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Where does the name Wings over Scotland come from?

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My first ever website was called World Of Stuart, purely because it occurred to me that it'd be amusing to modify the old "World Of Sport" logo. We had a picture of Dickie Davies on the front page for years.
After that I changed the tagline from time to time, but always with the same initials, so at various points it was "Wired On Starbust", "Weird Or Standard?" and so on. Eventually it became Wings Over Sealand, because I've always been fascinated by Prince Roy's gun-platform micro-state. When I decided to branch off into politics, Wings Over Scotland was the obvious choice, because it also suited our "mission" - watching over something from a distance.

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