The SNP Socialists Co-Convenors, Janis Wilson and Graham Campbell discuss; SNP Candidate Nominations for Holyrood 2026 (inc’ our Graham himself!), Israel Genocide & Gaza obliteration & the fortunes of Labour in office. 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 […]
Middle East
Christmas on Buchanan Street
Ceasefire Now! Vies with The Word of ancient scriptures. Brass bands deliver doleful praise to children of the Bleak Midwinter lining both sides of the street, in tatters, swaddled, frost deep, in limp blue quilt. Loose change lands In cups and cans, from guilt or proffered hands that can least afford it. Still […]
Book Review: Assad Or We Burn the Country: How one family’s lust for power destroyed Syria
By Sam Dagher (Little, Brown 2019) I don’t know much about Syria but after recent events in the news I wanted to inform myself about Bashar Al Assad and his regime. I have read a few books about ISIS and several books about Israel and Palestine but had not read a book about Syria. There […]
Indyref 10: Choose a side.
By Neil Scott The SNP needs to be better. The SNP has to be more “SSP.” Hear me out. I have sleepless nights over the genocide in Gaza. I see no real solution coming about until Israel changes as a result of our collective actions, our collective push in the way YEARS of boycotting and […]
Janis & Graham Ungagged! – Season 2 Ep 1: Riots, Labour, Palestine and Trump – not much has happened…
The SNP Socialists Co-Convenors, Janis Wilson and Graham Campbell discuss; facist riots in England & NI, Labour’s 1st month, US elections & trouble in the ‘middle east’. 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 […]
Janis and Graham Ungagged! Episode 7: Digital Socialism for the 21st Century
The SNP Socialists Co-Convenors, Janis Wilson and Graham Campbell discuss the election campaign, from more Leaders Debates to Gaza to Tory swingers! Music: Roy Möller Scottish left, pro-Indy, pro-LGBTIQA Podcasts. Writing. Campaigns. Please join us- help us create a new, fair media- The price of (or less!) a cup of coffee keeps us Ungagged! https://ko-fi.com/ungagged […]
Janis and Graham Ungagged! Episode 2
On the new Scottish cabinet and their changing priorities. Does this new Cabinet unite the SNP coalition for Independence and the Scottish electorate, or will it alienate the majority progressives across Scotland? How far is compromise with centrists too far? Clarity on the SNP stance on the Palestine Genocide as opposed to Starmer and Sarwar’s […]
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 […]
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 […]