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Farage’s Choice Morsels- “Christians,” and Gossiping Liars…

By Indybag For people who run about the place raising flegs with so called christian crosses, Reform, Raise the Flag, Restore and the various capital R right wing groups seem to miss out massive chunks of the Bible that cut right through modern digital noise. Long before billionaires bought up social media networks and right-wing […]

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Nu-Thatcherism to the Putinist Model

The political entity currently known as Reform UK presents itself as a radical departure from the established order, yet a closer inspection reveals it to be a rebranding of the most regressive elements of British political history. It is the ideological heir to the hard-right Thatcherism of the 1980s and the exclusionary nationalism of Enoch […]

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Voting Labour? Please read…

By Sam Hamad By voting SNP today, or Green in the English local elections, or our comrades in Plaid Cymru in Wales, you’re voting against everything the sordid, filthy, pathetic Labour Party stand for. Here’s a quick rundown of Labour’s record of shame: Supported the Tory Hard Brexit Stifled any progressive conversation on rejoining the […]

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THE REFORM CHEAT SHEET

SPOT THE TORY GRIFT ​Don’t be fooled by the cyan tie. Reform UK is just a “recycled” Tory party designed to sneak the same old rot back into Holyrood. Here is the reality. ​1. THE TEAM SHEET (Follow the Bloodline) ​Reform isn’t a new movement. It is a shell company for ex-Tories who can’t get […]

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Take Back Control: How Farage is Fooling Us.

How Reform Hides Behind Your Phone Screen By Indybag ​The shift in politics from loudhailers on the town square to the private screen in your pocket is the biggest tactical move we’ve seen in years. For Reform UK, this isn’t just a preference. It is a survival -and perhaps a winning- strategy. By bypassing the […]

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Tommy Sheridan and the Art of the Self-Destruction

By Indybag The career of Tommy Sheridan is a study in how to torch your own legacy. We’ve seen him rise from a cell during the anti-poll tax riots to the heights of the Scottish Parliament, only to end up as a perennial figure of controversy. Once known for his oratorical fire and an apparently […]

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The Bad and The Ugly by Val Waldron

    It wasn’t quite the reaction I expected to my comment; So, Thatcher’s deid at last. The polite response that evening of 8th April 2013 could be summed up by a gently dismissive nod and patronising grimace. It told me what I already knew, that the death of this elderly person in the advanced […]

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For me… A clear winner…

By Damien Donnelly Tory/Reform No-Show… Almost exactly ten years ago (March 2016), I attended the first ever ‘LGBTI+ hustings’ for Scottish Parliament elections in Edinburgh. It was at this event that Nicola Sturgeon stated the SNP’s intention to reform gender recognition in Scotland, including recognition of non-binary identities. The legalisation of same-sex marriage was just […]

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When ‘Allies’ Weaponise Queerness and the Closet

By Damien Donnelly A great deal of political discourse involves calling out hypocrisy and there’s no doubt that this is important, as long as it’s rooted in fact. It would be ludicrous for us not to point out that Nigel Farage’s wife is an immigrant and two of his children hold dual citizenship, with German […]

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Review: Theroux: Out of his Depth?

By feminist reviewer. 📹 Louis Theroux’s new Netflix documentary “Inside the Manosphere” is being praised for some for shining a light on a disturbing current issue. I watched it. I wasn’t reassured. I was troubled. And not just by the men in it. 👎🏼 It adds nothing new to what journalists, academics, and women’s organisations […]