weegingerdug
@weegingerdug.bsky.social
Opinionated gobshite, stroke survivor, older gay man, Scottish independence supporter, columnist with @scotnational.bsky.social huge languages and linguistics geek. Blog at https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com Not interested in your crypto investment.
My blog's annual fundraiser has smashed through its target in record time. @scotnational.bsky.social has done a story about it
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Pro-independence blogger smashes annual fundraising target in record time
THE Wee Ginger Dug blogger has smashed his annual fundraising target in the shortest time ever, taking just 16 days to reach the goal.
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February 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
My blog's annual fundraiser has smashed through its target in record time. @scotnational.bsky.social has done a story about it
www.thenational.scot/news/2585922...
www.thenational.scot/news/2585922...
My husband, a US citizen who moved to Scotland in 2019, has had his application for British citizenship approved. Now we don't have to worry about Farage's threat to abolish ILR status.
We're OK now but for many it's not an option as their home country doesn't recognise dual nationality.
We're OK now but for many it's not an option as their home country doesn't recognise dual nationality.
February 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
My husband, a US citizen who moved to Scotland in 2019, has had his application for British citizenship approved. Now we don't have to worry about Farage's threat to abolish ILR status.
We're OK now but for many it's not an option as their home country doesn't recognise dual nationality.
We're OK now but for many it's not an option as their home country doesn't recognise dual nationality.
Got a lovely message from a reader who donated to the blog fundraiser. He said he thinks the blog is excellent political analysis of the Scottish political scene & said he loves the comment section, which he called the Gogglebox of Scottish politics.
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Fundraiser update and a look to the election in May
I thought I’d publish an update on the progress so far of the 2026 Wee Ginger Dug annual fundraiser. This is always an anxious time of the year as I ask other people to put their money where …
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February 15, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Got a lovely message from a reader who donated to the blog fundraiser. He said he thinks the blog is excellent political analysis of the Scottish political scene & said he loves the comment section, which he called the Gogglebox of Scottish politics.
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My latest blog piece, an update on the annual WeeGingerDug blog fundraiser and a look forward to May's election. After just two weeks the fundraiser is almost 90% of the way to its target. Details on how to help cover the final 10% are in this article.
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Fundraiser update and a look to the election in May
I thought I’d publish an update on the progress so far of the 2026 Wee Ginger Dug annual fundraiser. This is always an anxious time of the year as I ask other people to put their money where …
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
My latest blog piece, an update on the annual WeeGingerDug blog fundraiser and a look forward to May's election. After just two weeks the fundraiser is almost 90% of the way to its target. Details on how to help cover the final 10% are in this article.
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My latest blog piece, thoughts on Jim Ratcliffe's race-baiting - Billionaire migrant tax evader blames poor people for Britain's problems.
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Billionaire tax evader blames poor people for Britain’s problems
73 year old billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, the UK’s own racist granddad, moved to the tax haven of Monaco in 2020 in order to avoid paying his fair share of taxes. He’s doubtless one of tho…
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February 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
My latest blog piece, thoughts on Jim Ratcliffe's race-baiting - Billionaire migrant tax evader blames poor people for Britain's problems.
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My latest blog piece. Labour's real problem in Scotland is not that Sarwar and Starmar have different visions, but that both stand for the same brand of unprincipled political opportunism and selling out to corporate interests.
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Labour’s real problem in Scotland is that Sarwar and Starmer are the same.
It’s hard to overstate just how much of a shambles the Labour party in Scotland has got itself into. On Wednesday The Herald was reporting that branch manager Anas Sarwar had doubled down on …
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February 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
My latest blog piece. Labour's real problem in Scotland is not that Sarwar and Starmar have different visions, but that both stand for the same brand of unprincipled political opportunism and selling out to corporate interests.
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Labour in Scotland is in a shambles. The Herald is reporting that Sarwar is doubling down on his demand that Starmer resign. Meanwhile The Guardian reports Sarwar has said that he'd welcome Starmer coming to campaign in Scotland ahead of May's Holyrood election.
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Labour in Scotland is in a shambles. The Herald is reporting that Sarwar is doubling down on his demand that Starmer resign. Meanwhile The Guardian reports Sarwar has said that he'd welcome Starmer coming to campaign in Scotland ahead of May's Holyrood election.
Labour sleaze and its dangerous association with Palantir. Anas Sarwar's incessant attacks on NHS Scotland are an attempt to soften up the Scottish public for private company involvement in NHS Scotland. Only indy parties will protect NHS Scotland.
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Labour sleaze and its dangerous association with Palantir
To paraphrase Shakespeare, Oh what a revolting web we weave when we mire ourselves in sleaze. Labour’s self inflicted paedophile adjacent chaos continues. Starmer has now belatedly removed th…
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February 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Labour sleaze and its dangerous association with Palantir. Anas Sarwar's incessant attacks on NHS Scotland are an attempt to soften up the Scottish public for private company involvement in NHS Scotland. Only indy parties will protect NHS Scotland.
