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The Scottish Government’s Growth Commission has raised more questions than it has answered, it has worried and angered many independence supporters, and far from starting a debate about the positive vision of the growing economy of an independent Scotland is has set independence supporters against one another on the basis of those who will support […]
All Under One Banner – Independence Rally and March – 5th May 2018 By Catriona Stevenson Nearly 4 years after the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum, “All Under One Banner” organised an event on the 5th of May with the hopes of sending Westminster a message that we will not be silenced anymore and the support […]
When Ungagged asked me if I’d like to write something about the baby box stooshie my initial reaction was to think it might be too depressing. But then I thought no, that’s how the Tories want us to feel. So here goes. It all started with a Guardian story based on two pillars: one, […]
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the UK and Scottish media is mainly hostile towards the SNP. But that hasn’t stopped the SNP. The media doesn’t decide who wins elections in Scotland, the people do. Since the SNP won power the media environment in Scotland has become marginally more favourable. But at the same […]
Weesht For Indy – Not… I am part of a political group that agrees to disagree on pretty much all of the razors of political analysis that cause splits, tantrums and forked tongued statements. Ungagged is a website and political podcast that has pretty much every left view somewhere in its archive, said by people […]
The Secretary of State for Scotland, David (Fluffy) Mundell, the sort of guy who eats crumbs out his beard and happily shares a front bench with homophobes whilst hailing his own gay credentials, has somehow been magically elevated to a higher status than the democratically elected First Minister of Scotland. Let’s break down the […]
From the time of the Russian Revolution of 1917, it has been recognised that acute problems attend the construction of socialism in conditions of ideological isolation. Before 1924, Lenin, Trotsky and all other Soviet leaders believed that the crucial importance of foreign trade and investment for Soviet development implied the assistance of other socialist countries. […]
(Note: Not the USA “Union”) I think the reason the percentages in Scotland flipped from indyref 2014 to the referendum on Brexit vs. Remain is that suddenly the stark prospect of being completely at the mercy of the central government in London was inescapably before the country. In 2014, long before Cameron’s idiotic attempt at […]
Ungagged is a podcast from the left, based in Scotland, but like many media outlets we have editorial from across the world. We started Ungagged with two aims. One- as a forum for a wide range of commentators across the left to give their views without prejudice. And two to ensure, in the mix of […]
It is 9pm in Scotland as I write this. Seventy five years ago the air raid sirens were beginning to sound in Clydebank… Lest We Forget… The Clydebank Blitz