https://ungagged.podbean.com/mf/play/8ahs9m/June_pod_pt1_Mixdown2.mp3 Available FREE on iTunes and Podbean We have 5 pieces for you: From Liz Olson who talks about immigration in the UK and is titled “Goodbye you bigoted woman – The tears of Theresa May’s victims should get far more attention that her’s did”. Mhairi Hunter muses on Trump’s State Visit to the UK, Philip Hammond’s seeming […]
Climate & Environment
Hopeless Proper
It’s not easy to keep your head above water in these politically turbulent times, but do we have a choice? I’d say that we don’t. The future is not ours to give up on. We all have our low points though and for me the world really shifted on its axis on 7th November 2016, […]
Dare – It’s Better This Way!
Available FREE on iTunes and Podbean After a break, Ungagged is back! Neil Scott rants like a red ham about Brexit, the empire and the climate protests, Debra Torrance and Liz Olson tell us to Dare, and she also tells us that it will be better! Music from, Phat Bollard, Vokxen, Jackal Trades and Katie MF! Get […]
Knapdale Beavers and Land Reform
Good times are coming for the Knapdale Beavers, who have sculpted their permanent mark on the stunning ancient deciduous forest. They will become a protected species in May 2019, in a long awaited and controversial move. Much of this area though flanked on both sides by huge areas of privately owned land is in the […]
Michelin Closure Highlights Need For A Just Transition
I was devastated, but perhaps not really surprised, to hear of the closure of Dundee’s largest industrial employment base – Michelin – a couple of weeks ago. Last month I wrote about how the 2008 financial crash signalled just how broken our economy is. The Michelin closure is perhaps the most recent example, close to […]
In Defence (sort of) of the Harlequin Ladybird
As one publicity slogan goes: ‘Everyone loves a ladybird’. Well, if we do, it is surely time to give them a little thought and care. A nineteenth century ‘Ladybird, ladybird’ children’s nursery rhyme from Dorset runs: Laedy-bird! Leady-bird! Vlee away home,Your house is a-vire, your children will burn. In some ways, the whole world is […]
What the goat killer taught me…
“Ye’ve goat tae be kidding!” So, in case you missed it, there was a bit of a rammy, excuse the pun, when an American tv host and her husband visited a Scottish island to hunt. This might not seem that absurd considering the hundreds of shooting estates covering millions of acres of Scotland’s highlands and […]
The Profit Murders
The silence of the left should shame us all, says Neil Scott
One in Five challenge Starbucks
One in Five disability rights organisation in Scotland have written to Starbucks CEO, Kevin Johnson. International organisations representing over 500,000 disabled people have supported the letter. Ungagged are pleased to be included. The campaigners have challenged Starbucks to invest in the research and development of a new straw that will satisfy environmentalists and disabled people. Jamie Szymkowiak […]
Edinburgh Fringe Review
Day 15 of Edinburgh Fringe and the mood has changed. 76% of performers are hungover and 39% of performers dreams have been crushed forever . Flyer guys and gals have lost interest mostly and nobody that I know has seen a show yet. Everyone just walks around handing out or accepting bits of cardboard. Everyone […]