Ungagged!

David and Connor discuss;

Music: James King and the Lonely Wolves.

Richie Venton on the crisis in housing; how the Scottish Government have been cutting housing budgets and the resulting homelessness and how to solve it!

*Richie corrects his initial valuation of Anders Holch Povlsen to £6.5 Billion.

Music: The Kara Sea

On

- Richie Sunak's “Extremist” comments regarding the Scottish Electorate,

- the imminence of new Scottish nuke power stations -according to Alister Jack - under an imagined ”return of a unionist regime," and what this statement says about British politics...

- Why Andy Burnham WANTS what we have.

- The gradualism of Swinney

- and a reply to Jonathan Shafi’s article in The National... (https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24317597.jonathon-shafi-shouldnt-place-blind-faith-new-snp-leadership/) 

all packed into 13 minutes!

Richie Venton on Starmer and Swinney's claims to be "Centre Left." What does that mean for working class people when 1 the Labour right winger, Neil Kinnock says Starmer "has gone too far," and 2 Swinney's inclusion of Kate Forbes and her economic and social views, into his Cabinet...

SNP Socialist Co-convenors, Janis Wilson and Councillor Graham Campbell on the new Scottish cabinet and their changing priorities. 

- Does this new Cabinet unite the SNP coalition for Independence and the Scottish electorate, or will it alienate the majority progressives across Scotland? How far is compromise with centrists too far?

- Clarity on the SNP stance on the Palestine Genocide as opposed to Starmer and Sarwar’s party 

- Who is welcome in the Labour Party - Will Starmer celebrate Farage next? Or Diane Abbott? - 

- Devolution vs Independence.

-an extended Janis and Graham Ungagged! this week!

Richie Venton, The Scottish Socialist Party Trade Union Organiser introduces his new regular Ungagged slot with a message to the SNP Government.

Music "Oh, If Only, " by The Kara Sea.

Photo:  Craig Maclean

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