Wings Over Scotland
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Wings Over Scotland
2d ago
…just read Wings Over Scotland, folks. A year ago, when he was red-hot favourite with all the bookies, we told you that Angus Robertson wouldn’t even run for the SNP leadership, let alone win. And this time round, a week ago when SHE was still the red-hot favourite, we told you that Kate Forbes wouldn’t ..read more
Wings Over Scotland
5d ago
In the dying days of World War 2, as Berlin crumbled to rubble under Russian bombs and rockets, the Nazis played a desperate last card in the shape of the Volkssturm, an ad hoc fighting force primarily comprised of old men, invalided veterans and those not deemed fit for normal military service. (As most of ..read more
Wings Over Scotland
5d ago
So there it is. In a massive, humiliating and abrupt reverse, the Scottish Greens have announced that they’ll support the Scottish Government – still led for the foreseeable future by Humza Yousaf – in this week’s confidence motion. ?? Shockingly enough, the debate about the Greens’ principles, intellectual consistency and integrity was an extremely brief ..read more
Wings Over Scotland
5d ago
So Humza Yousaf has resigned, as we told you on Thursday night he would. But there was one interesting line in his farewell speech. The Scottish Greens made abundantly plain over the weekend that any idea of them supporting a government led by Yousaf was out of the question, and that their future backing for ..read more
Wings Over Scotland
6d ago
We don’t really have very much to add to our analysis of yesterday. Sunday’s papers and politics shows have just confirmed our view of where things stand. But for those whose heads are spinning, let’s see if we can make it simpler. We’re going to rule out Yousaf being smart enough to take our sensible ..read more
Wings Over Scotland
1w ago
We apologise for making you look at Ross Greer’s face on a weekend. ? But what he said to the Holyrood Sources podcast yesterday is important. Firstly because it confirms everything in our analysis from yesterday. The Greens are definitely, and indeed openly, gunning for revenge against Humza Yousaf personally, and Greer’s comments strongly imply ..read more
Wings Over Scotland
1w ago
We’ll make this short, because we’ve had a long day. Wings is told by a very reliable source that there’s ANOTHER emergency Cabinet meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning, which at least means we get to use this image now. So here’s the “exclusive” you’ll be getting from Paul Hutcheon seven hours from now. For a ..read more
Wings Over Scotland
1w ago
Oh, wait, scratch everything. Because this guy’s just wasting everybody’s time. And the reason is this: Because a vote of no confidence in the First Minister and a vote of no confidence in the Scottish Government are two entirely different things. The first one carries no legal force whatsoever – it’s basically just a ticking ..read more