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The Coming Welfare Apocalypse
by GreenMan Over the coming year, a massive social transformation is set to take place. Under the name of ‘Welfare Reform’, the government has declared all out nuclear war on […]
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VIDEO: Glasgow Against The Bedroom Tax
Yesterday thousands took to the streets in 53 towns and cities across the country to express their anger at the UK government’s “Bedroom Tax.” The changes to Housing Benefit which […]
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Home Alone: The Tory attack on our houses
by GreenMan (Part 1 2 of an ongoing series) On April Fools Day the millionaire sadists that run the country launched one of their cruellest jokes yet: the infamous bedroom […]
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Postman Pat, the new economy and why privatising Royal Mail is a bad idea
Looking for a hook to begin this pro-forma rant about the impending privatisation of Royal Mail, I got caught up thinking about children’s TV in the early nineties. As far […]
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VIDEO: Glasgow’s Dirty Laundry
We go for a gander on Glasgow Green to find out all about Glasgow City Council’s Dirty Laundry. Thanks to Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, Margaret Jaconelli, Nick Durie, 2 guys […]
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Safe as Houses? : How the rich stole our homes
I’ve been toying with the idea of writing about the economics of housing for some time but I worried it might be complicated or boring – and it might be […]
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WEEKLY WANKER #20: “THE TAXPAYER”
I’ve often encountered this nasty, almost mythical creature being wheeled out over the years. He seems to be one of those people who never wants to spend any money on […]
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Banking on Handouts: Food Poverty in the Big Society
Recently, as part of orientation to a new job, I went on a tour of a local foodbank and was very nearly reduced to tears. It is hard to put […]
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Bedroom Tax vote: Shame on these Labour shitebags
Guest post by “Ashley Andrews” So we all know the Bedroom Tax is a thinly-veiled attack on the poor and the disabled. If not then I suppose you are either […]
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Workers of the regions, United with Labour!
A Guest Post by James Alexander McDaid Honorary President of the Labour4Communism Students Society ARISE ye starvlings! All hail the Scottish Labour Conference! The great leaders of the Labour and […]
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WEEKLY WANKER #034: TERRY KELLY
Fans of satirical political fiction may be familiar with the blog of “Councillor Terry Kelly.” It’s an incredible effort, as these things go – constant musings about the “laugharendum”, jokes […]
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A wumman in no need of a cup of tea
A Guest post by Sandra Webster 18 Days to go to go and I need a cup of tea. Thank you very much to my friends at A Thousand Flowers […]
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8 things we’ve “learned” since the No vote
Sometimes being right is the very worst thing. Saying “I told you so” can be incredibly satisfying if someone else has just made a mess of something despite your sage […]
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Yes we (still) can: 6 things Holyrood can do now
Remember that better Scotland we all prattled on about during the referendum campaign? Where we tackled poverty, inequality and injustice head on and built a fairer, more equal society? The […]
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WEEKLY WANKER #042: JON MOULTON
Up and down the country, thousands of us finished work for Christmas with a sense of relief and perhaps even satisfaction, another gruelling season of delivering meals/presents/disappointment to the...
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Austerity Vote: Have Scottish Labour joined the coalition?
With much speculation in the press about the potential for all sorts of improbable coalitions after the next General Election, you could be forgiven for thinking Scottish Labour have joined […]
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Glasgow City Council tries not to care as more services for disabled people...
Glasgow City Council is set to stop providing day centre facilities for disabled people in 2 of the remaining 4 locations in the city. The Wedge in Pollok and the […]
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WEEKLY WANKER #051: DAVID CAMERON
Writing about why David Cameron is a wanker could take more time than any of us have, so to avoid having to serialise this and release a few thousand words […]
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Photos: Glasgow Rallied Against Austerity and Chased Away Gordon Matheson
One day after he announced £100m of cuts and the loss of 3,000 jobs over the next three years, Glasgow City Council leader and A Thousand Flowers favourite Gordon Matheson strolled along […]
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WEEKLY WANKER #052: SIR STEPHEN HOUSE
In September 2012, Stephen House was appointed as Chief Constable of the newly formed Police Scotland. But our problems with the now Sir Stevie started long before then. As someone […]
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