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Here in China, COVID-19 has changed the conversation about journalism. We need a similar shift in attitudes back in the UK. #BuildBackBetter In December, several hospitals in Wuhan began receiving patients with pneumonia of an unknown etiology. From Decemebr 27th to 30th it was becoming clear that a mystery virus was circulating in the city. […]
in the current stillness, I know it approaches; I can taste its salt on my lips, so I am plaiting a rope for us – three strands, love, courage, health; and with these, we can tether ourselves while we will get soaked and gasp for breath we will stand firm and we will find […]
You know, I don’t mind the staying in part. I like ‘going out’ but I’m not the outdoorsy type anyway, (too many allergies). I love being home with my family and the fact that we, (my partner and I), are both at home all the time right now spending quality time together with our son […]
Add yours; Twitter @_ungagged , ungaggedleft@gmail.com , facebook.com/ungagged send your piece to us and we’ll publish and circulate. We have many articles here, make sure you scroll all the way down. We will reformat it soon! The Scottish Black Sheep Another insightful article from Beinn Irbhinn. From Chernobyl to Covid-19 Beinn Irbhinn looks at the […]
Recently the UK government announced its plan to deal with the coronavirus outbreak: a plan to limit but not halt the spread of the virus. PM Johnson quite casually admitted that “many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time” while defending his and his government’s lack of any real action against […]
Ten Years of Austerity… “nudge herd immunity strategy…” the net result will be more deaths of the most vulnerable across these islands, says Sam Hamad. This mentality is a killer one. Boris Johnson and his nutcase advisers are asking people to buy into the idea that the UK can ride out the virus, basically. “Keep […]
“One of the theories is perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go and allow coronavirus to move through the population without really taking as many draconian measures.” PM Boris Johnson Many years ago, I travelled by bus from Cardiff to Glasgow. The bus slowly started filling up with […]
Available FREE on iTunes and Podbean The UK Christmas Election is highlighting how awful the binary sloganeering of the right really is – and how much the power of the Billionaire owned press and media still is killing democracy. Let this be your antidote. Help us continue to podcast, publish and campaign… a few quid keeps […]
One of our team, Neil Scott, urges his East Dunbartonshire neighbours to drop Liberal Democrat Leader, Jo Swinson as their MP at the upcoming election. “As a teacher who works in one of Europe’s most deprived areas, helping hungry, poverty damaged children every day, I resent the fact that Jo Swinson, a woman from one […]
This week it was announced that 1,187 drug-related deaths were registered in Scotland in 2018, the largest number ever recorded. This caused a shockwave to run through Scottish politics, though it wasn’t such a shock to those on the front line who knew the figures would be terrible. But seeing anecdotal evidence of a spiralling […]