With hundreds of SNP MPs, MSPs, and party members claiming to have reported themselves for a hate crime on Friday 3 May 2024, Unionists in Scotland were bemused at the faux outrage on Twitter (formerly X) over Andrew Neil’s reposting of a Times cartoon by Peter Brookes.
Given the SNP’s historic inability to allow any criticism whatsoever from those who are part of the one woman no cry party, pretending to express horror at a satirical cartoon depicting political suicide on behalf of their failed leaders is the only way they can speak their truth.
Kirsten Oswald MP – who may be about to delete her Twitter account – received a backlash all of her own making after reposting the cartoon and claiming it was horrific. Oswald, who will likely never live down being photoed next to a “Decapitate TERFS” sign featuring a cute guillotine, was unavailable for comment.
Collette Stevenson MSP doublespoke for many by sharing the cartoon:
As did Chris Law MP:
And rabidly nationalist Petey Wishart MP:
And Jim Fairlie MSP:
And even Ian Blackford jumped in to illustrate that Andrew Neil is the most widely read journalist on Twitter:
We at The Notional are quite sure most of them were chortling into their cornflakes (fake sponsored by Kellogg’s). Some may have been unaware though that sharing a hateful cartoon in order to condemn it is as much of a #HateCrime as any old Hate Crime. MPs, MSPs, and SNP Members take note. Police Scotland could be turning up at your doors sooner than you thought.