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Feb 5
Judgement day has arrived and it has potentially historic implications for Scots law and its current "unjustifiable restrictions" to a proper legal remedy in malicious prosecution claims.
Many thanks to all those who have supported this important case.
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All the "stolen valour" warriors tend to go silent when the cosplay Royals strut around.
Hypocrites one and all.
True warriors, true bravery does not require a costume.
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Jun 12
On the 18th of June, next Thursday, the three judges at the Court of Session will issue their judgement following the Lord Advocate's appeal against Lord Lake's February judgement in my claim against the Crown for their 2020 malicious prosecution of me.
This case has already made legal history and dependent on what they conclude could result in a new Criminal Justice Act being required to make Scots law compliant with ECHR.
The case has been largely ignored so far by the corporate media, so stay tuned here for further updates.
Special thanks to my legal team, Solicitor Advocate Gordon Dangerfield, solicitor Liz Coyle and Andrew Smith KC for getting us this far and to all those who donated to the fund.
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Jun 13
In February 2026, Lord Lake ruled that "viewed objectively there were no reasonable or probable grounds for bringing the prosecution against" me in 2020.
He also ruled my rights to a fair hearing had been violated under ECHR due the immunity of the Lord Advocate. That immunity renders Scots law incompatible with the European Convention for Human Rights.
Lord Lake makes plain in his February 2026 judgement in my case that both Police and @copfs had "ulterior motive for prosecution" and this itself was indicative of malice.
Although his judgement effectively ended my claim against the Lord Advocate, incredibly she appealed the decision not least because the decision, as it stands, will mean a new Criminal Justice Act will be required to make Scots law compatible with ECHR and strip the Lord Advocate of their absolute immunity.
It also opens up the entire criminal justice system to reform and evidently that is unconscionable for the head of Scotland's prosecution service.
Not just my case, but in many other examples, it is painfully clear the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscals service needs major reform, not just in terms of process but prevailing culture.
To a large extent that will also require political will from the Scottish Government and Parliament... So I remain the eternal pessimist on that front.
I hope the judgement will go some way towards dragging Scotland's prosecutor into the 21st century and remove an internal culture so blatantly tainted by political bias and way too close to Government.
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Jun 11
The only way @FIFAcom @FIFAWorldCup can redeem their reputation is if @realDonaldTrump's face is on every football used for the entire tournament.
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Jun 11
The Clach an Trushal, the Stone of Compassion, Isle of Lewis.
At 19ft it is the tallest standing stone in Scotland, erected 5000 years ago.
It was originally part of a stone circle, now long gone.
Snapped by me the other day, before the rain came!
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Mark Hirst retweeted
Jun 11
A reminder from just six months ago.
While Zionist claim that opposing Zionism is antisemitic, tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews gathered in New York to publicly reject Zionism and declare that it does not represent Judaism.
A perspective the media rarely highlights.
Source @authenttorahjew @TorahJudaism
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Jun 11
Next year will mark the 86th anniversary of the sinking of the Lancastria off the coast of France, which claimed an estimated 4000 lives in just 20 minutes.
My grandad was one of the lucky survivors.
This documentary was first shown on TV5 Monde in 2010.
youtu.be/c99bdPQqVbg?is=XsHf…
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Jun 11
14 years ago, as their original drummer, I joined an Edinburgh based metal band who went on to have well deserved international success (no doubt helped by my departure - to STV - and the outstanding ability of Dud on drums).
We also both share the same vision for Scotland; liberty, freedom and a chance to do things our way, as a people, together without interference from a Government that has only ever sought to exploit us.
#DVNE
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Jun 11
This is a very important piece by @OborneTweets about the violent expansionism of the Western backed Zionist colony and the prospect of a huge escalation in the Middle East.
youtu.be/qK1s7IcTdtQ?is=4bna…
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Jun 9
Not suggesting vandalism... I was thinking more social housing builds or even, if we have to have them, data centres!
