Tag: Climate Change
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Ungagged’s David McClemont:Breaking new ground for the Greens in Blantyre

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As a young schoolkid in primary three, David McClemont was given a homework exercise where he had to show he could use various words in a sentence. “One of the words was ‘witch’ and so I wrote ‘Maggie Thatcher is a witch’,” he recalls.
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A Snapshot of 2021 by Val Waldron

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‘Alexa give me a snapshot of 2021 without mentioning Covid’  Can I help? All of the events below were of course shot through with Covid, antivaxxers, restrictions, opposition and media undermining of the Scottish Government health message, oh, and big shouty businesses. It didn’t stop the world from turning though! In Search of Q We […]
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Holyrude Ungagged 2.10 – Jannies & Dinnerladies

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David McClemont (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra Torrance (@HeathPeaPict) and Brian Finlay (@WeeSociologist) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS – Plans To Exploit Cambo Oil Field Scrapped – Is the Johnson Regime About To Fall? – Labour MSP Begs Scotland To Abandon SNP – Free School Meals Delayed Music by @HippyMuzic Art by […]
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COP, Cops and Cop-outs by Val Waldron

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We’ve stolen enough from our young. The imposed ‘debt’ from two world wars must be dropped. Inequality between generations belongs in the bin with the rest of the culture wars currently raging across the western world. We need each other. We’re as interconnected as the earth and the sea. Who and what are the winners, […]
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Holyrude Ungagged – Episode 2.5 All COP26s Are B******s

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NEWS – COP26 Climate Summit begins in Glasgow this Sunday – Oil Company Spying on Environmental Activists – Green Co-leader attacked by Tories and Tabloids for challenging “The War on Drugs” – Tories vote to dump raw sewage in England’s rivers and beaches Music by @HippyMusic Art by @HeathPeaPict And Tayler Cunningham Gives her REASONS […]
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Holyrude Episode 9 – The Long Sad Rollercoaster

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This week David (twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra (@HeathPeaPict) and Brian (@WeeSociologist) discuss NEWS – Are the DWP killing people through systemic failures? – Scotland would vote to keep monarchy after independence, poll suggests – Billions needed to protect Glasgow from climate effects, report says – Labour win Batley & Spen – Mhairi Black Pride speech in […]
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(Why) I Joined The Greens by Chloe McDermott

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I recognise that the Greens offer an alternative independence supporting party that simply goes further and dares to dream bigger.   Where do I start? Well, I guess it should be the beginning. It has been just over four months since joining the Scottish Greens. Ever since jumping ship from the SNP I had been […]