As swathes of English people are fooled into flag wars, and Americans are being groomed to hate oil rich Venezuela, Karen Orr explores the history of the working class dying for billionaires… The history of conflict is not the grand narrative of kings and causes taught in schools; it is, at its core, a sordid […]
Monarchy
Scottish Independence: Freedom for ALL of the British Isles
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 […]
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
The Queue by Val Waldron
We call it QueueAnon, this wonderful fountain of freedom hitherto unknown, a snaking virtue of fellow patriots, knees bending to the virtues of the throne. Three days to bathe in our rightful place, in worship of her glorious majesty bowing our grateful head for the life of this deity In the guiding light of […]
Not My King by Val Waldron
The issue of monarchism v republicanism is not a side issue, something that can be left for later while we grapple with the economics or even the principle of self determination. It’s at the heart of the matter, the glue that bind us with the union, that seals us into our class system, poisons and […]
Holyrude Special – Our Republic rally Wed 5th July
Sights & sounds from the above.
Aristocracy’s Ashes – the Last Coronation
Every waking day (and not all of them ARE at my age and in my health) its another fucking thing, and I’m always ready for a murder, sex scandal, thieving tory, gagged and bound sex slave MP or insanity of some sort. Some days it can be, “Look over there… the Right Honourable is fucking […]
Holyrude Ungagged – Season 5 – Ep 6 – Baptism of Napalm
Hosted by Neil Anderson @BikerNeil with Kat Cary @Kat_Cary & David McClemont @DavoMc82 This week’s topics; SNP continuing woes, Big News Protests, The tories, The Coronation. Music by The Wakes; Never Again
Talking Sense February 23 – Republicanism in Scotland
Kat and Erin are joined by Connor Beaton to talk about republicanism in Scotland. Links Scottish Parliament Petition: https://petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE1998 Common Sense by Thomas Paine: https://lighthousebookshop.com/book/9780199538003 The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes by Zoë Playdon: https://lighthousebookshop.com/book/9781526619143 Out for Independence Welcomes Zoë Playdon for LGBTQ+ History Month: https://youtu.be/b27nNZ4mwfY Want to learn more? Connor’s work: https://connorbeaton.scot Our Republic: […]
Holyrude Ungagged Season 4 Episode 1 – “Wounded & Undermanned”
David McClemont (Twitter: @DavoMc82) and Connor Beaton (@CDBeaton) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS – The Death of Queen Elizabeth – The Reign of King Charles Begins – New Prime Minister – First Openly Gay Footballer in the Men’s professional game in Scotland Music by @HippyMuzic Art by @HeathPeaPict Edited by […]









