Council bans use of mobile phones in all schools
Unpaid work for man who fractured pub-goers leg in fight
Alcohol was ‘emanating’ from man caught driving while five times the legal limit
Almost 50 homes could be built on ex-festival site near BBC HQ in Glasgow
Eyewear shop in Dundee changes name after Sex Pistols legal row
Delivery of new Glen Rosa ferry delayed to 2026 as costs spiral further
Meet the Fife cobbler attracting shoe lovers from around the world
Much-loved pizza restaurant reveals opening date for third Glasgow venue
Kenmure Street not Downing Street
Four years ago, on May 13, 2021, Kenmure Street in Glasgow became global news. Hundreds of people united in peaceful protest and successfully freed two men from the UK Home Office van in which they had been detained. “…a nation that walks forward together” you could say. In the face of a surround-sound of vicious […] Source
John Couzin, in Memoriam
John Couzin, in Memoriam for Stasia Rice. When we talk about the Spirit of Revolt archive we’re talking about history, our history, and our history is radical history. It is a marginalised and often suppressed history. I mean by that that it is kept from us. There is no conspiracy. We can speak of it […] Source
The right wing takeover of the Labour party is now complete
The unpalatable truth for Labour supporters, that is those who adhere to the traditional values and beliefs of the Labour party as they were understood throughout the entire twentieth century, is that the Labour party they believed in is dead. It’s deader than the parrot in the famous Monty Python sketch…
Broken Britain, Scotland’s Opportunity
British politics is being remade before our eyes, the consequence of decades of failure, grotesque social inequality and the collapse of living standards. These are the conditions in which the politics of grievance and hate thrive. The far-right are predictably jubilant. Allison Pearson, writing in the Telegraph shouts (‘A new dawn has broken – and […] Source