David discusses Scottish aspects of Westminster politics with Ungagged’s Kat Cary (Talking Sense) & Neil Anderson (Ungagged Interviews). Many other aspects of politics included as usual.
Left Politics
Bill Kidd SNP MSP – Nuclear disarmament in Scotland
Ungagged is happy to share SNP Socialists recent meeting where Bill Kidd SNP MSP spoke about the urgent need for nuclear disarmament in Scotland. #BairnsNotBombs Bill Kidd MSP on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament On Tuesday, 22 November 2022, SNP Socialists welcomed Glasgow Anniesland MSP and Co-President of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmame… youtu.be Here […]
Holyrude – Season 4 – Ep 5 – Politics of the jungle.
Holyrude pod talks with Talking Sense’s Kat Cary – co-convenor of SNP Socialists on; tiredness, Keir Starmer on mums.net, Larkhall, Mat Hancock on I’m a Celeb’ and of course Scottish politics. Kat asks in the pod for people with experience of living as a trans person in Scotland to submit a 3 to 5 minute […]
Disability and the Left By Stephanie Melnick
To win disabled people over, the left needs to change the rhetoric. We cannot mirror the Right’s idea of “useless eaters”. If we truly want to create a better future, we need to find a way to make a world where everyone can live happily – including those who cannot work. A few weeks ago, […]
Holyrude – Ungagged – 4.3
David McClemont (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra Torrance (@HeathPeaPict) and Connor Beaton (@CDBeaton) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS – More Chaos in Downing Street – Shetland Communications Cut Off – Racist caller says Sunak isn’t British – Labour Candidate Blocked
3.2 Talking Sense: The Post-Conference Post-mortem
Kat and Erin are joined by Guest Co-Host Neil Anderson of the Scottish Greens Trade Union Group to chat about the recent SNP and Scottish Greens autumn conferences. SNP Conference Abortion Services in Scotland https://youtu.be/C5Mx6iIzfPs?t=7023 Femicide of Mahsa Amini and Supporting Protestors in Iran https://youtu.be/kiVZmrVPoMM?t=3710 Scottish Greens Conference: STUC Scotland Demands Better https://www.scotland-demands-better.com/ Unite the […]
Talking Sense Podcast – Season 3 – Episode 1
Kat and Erin return for Season 3 after a busy summer to talk about the cost-of-living crisis, the death of Mahsa Amini and protests in Iran, and anti-immigrant actions in politics worldwide. Further info Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/edinburghslaverycolonialism Glasgow Slavery Audit: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=29117 Iran: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/podcasts/the-daily/iran-protests-women.html Reverse Freedom Rides: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/02/29/809740346/the-cruel-story-behind-the-reverse-freedom-rides Recommended Reading: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3785-abolition-geography
Scottish Left Forum Stands with LGBTIQA ++ Community.
Neil Scott on why Scottish Left Forum have announced solidarity measures with LGBTIQA people.
Interview with Glasgow City Councillor Graham Campbell August 2022
Neil Anderson interviews long time Ungagged contributor Graham Campbell. Topics range from the newly elected Glasgow City Council inc’ convenorship of Education committee, slavery reparations and Indyref 2.
North East communities must lead Scotland’s Just Transition
This last July saw the 34th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, in which 167 people needlessly lost their lives. Workers on two nearby platforms, Claymore and Tartan which pumped to Piper Alpha, could see that the platform they were pumping to was alight. But they had been told never to shut off the oil […]