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Indybag- Activists Signal. Just Dae it.

Indybag: “A Modern-Day Scot’s Guide to Not Being a Muppet on the Internet“ ​So, you’ve finally realised that the corporate behemoths fucking hate you, but want your money and have an unending appetite for your personal data. Good fer you. You’ve heard the whispers about Signal, the one-horse race for privacy in the digital age- […]

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Who radicalised poverty?

By Indybag  The Thatcherite and subsequent right wing political project that began in 1979 has had a singular, brutal goal: to crush the working class. This wasn’t some unfortunate byproduct of economic change; it was a deliberate, ideological war on the very fabric of communities, on people’s livelihoods, and on their collective power. The right […]

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We Are Many, You Are Few by Val Waldron

 Starmer is either in denial, or too desperate to realise that the US could be his enemy, even while Trump gladly clutches his hastily thrown State Visit voucher, as an ape would a placatory banana. At least Macron is embracing the possibility of life without the US as an ally, while Starmer’s invisible friend, the […]

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Good Riddance

Neil Scott on Theresa May’s last speech in the Commons. I’ve just watched as Theresa May made her last speech in Westminster (and Harriet Harman… and what a contrast… i’d urge you to find them on YouTube).   May’s narrative in her speech was one of hard work and of ambition- with barbed comments against those […]

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Holyrude Ungagged Season 7 Episode 3 “Where Does Contra Come From?”

David and Connor discuss; – New Scottish Cabinet – Is Uk Labour undermining Scottish Labour? – Nefarious Tory plans for Scotland – English Water Contaminated by parasites! Music: James King and the Lone Wolves.

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Entitlement

When will the penny drop that No-one is entitled to our votes, that we need politicians with an ear to the ground, not the right wing. When I think of the years 2013/14 I think of one of those Penny Pusher machines from amusement arcades, representative of voters and members tumbling like freed coins from […]

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Hoyle’s Hubris and the Hackery of the Britpol Old Firm…

Did you hear about the 3 wells? Well, well, well. I do apologise, that is objectively the worst joke in my otherwise exceptional collection, if not indeed the English speaking world. Thank you Granny Moustache, it was one of her two favourites. But it is apposite for objectively the worst and most pish boiling week […]