Jun 8
For those Scotland fans notified by the US Regime that the entry status on their ESTAs had changed and they won't now be going, perhaps they might want to spend that time organising and changing the status of Trump's golf courses here.
We're an imaginative people after all.
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Former CIA officers have already flagged that these will be used for detailed mass data collection and surveillance of the general public.
The biggest perceived threat that Western Governments fear the most comes from their own populations.
Energy requirements for data centres currently in the Scottish planning system is between 4450 MW and 4950 MW, which is larger than the winter peak electricity demand for the whole of Scotland.
The Scottish government is putting power for the tech giants before people.
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Jun 8
It's a good job @DHSgov are only monitoring the past 5 years of social media posts otherwise this "fan" 👇 might be joining the other Scots fans who have had their ESTA's withdrawn.
@JohnSwinney says he gets direct text messages from @POTUS so maybe he could send one back and get those barred Scotland fans in.
7 Jan 2021
The events in the United States are a terrifying warning of the fragility of democracy. The conduct of Trump in inciting this violence is despicable. Vital that Democrats and Republicans stand together to certify the election of Joe Biden and show that democracy always prevails.
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Jun 8
For those Scotland fans notified by the US Regime that the entry status on their ESTAs had changed and they won't now be going, perhaps they might want to spend that time organising and changing the status of Trump's golf courses here.
We're an imaginative people after all.
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Last summer I raised the proposition of two changes to FOI law.
One was the extension of FOI law to political parties in relation to the murky world of candidate selection, policy influence and to funding- all of which there are clear public interest cases for. (1/x)
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Jun 7
I've managed to get a ticket for the Melrose Book Festival on the 14th...
Fair looking forward to it.
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Jun 6
From 6 years ago...
8 Dec 2020
Peter Murrell, SNP Chief Exec, married to First Minister, implying that the couple effectively live completely separate lives, ships passing in the night.
Never discussed biggest political development in SNPs history apparently.
If you believe that, I have bridge to sell you!
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Wings Over Scotland has this morning sent the following further letters to Police Scotland and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. wingsoverscotland.com/in-pur…
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Jun 6
I wouldn't dismiss the brown paper envelopes with cash-bungs inside. It literally happened.
It didn't happening in remote, dingy carparks however, but in specific MSPs offices and the one handing the cash out to favoured MSPs ("not to appear anywhere") is none other than "Honest John".
I know this because I witnessed it and recorded it. That evidence was then passed to the investigations unit of the Electoral Commission.
They spent six months examining it and other corrupt practices and concluded it was of such seriousness that they reported it to the serious and organised crime division at, you guessed it, the festering Crown Office, Scotland's prosecutor...
They concluded it was not in the public interest to bring any prosecutions!
The stench has been there for decades.
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I now believe Scotland has an institutional corruption problem.
Maybe not brown envelopes in car parks.
Something more Scottish. More polite. More managerial.
A system where the right people are protected, the wrong questions are buried and the public are treated as thick.
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Jun 6
Worth highlighting again that Harvie previously worked in the Foreign Office on secondment from MI5 prior to becoming Crown Agent at COPFS.
It was Harvie, in that role, who directed the prosecution against me and Alex Salmond that ultimately failed.
So the question really is, who actually runs Scotland.
As for the other individual shown... Well, where to begin!
The problem with asking questions about the Crown Office is that - as Wings has been establishing for quite a number of years now - the Crown Office is answerable to no-one, with the possible exception of the King himself. It is in all meaningful senses above and beyond the law.
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Jun 6
The current interim Crown Agent, John Logue, is a friend of Harvie and both worked as prosecutors in the Lockerbie trial that many experts, domestic and international, believe resulted in the wrongful prosecution of Abdelbasset al Megrahi and a serious miscarriage of justice.
The reason this all stinks is because there is genuinely something rotting away within the "institutionally corrupt" @copfs.
There is a festering cultural problem within that most powerful and currently untouchable institution embedded deep within the Scottish Government.
That stench will continue until there are politicians with actual backbones willing to do something about it. Sadly, our current political class can barely lift up their own wrists.
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