Wings Over Scotland banned from Twitter

Scottish political blogger Wings Over Scotland has been banned from Twitter.

This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement.

Stuart Campbell. Picture: YouTubeStuart Campbell. Picture: YouTube
Stuart Campbell. Picture: YouTube

The social network suspended the account, which is run by Stuart Campbell in Bath, Somerset, in the early hours of this morning.

Campbell wrote on his website today: “As a number of alert readers may have already spotted, our Twitter account was suspended at some point in the early hours of this morning [Monday].

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

“We’ve had no email from Twitter offering any sort of explanation, but it seems likely to have been at the behest of a Daily Express hack called Siobhan McFadyen who’s been bombarding the company’s executives with complaints over the weekend.”

Picture: TwitterPicture: Twitter
Picture: Twitter

He added: “We apologise for the interruption to our normal service and hope it’ll all be sorted out soon. In the meantime, we understand if any readers feel alarm at how easily a mainstream media outlet can silence a major voice on one of the biggest social-media platforms in the world simply for pointing out when a newspaper has been telling lies.”

A spokesman for Twitter said they did not comment on individual accounts.

Siobhan McFadyen also refused to comment.

DOWNLOAD THE SCOTSMAN APP ON ITUNES OR GOOGLE PLAY