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Farage’s Choice Morsels- “Christians,” and Gossiping Liars…

By Indybag For people who run about the place raising flegs with so called christian crosses, Reform, Raise the Flag, Restore and the various capital R right wing groups seem to miss out massive chunks of the Bible that cut right through modern digital noise. Long before billionaires bought up social media networks and right-wing […]

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Nu-Thatcherism to the Putinist Model

The political entity currently known as Reform UK presents itself as a radical departure from the established order, yet a closer inspection reveals it to be a rebranding of the most regressive elements of British political history. It is the ideological heir to the hard-right Thatcherism of the 1980s and the exclusionary nationalism of Enoch […]

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THE REFORM CHEAT SHEET

SPOT THE TORY GRIFT ​Don’t be fooled by the cyan tie. Reform UK is just a “recycled” Tory party designed to sneak the same old rot back into Holyrood. Here is the reality. ​1. THE TEAM SHEET (Follow the Bloodline) ​Reform isn’t a new movement. It is a shell company for ex-Tories who can’t get […]

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Kneecap Irish Goodbye – poetry that breathes, swears, and cries…

By Neil Scott Watching Kneecap’s eloquent, beautiful short film, Irish Goodbye felt less like watching a music video and more like delving into my own grief and facing the void left by a parent’s death. Therapy, in a way. Seeing someone else’s grief, and understanding we aren’t alone. ​As someone who grew up surrounded by […]

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Review: Channel 4’s Trespasses – The Unspoken Language of the Troubles

By Neil Scott (Some Spoilers). Trespasses is a powerful Channel 4 series that transcends the typical Troubles drama by focusing on the secrecy, coded interactions, and cross-community experiences that defined daily life in Northern Ireland. While some plot points feel slightly contrived, the series captures the deep emotional and social truth of the era—the pervasive […]

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Time to Die for Profits!

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 […]

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Karen Orr: How Many Working Class Americans will Kill and Die for Venezuelan Oil?

​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 […]

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THE EMPIRE STRIKES OUT: ENGLISH FAR-RIGHT DEFEATS THE UNION!

By Jock Mulligan The United Kingdom, once held together with spit, stubbornness, and a fair bit of historical coercion, is unraveling faster than a cheap Penny’s January Sales jumper. And it’s not some foreign agitator or a few angry Celts doing the pulling; no, it’s the very heart of the thing, the English political establishment, […]

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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 […]

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Indybag: The Welsh Result Shows we can Defeat Reform

Edited 12.35 to include news of Scottish Green Party defections to Your Party. The results of yesterday’s by-election in Wales and the recent clarity from Scotland send a powerful, unifying message: the only credible way to defeat the far-right is through a confident, mobilised progressive movement. This isn’t just about tactical voting; it’s about political […]