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There is a particular kind of irony, one both thick and uncomfortably sharp, in witnessing the presenters of GB News gather to lend their voices to the verses of Robert Burns. To watch those who have built a platform upon the sturdy bricks of British exceptionalism and the preservation of traditional hierarchies singing “Auld Lang […]
By Jock Mulligan I see the prolific Gael and others have recently been banging on this drum too. But I can’t fughing well stress hard enough how much my friends and comrades need to get to grips to understand the massive attack we are under from the device in our pockets. The device we pull […]
Manufacturing emotion and stealing stability. The Digital Factory of Despair – How They Farm Your Outrage By Gael There is a particular kind of cruelty in the way the modern world tries to steal your soul. We used to talk about the factory floor and the picket line; today, the factory is in your pocket, […]
In a chilling display of political opportunism, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has targeted Glasgow’s schoolchildren in their latest campaign, painting the diversity of languages spoken in the city as “culture smashing.” The focus on children—the most vulnerable members of society—is not just nasty; it’s a deeply creepy and calculated political tactic designed to sow […]
By our Political Correspondent The Scottish Yes Parties have issued blistering warnings that Labour’s increasingly harsh rhetoric on immigration, refugees, and asylum is doing nothing but fuelling a dangerous lurch to the right in Westminster, directly benefiting the far-right agenda of Nigel Farage. The SNP, Scottish Greens and SSP have reiterated that instead of tackling […]
By Jock Mulligan How can the rigorous moral architecture of the ancient Celts relate to today’s politics? Well, we can learn from folk history; much of it is a blueprint for a disciplined, ethical politics of its time- and let me suggest, the Left, especially in places like Scotland and Ireland, where the ghosts of […]
Kathy O’Connor on Mamdani’s victory. It is an occupational hazard for anyone interested in American politics to become overwhelmed by rhetoric. The national conversation is so often conducted in italics and capital letters—TREASON, LOW-IQ, DEEP STATE—that the essential banality of governance, the stuff that determines whether your rent goes up or your subway runs on […]
American Youth bite back. By Kathy O’Connor It’s difficult to say, exactly, when the future began to feel less like an aspiration and more like a poorly executed eviction notice. One felt compelled to conclude, watching the seemingly endless, granular erosion of American civil liberties—the systematic dismantling of protections for reproductive autonomy, the punitive erasure […]
By Neil Scott I’m off work with covid. Imagine those words 5 years ago. Imagine a friend messaging that to you back then. Covid still can be dangerous for many people- and was deadly for many more half a decade ago. It killed family and friends -and work colleagues- and the devastating footage of people […]
By Gael. A Beacon in the Storm: Why a Fair Scottish Republic is a Shield Against the Rising Tide The air in these islands is thick with a disquieting hum, a low, guttural growl that speaks of fear, division, and a retreat into the suffocating embrace of a narrow, exclusionary nationalism. We hear it from […]