you know what they say, sweetie. Who smelt it, dealt it, Petal. Better check your pad.Jan 7, 11:49
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Failure To Learn: “HOW SCOTTISH REGIMENTS FORGED BRITAIN’S EMPIRE YouTube site intro text – « When you picture the British Empire, you see…Jan 7, 11:48
    • Captain Caveman on And every day was exactly the same: “In fairness to Alf, I actually agree with him that Scotland *would* have been financially better off – possibly significantly…Jan 7, 11:41
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