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My latest blog piece, Starmer and Sarwar, the Tweedledum and Tweedledumber of political arrogance, together they've destroyed the Labour party in Scotland.
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Starmer and Sarwar, the Tweedledum and Tweedledumber of political arrogance
If you’re having a bad day today, console yourself with the thought that Anas Sarwar is having a much worse day than you are, cue the world’s tiniest violin. Sarwar can’t do anyth…
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February 10, 2026 at 1:31 PM
My latest blog piece, Starmer and Sarwar, the Tweedledum and Tweedledumber of political arrogance, together they've destroyed the Labour party in Scotland.
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Kinda weird to think that the first politician to be brought down by the Epstein files, albeit indirectly, is Labour's Scottish leader Anas Sarwar, who isn't even mentioned in them. Meanwhile Trump, who is mentioned in the files thousands of times, continues to be protected by the Republican party.
February 9, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Kinda weird to think that the first politician to be brought down by the Epstein files, albeit indirectly, is Labour's Scottish leader Anas Sarwar, who isn't even mentioned in them. Meanwhile Trump, who is mentioned in the files thousands of times, continues to be protected by the Republican party.
Busy day in politics today, my second blog piece of the day, Keir Starmer gets bitten by his soon to be neutered Scottish poodle. This is all a massive opportunity for the SNP and the Scottish Greens in May's Holyrood elections.
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Keir Starmer gets bitten by his soon to be neutered Scottish poodle
I’m not going to lie, I never expected that in 2026 I’d have “Excitedly awaiting a press conference from Anas Sarwar” on my bingo card. Due to the rapidly unfolding Mandelso…
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February 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Busy day in politics today, my second blog piece of the day, Keir Starmer gets bitten by his soon to be neutered Scottish poodle. This is all a massive opportunity for the SNP and the Scottish Greens in May's Holyrood elections.
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My latest blog piece, Starmer, Corbyn and the implications for the Scottish elections in May.
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Starmer, Corbyn, and implications for May’s Scottish elections
The big political story of the moment is of course the psychodrama enveloping Keir Starmer and the Labour party over the fallout from Starmer’s decision to appoint serial sleaze magnet Peter …
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February 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
My latest blog piece, Starmer, Corbyn and the implications for the Scottish elections in May.
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I'm shocked and stunned that yet another of Keir Starmer's many catastrophic errors of judgement has turned out to be someone else's fault. Who knew that Starmer was such a victim.
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a counter and says `` my shocked face '' .
Alt: A stoney faced Steve Carrell from the Office US says: "my shocked face."
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February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I'm shocked and stunned that yet another of Keir Starmer's many catastrophic errors of judgement has turned out to be someone else's fault. Who knew that Starmer was such a victim.
Your Party has voted to become a pro-indy party. 63% of delegates to their Scottish conference approved the motion "Your Party Scotland believes that an independent Scotland is the best route to improve the lives of people in Scotland and achieve socialism."
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Your Party Scotland votes to officially become pro-independence party
Your Party Scotland have voted to officially become a pro-independence party
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February 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Your Party has voted to become a pro-indy party. 63% of delegates to their Scottish conference approved the motion "Your Party Scotland believes that an independent Scotland is the best route to improve the lives of people in Scotland and achieve socialism."
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It's not just Mandelson McSweeney got wrong, he was also responsible for the disastrous policy of appeasing the hard right on immigration. But Starmer was his boss, he doesn't get to walk away with clean hands after throwing his minions under the bus.
February 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
It's not just Mandelson McSweeney got wrong, he was also responsible for the disastrous policy of appeasing the hard right on immigration. But Starmer was his boss, he doesn't get to walk away with clean hands after throwing his minions under the bus.
My latest blog piece. There are Scottish politicians who need to answer uncomfortable questions about Peter Mandelson and his quarter century of sleaze in public office, John Swinney is not one of them.
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it’s not John Swinney who must be held to account for Mandelson, it’s Starmer, Brown, Alexander, and Sarwar
Certain individuals such as the execrable Russell Findlay, the soon to be electorally humbled branch manager of the Tories in Scotland, and Mandy Rhodes, the editor of Holyrood Magazine, a publicat…
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February 8, 2026 at 1:59 PM
My latest blog piece. There are Scottish politicians who need to answer uncomfortable questions about Peter Mandelson and his quarter century of sleaze in public office, John Swinney is not one of them.
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Do you know who DOESN'T appear in the Epstein files?
Any trans person.
It's almost as though the biggest threat to women and girls comes from cisgender men.
Any trans person.
It's almost as though the biggest threat to women and girls comes from cisgender men.
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Do you know who DOESN'T appear in the Epstein files?
Any trans person.
It's almost as though the biggest threat to women and girls comes from cisgender men.
Any trans person.
