As a young schoolkid in primary three, David McClemont was given a homework exercise where he had to show he could use various words in a sentence. “One of the words was ‘witch’ and so I wrote ‘Maggie Thatcher is a witch’,” he recalls.
Scottish Greens
Holyrude Ungagged – Episode 2.5 All COP26s Are B******s
NEWS – COP26 Climate Summit begins in Glasgow this Sunday – Oil Company Spying on Environmental Activists – Green Co-leader attacked by Tories and Tabloids for challenging “The War on Drugs” – Tories vote to dump raw sewage in England’s rivers and beaches Music by @HippyMusic Art by @HeathPeaPict And Tayler Cunningham Gives her REASONS […]
Raging Not Hating by Val Waldron
No-one deserves or asks for violent death because someone else thinks you don’t deserve to live. If that were the case there would be a death penalty for women who walk home alone at night or for daring to pack up your family and meagre belongings and set out across the channel in a dinghy […]
Holyrude Episode 2.3 – “Puppies, Parcels & Public Investment Funds”
David (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra (@HeathPeaPict) and Brian (@WeeSociologist) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS – Scottish Green Party Socialist Group Launched – Tory Party Conference – Arson Attack on the home of Chris Packham – Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund Buys Newcastle United Music by @HippyMusic Art by @HeathPeaPict And Jean […]
Ungagged Scottish Indy Special!
With contributions from our own Val Waldron (Twitter: @scribblingval) and David McClemont (@DavoMc82), plus the Scottish Green Councillor, Marth Wardrop (Twitter: @MarthaWardrop), David Peutherer of Scottish CND (Twitter: @scottishCND), SNP Councillor Graham Campbell (Twitter: @ceeGraham1) and a view from the USA from our George Collins – All held together (and edited by) Neil Anderson (@BikerNeil). […]
Holyrude Ungagged – Episode 16 “Is Chinook An Onomatopoeia?”
David (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra (@HeathPeaPict) and Brian (@WeeSociologist) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS – Sharon Graham Elected Leader of Unite – Wullie Rennie Gets Front Bench Role – SNP / Green Cooperation Agreement MORE TORY CORRUPTION – Two Firms belonging to Minister’s wife go bust owing thousands to the taxman […]
Holyrude Episode 13 – White But Woke AF
David (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra (@HeathPeaPict) and Brian (@WeeSociologist) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS Scotland records highest ever number of drugs deaths for seventh year running Scottish Health Minister reports a nursery to Care Inspectorate over concerns it discriminated against his daughter Queen secretly lobbied Scottish Government for climate law […]
Holyrude Ungagged – Episode 11 The Fan Club Dissolves
David (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra (@HeathPeaPict) and Brian (@WeeSociologist) NEWS – Willie Rennie Standing Down as Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats – Chaos in Downing Street – GB News continues to decline – Sian Berry stands down as Co-Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales MORE TORY CORRUPTION – Boris Bullingdon Buddy appointed […]
What and who will take us over the line?
We need kindness and compassion. Policies and manifestos are important, but we must use our devolved powers, and our courage to reflect our deeper values. We need a written constitution to underwrite them as a new nation when the time comes. An emboldened UK creeps up behind us as polls settle to pre-pandemic levels. A […]
Holyrude Episode 4: Dangerous Liasons, ye know..!
The Holyrude Ungagged maddies are buzzed up about the Royals, Dominic Cummings and more…