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Let’s be straight with each other—the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is a bad actor. For decades, they’ve trailed around like the self-appointed high priests of the working class, but if you look at the wreckage they’ve left behind, especially here in Scotland, it’s clear their only real loyalty is to the survival of their own […]
The SNP Socialists Co-Convenors, Janis Wilson and Graham Campbell discuss; Trump, the changing World, SNP Leader’s (John Swinney) Speech & the anniversary of the Brexit vote. Music: Roy Möller Scottish left, pro-Indy, pro-LGBTIQA Podcasts. Writing. Campaigns. Please join us- help us create a new, fair media- https://ko-fi.com/ungagged Where to find Left Ungagged… Website Twitter (X) […]
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 A chairdean, let us look through the mist of Westminster’s “democracy” to see the machinery of capital and empire at work. These reports from Scottish paper, The National expose a predictable reality: the British state is a playground for foreign capital and state-sponsored lobbying, while it simultaneously weaponizes “national security” to cast […]
To read the initial critique of Scottish pro-Palestinian activism that Kevin McKenna has had published in an increasingly desperate Glasgow Herald, is to encounter a portrait sketched in stark caricature: a world where political dissent is merely the affectation of the wealthy, and solidarity a “Brucie Bonus” for the bored bourgeoisie. Yet, history – and […]
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 Ungagged Political Correspondent Wes Streeting, the Labour Health Secretary, is facing intense scrutiny over reports that he has accepted significant donations from individuals and companies linked to the private healthcare sector, with figures reaching over £200,000. Critics argue that these financial ties undermine his commitment to the core principles of the National Health Service […]
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 […]
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 […]