It's almost as though the biggest threat to women and girls comes from cisgender men.
It's not just Starmer who has questions to answer. Mandelson's sleaze was well known. His links to Epstein were public knowledge in 2023, but Anas Sarwar still called him his friend and Douglas Alexander praised him highly when he was appointed UK Ambassador to the US.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
It's not just Starmer who has questions to answer. Mandelson's sleaze was well known. His links to Epstein were public knowledge in 2023, but Anas Sarwar still called him his friend and Douglas Alexander praised him highly when he was appointed UK Ambassador to the US.
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No YouGov, support for Scottish indy is not as low as 47%. YouGov's polls on indy are comfort blankets for Unionists. Here's why. This is a much expanded and revised version of a piece I wrote for @scotnational.bsky.social earlier this week
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YouGov’s independence polls are comfort blankets for Unionists
This is an expanded and revised version of a piece I wrote for The National newspaper earlier this week. Since writing it further information has come to light which casts even greater doubt on the…
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February 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
No YouGov, support for Scottish indy is not as low as 47%. YouGov's polls on indy are comfort blankets for Unionists. Here's why. This is a much expanded and revised version of a piece I wrote for @scotnational.bsky.social earlier this week
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Farage has just announced another ex-Tory as his messenger boy, this time in Wales. Reform doesn't even pretend to have leaders in Scotland and Wales, just former Tory mouth pieces hand picked to do his bidding.
February 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Farage has just announced another ex-Tory as his messenger boy, this time in Wales. Reform doesn't even pretend to have leaders in Scotland and Wales, just former Tory mouth pieces hand picked to do his bidding.
Seeing Labour apologists saying Starmer's Govt is still better than what went before with the Tories, and this would be true.
Getting hit in the face with one wet dog turd is better than getting hit in the face with two wet dog turds.
But you're still getting hit in the face with dog turds.
Getting hit in the face with one wet dog turd is better than getting hit in the face with two wet dog turds.
But you're still getting hit in the face with dog turds.
February 5, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Seeing Labour apologists saying Starmer's Govt is still better than what went before with the Tories, and this would be true.
Getting hit in the face with one wet dog turd is better than getting hit in the face with two wet dog turds.
But you're still getting hit in the face with dog turds.
Getting hit in the face with one wet dog turd is better than getting hit in the face with two wet dog turds.
But you're still getting hit in the face with dog turds.
My latest blog piece, Peter Mandelson's long history of sleaze is very on brand for Starmer's Labour party. Labour, Tory, or Reform UK, British politics is mired in sleaze and in hock to the rich.
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Mandelson, the sleazy heart of Starmer’s right wing Labour party
Keir Starmer’s leadership of the Labour party and his position as Prime Minister have been on a shoogly peg for some time. After being elected in July 2024 with a landslide victory in the Com…
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February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
My latest blog piece, Peter Mandelson's long history of sleaze is very on brand for Starmer's Labour party. Labour, Tory, or Reform UK, British politics is mired in sleaze and in hock to the rich.
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I'm running the blog's annual fundraiser but have just found out GoFundMe now prompts for monthly donations by default.
You can still donate as a one off - Click donate then click the button the left of the donate page saying Give once.
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You can still donate as a one off - Click donate then click the button the left of the donate page saying Give once.
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Donate to Wee Ginger Dug Annual Fundraiser 2026, organized by Paul Kavanagh-Mosson
It's that time of the year again, when I ask readers of this blog to make a… Paul Kavanagh-Mosson needs your support for Wee Ginger Dug Annual Fundraiser 2026
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February 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I'm running the blog's annual fundraiser but have just found out GoFundMe now prompts for monthly donations by default.
You can still donate as a one off - Click donate then click the button the left of the donate page saying Give once.
www.gofundme.com/f/wee-ginger...
You can still donate as a one off - Click donate then click the button the left of the donate page saying Give once.
www.gofundme.com/f/wee-ginger...
My latest blog piece, the revelations about the former Prince Andrew's links to Epstein and his family's role in enabling him confirm recent polling that Scots are more likely to support independence if the monarchy would be abolished in Scotland.
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The independence movement must commit to a Scottish republic
It’s well known that people in Scotland are less enamoured with the self-promoting antics of the Windsor family than people in other parts of the UK. Large royal events with all their pomp an…
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February 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
My latest blog piece, the revelations about the former Prince Andrew's links to Epstein and his family's role in enabling him confirm recent polling that Scots are more likely to support independence if the monarchy would be abolished in Scotland.
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My latest blog piece, what happens in the Welsh Senedd election in May could be key for Scotland's hopes of independence too.
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What happens in the Welsh election could be key to Scotland too
The well known traditional curse, “May you live in interesting times” is often ascribed to an ancient Chinese text, although there is no evidence for this. Be that as it may, it cannot …
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February 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
My latest blog piece, what happens in the Welsh Senedd election in May could be key for Scotland's hopes of independence too.
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