David was born in Rutherglen Maternity Hospital in Glasgow in 1982 and spent most of his life in Cambuslang. He never left Glasgow but in 1995 Glasgow left him when local authority reorganisation rezoned Rutherglen & Cambuslang into the newly created South Lanarkshire. David has always been political, one of his earliest political memories is […]
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Brian Finlay Writing
News, Articles and Opinion We don’t need a monument to Margaret Thatcher, we’re living in one Oooh Jeremy Corbyn…Poorly Paid Agency Workers Aren’t Just Migrants What does Pride mean to me? There ain’t no party like a Brexit Party, unless you’re a homosexual or an immigrant No Brendan O’Neill, The Rise Of LGBTIQ+ […]
Brian Finlay
Brian Finlay is the youngest son of a restaurant manager and council housing administrator. He was brought up in a pretty apolitical household where politics and policy were very rarely discussed. His hard working parents provided a lot of support, love and a very happy upbringing; so much so they’re Brian’s best friends as […]
Martin MacDonald Writing
News, Articles and Opinion Who Are More United? Brexit, Referendums and Independence Where are we with Brexit? The Independent Group, Money, Scotland And Power… What Is A Section 30 Order And Why Will We Never Get One Again For A Referendum?
Veronika Tudhope
If Veronika were younger she’d be a New Scot. She was born in Vienna, but her Austrian parents soon moved her to Scotland ‘for a year’ …and never went home. That was back in the 60s. Veronika trained as an archaeologist and a teacher but became a campaigner. She has been active for peace, social […]
Martin MacDonald
Martin MacDonald was brought up near the village of Plockton in the Highlands and now lives not far from there in Kyle of Lochalsh. After gaining an electronics degree in the University of Edinburgh he started work in the BUTEC torpedo testing range near Kyle eventually becoming a Trials Technical Advisor and the Computer […]
Sandra Webster Writing
News, Articles and Opinion Universal Credit Equals Misery For All Real Carers Week Fiction Noseblind Tattooed
Catriona Stevenson
Catriona is a tour guide who started a group called the Scottish History Police, flagging discrepancies in the historical accounts and plaques at our historic properties and places of cultural significance. Although born in South Africa to British parents, she grew up in the town of Greenock in the shadow of fallen industry and severe […]
Marisa (Rissa) Snider
Marisa (Rissa) Snider is a Hunkpapa | Sicangu & Oglala Lakota Computer Scientist who lives on both the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indian Reservations. She advocates for Youth Organizing, Native Women Who Code, and Native Technologists. She is currently in the process of creating language software for the Lakota Immersion Childcare and getting computational […]
Flavia Tudoreanu
Flavia Tudoreanu – Co-organiser of Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. I’m one of these bad Romanian immigrants you hear about from UKIP or tabloid newspapers. Keep your distance as I might be bad mouthing Trident and those backing nuclear weapons, brag about my wee daughter or even bore you to death with my crafty projects. […]