S SNP Socialist Co-convenors, Janis Wilson and Councillor Graham Campbell discuss the machinations regarding the SNP leadership problems and propose solutions.
Writers & Contributors
Entitlement
When will the penny drop that No-one is entitled to our votes, that we need politicians with an ear to the ground, not the right wing. When I think of the years 2013/14 I think of one of those Penny Pusher machines from amusement arcades, representative of voters and members tumbling like freed coins from […]
Holyrude Ungagged Season 7 Episode 1 – “Jeanie, I’m On The Podcast”
This week Host David McClemont (@DavoMc82) is joined by Holyrude O.G. Debra Torrance (@HeathPeaPict) to discuss; – The Potential Ban on Smoking for Anyone Born After 2009 – The (Ahem) Potential End of The Green/SNP Bute House Agreement – The Tory Plan To End Sick Notes – The Believe In Scotland Independence March
Ungagged Presents: Richie Venton on the lessons of the Miner’s Stike
Richie Venton is an activist and writer, and is a founder member of the Scottish Socialist Party. He is the Workplace and unions organiser of the party. He was the central organise of the Merseyside socialists who led a victorious mass movement against Thatcher’s government in the ’80’s, which won huge reforms for the people […]
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 […]
Ungag the Choons – Ep 2 “First People.”
Neil Scott talks about a Australian song from 1987 that helped radicalise him in Troubles torn Northern Ireland. If you want to know more about this song and the oils – please watch Peter Garrett: Midnight Oil frontman on Music & Politics – on youtube https://youtu.be/THWApLlF8yI?si=1HUU4ltOYO7lGnWM And if its available where you are, look […]
The Joker by Val Waldron
An apparition emerges from the wings. He strokes his chin, flexes his will to win once more and shoulders the door of democracy. He does not hide his grotesque face, nor his intention to burn down any trace of unlawful entry. Power-driven waste is his vanity. He looks the world in the eye, his […]
Ungag the Choons! – Season 1 – Ep 1 – “It’s sugar coated, it’s accepted…”
Neil Scott (@nwScotty) talks about a song that helped radicalised him as a teen in Troubles torn Northern Ireland.
Holyrude Ungagged Season 6 episode 12 “The End of Year One”
A collection of unhinged rants from David (@davomc82) about Keir Starmer, Elgin Marbles and Racist Immigration Rules interspersed with chats with Val Waldron (@valscribbles) and Connor Beaton (@cdbeaton) about 2023 becoming 2024.
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