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Holyrude Ungagged – Season 6 – Ep 1

David McClemont @DavoMc82 hosts with Kat Cary @kat_cary and Brian Finlay @WeeSociologist. This week’s topics; Scottish Govt Credit Cards Rutherglen & Hamilton West by-election Robin Harper Vs Scottish Greens Click for link to the song Kat mentions. She says “The actual line that I (tried to) sing starts at 2:35”. Music – The Charlemagnes – […]

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Indybag: Fuck the Corporations and Neil Oliver

Donald Rumsfeld has been trying to kill me for years, what with ensuring that after the Irish stopped bombing Britain, he and his Whitehouse gang introduced a new set of disgruntled bombers, and of course his lacing Diet Coke, vitamin tablets, toothpaste, cereal and chewing gum with his aspartame. Having said that, of course Rishi […]

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Anonymity and Tragedy: why telling stories of the asylum seeker is so important by Mhairi Hunter

We knew their names, their faces, their stories. That made us feel connected to them. And that’s a key difference with coverage of refugees, who usually remain a nameless and faceless mass to us.   There has been much commentary in the past few days about the difference in media/public perception of the Titan tragedy […]

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Holyrude Ungagged Season 5 Episode 10 – Tory Spectre Haunts UK

David McClemont @DavoMc82 hosts with regular Brian Finlay @WeeSociologist and the return of  Holyrude O.G. Debra Torrance @HeathPeaPict This week’s topics; – Daily Telegraph’s Calculator of Hate – Failure to eradicate poverty is costing Scotland £2.4bn a year – Sunak Under Pressure – Tories Want to Abolish Inheritance Tax