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 […]
Middle East
Holyrude Ungagged – Season 6 Episode 11 “Better Late Than Never”
This week Host David McClemont (@DavoMc82) is joined by Val Waldron (@scribblingval) and Cllr Sophie Traynor (@STrayn0r) to discuss; – The Royals Steal Money From The Dead – The Continuing Tory Circus at Westminster – The Closure of Grangemouth Oil Refinery – The Scottish Parliament Voting For a Ceasefire in Gaza
Dreaming in Green by Val Waldron
Not a week goes by in Scottish politics when the decision to vote No in 2014 does not rear its ugly head. November 2023, the Scottish Broadcasting Company reports growing unrest south of the border. Massive crowds are gathering daily outside Westminster, demanding an end to Tory rule, following emergency legislation allowing the General Election […]
Holyrude Ungagged – Season 6 Ep 10 – The one where he’s on his own
Host David McClemont @DavoMc82 flys solo this week, Topics are; PM & new Rwanda policy, David Cameron, Westminster & Ceasefire vote, Farage & I’m a Celeb Music: Hey! – Look at you You want Fox – Dirty Little Fox Intro & Outro – The Charlemagnes; Barbed Wire
Holyrude Ungagged – Season 6 Ep 9
Neil Anderson @BikerNeil hosts with Jen Bell @rightsandroses and Cal Johnston-Dempsey @CalDemps discuss; 1) Scot Gov WhatsApps & UK Covid enquiry 2) Michael Matheson MSP £11k iPad roaming data bill 3) Ceasefire demos, Cabinet sackings & possible Labour abstain on Westminster SNP ceasefire motion. 4) Labour MSP Monica Lennon’s member’s bill to enforce tough penalties […]
Do You Embrace the Era of Genocide? – By Sam Hamad
With its defence of Israel and its defence of mass murder, the liberal democratic West is hammering the nails in its own coffin. When Assad, Iran and Russia were allowed to get away with what I and many others believe will one day be widely seen as genocide in Syria, many of us warned that […]
Interview with John Hird on NUFC Fans against Sportswashing
John Hird has done many things on the political left but recently helped set up Newcastle United Football Club Fans Against Sportswashing, in this interview with Neil Anderson they talk about the NUFC Fans campaign. NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing https://sites.google.com/view/nufcfansagainstsportswashing/home @NoSaudiToon
Death Match by Sam Hamad
If you are melting down over the World Cup in Qatar; ask yourself why you didn’t have a similar meltdown over the one in Russia in 2018? Be honest about it. At that point in the world, despite Russia genocidally ravaging Syria, annexing and waging war against Ukraine and overseeing the fatal persecution of homosexuals […]
Russia’s Sonderweg
The concept of Sonderweg- and its application to Russia.
Opinion: Ukraine Whataboutery
Some on the left are blinded by old, cold War allegiances, beliefs and sectional thinking.