Left voices, unfiltered, unedited, Ungagged.
Neil discusses with Scottish Independence expert Gerry Hassan about what is contained in his recent publication Scotland Rising. Available on this link for Pluto Books Gerry has great insight to Scottish politics and has very reasoned arguemets as to why Scotland needs it’s independence back.
If the federalism shills couldn’t see this coming, they really weren’t looking. This move essentially leaves Labour without even the pretence of argument for the reformable UK that we’ve been promised since 2014. We’re as close to federalism as we are to the moon, and thus concludes the centre ground arguments against independence. Take time […]
Populism is all pervasive. It’s amusing…has bad hair and tin-foil hats. It has the Flat Earth Society, Covid Deniers and Chemtrails. It also radicalises people to think that transphobia is about women’s rights, that the pandemic is over, that vicious deportation policies are about targeting people smugglers, that the French and other foreigners are responsible […]
COVID-19 stalled efforts to campaign for a new Scottish independence vote, but the dream hasn’t died. Voters may not think of the European Union when they cast the ballot, but the organization plays a pivotal role in Scotland’s future. Kat argues EU membership is the best conduit to avoid becoming a client state of the […]
Ungagged presents the second part of Worldbeat with George Collins’ interview with Ungagged founder Neil Scott. Neil speaks of the Independence Referendum of 2011-2014, what happened subsequently to what is now known as the “Yes Movement,” and what comes next… Part 1 HERE
‘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 […]
George Collin‘s chats to Ungagged Founder, Neil Scott about his Northern Irish past, and political foundations and finds were his political convictions and basis for his activism in Scotland, originated. Part 2 HERE
No-one deserves or asks for violent death because someone else thinks you don’t deserve to live. If that were the case there would be a death penalty for women who walk home alone at night or for daring to pack up your family and meagre belongings and set out across the channel in a […]
With contributions from our own Val Waldron (Twitter: @scribblingval) and David McClemont (@DavoMc82), plus the Scottish Green Councillor, Marth Wardrop (Twitter: @MarthaWardrop), David Peutherer of Scottish CND (Twitter: @scottishCND), SNP Councillor Graham Campbell (Twitter: @ceeGraham1) and a view from the USA from our George Collins – All held together (and edited by) Neil Anderson (@BikerNeil). […]
We will be independent one day, of that I feel sure, as the Trumpian, dystopian terrain that unfolds daily from Westminster deprives the good folk out there of their food, their jobs, their fair share of democracy and access by the most needy to these shores. This time 7 years ago we were full of […]