SNP Socialists, Janis and Graham discuss the announcement of the General Election…
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Janis and Graham Ungagged! Ep 3 “Extremists…”
On – Richie Sunak’s “Extremist” comments regarding the Scottish Electorate, – the imminence of new Scottish nuke power stations -according to Alister Jack – under an imagined ”return of a unionist regime,” and what this statement says about British politics… – Why Andy Burnham WANTS what we have. – The gradualism of Swinney – and […]
Richie Venton Ungagged! Episode 2 “Where IS the Centre Left?”
Richie Venton on Starmer and Swinney’s claims to be “Centre Left.” what does that mean for working class people when 1 the Labour right winger, Neil Kinnock says Starmer “has gone too far,” and 2 Swinney’s inclusion of Kate Forbes and her economic and social views, into his Cabinet. Music – The Kara Sea. […]
A New Social Contract – Reforming the SNP into a Genuine Peoples Party
Author’s Note: This article was originally published on the 2nd of May 2024, before the election. Since then, many of the things I’ve written about have come to pass – though I also acknowledge that some have not. I think it would be helpful for Independence and the promise of a more egalitarian Scotland if a […]
An Open Letter to The SNP Leadership…
The following is an open letter to First Minister Humza Yousaf (the prospective candidates for First Minister) and the SNP National Executive Committee, from Eilidh McIntosh, Former Political Education Officer & Former Youth Officer, SNP Sauchie Branch, Clackmannanshire. The last few years have been incredibly testing and trying for Scotland’s LGBT community – not least […]
Jackie Baillie, 5 gallons of chicken gravy and a straw
Willie Miller’s Moustache (Twitter: @williemillersm1) has a plan to bring the progressive indy movement together… Right you fucking idiots. Everyone who supports independence one straight line in front of me, GO! Turn to your right. Kick that moron up the arse. Turn to your left, boot that pillock too. Now repeat, but with hugs not […]
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 […]
Ungagged Presents: Richie Venton on the lessons of the Miner’s Stike
Richie Venton is an activist and writer, and is a founder member of the Scottish Socialist Party. He is the Workplace and unions organiser of the party. He was the central organise of the Merseyside socialists who led a victorious mass movement against Thatcher’s government in the ’80’s, which won huge reforms for the people […]
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 […]
The Joker by Val Waldron
An apparition emerges from the wings. He strokes his chin, flexes his will to win once more and shoulders the door of democracy. He does not hide his grotesque face, nor his intention to burn down any trace of unlawful entry. Power-driven waste is his vanity. He looks the world in the eye, his […]