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Gregor Gall

The Guardian

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Where's Scotland's Jack Polanski? Scottish Greens are going nowhere

Where's Scotland's Jack Polanski? Scottish Greens are going nowhere

As membership and polling numbers climb for the Greens in England and Wales, Scotland’s party faces muted enthusiasm and dwindling support. What’s...

09.10.2025 4

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Frankly, Nicola, I have to ask: what have you been doing in your paid time as an MSP?

There are legitimate questions to be asked about what Nicola Sturgeon has been doing with her paid time as an MSP of late, argues Gregor Gall The...

24.09.2025 7

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There is a reason Starmer needs Angela Rayner - and it may not be what you think

The row over the purchase of a third home by Angela Rayner, deputy Prime Minister, and her tax arrangements shows no sign of going away. Here, Gregor...

04.09.2025 5

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Give a Little Love (and Equality): what the age of the Rollers can teach us now

The 1970s have a bit of a bad name, usually being remembered for flares, the banality of prog rock, glam rock and disco music, and beige and brown...

27.08.2025 8

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The surprising link between Oasis and loss of faith in British politics

There’s an old adage, ‘Nostalgia ain't what it used to be’. It’s not actually that old, it turns out. It emanates from American humorist,...

06.08.2025 10

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'Posh poops' are killing off working class heroes

Here’s how rich kids like Benedict Cumberbatch killed off culture’s working class heroes. The approach of the August annual Edinburgh arts...

30.07.2025 6

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Young, angry and in debt: why Gen Z could turn to Corbyn

Finally, it seems Jeremy Corbyn will lead the formation of a new radical left-of-centre political party later this month. There’s been months of...

16.07.2025 10

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Gregor Gall: Holyrood is not the people's parliament - it is run by a Scottish elite

There is good reason for thinking that the elections to the Scottish Parliament next May could be something of a genuine game-changer. The hope is...

04.05.2025 5

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Gregor Gall: Is Scotland yet a 'Fair Work Nation'?

Appropriately on the first of May, generally known as May Day or International Workers’ Day, a conference at the University of Strathclyde will...

30.04.2025 50

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Gregor Gall: The key challenge for the indy movement: firming up the soft support

A small spate of polls at the end of 2024 has left independence supporters considerably cock-a-hoop. The polls showed support for going Scotland’s...

11.01.2025 10

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Gregor Gall: Truly, Keir Starmer made 2024 the year of doublespeak

As 2024 draws to a close, we are now coming to the end of being 40 years on from the title of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four novel. Published...

27.12.2024 10

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Gregor Gall: Starmer leads a technocratic government - and no-one voted for that

It is the most rapid – some would say vapid – reboot and reset by a newly elected Prime Minister with a huge Commons majority in modern times. Five...

24.12.2024 6

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SNP might be saved by unpopularity of Starmer's Labour so can the left make headway?

Ten years on from the referendum on independence and twenty-five years on from the creation of the Scottish Parliament, we seem to be engaged in...

11.11.2024 3

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Gregor Gall: Four faces for a future independent Scotland

There’s been much reflection on the result of referendum on occasion of its ten-year anniversary. However, on the pro-independence side, this has...

07.10.2024 9

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Gregor Gall: Tony Blair failed to reinvent Britain - and Keir Starmer will fail too

It’s now nearly 25 years since Tony Blair declared the 'class war is over' at the annual conference of the Labour Party in Bournemouth on 28...

17.09.2024 10

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Gregor Gall: Indy needs to be more than a campaign: it needs to be a social movement

For many reasons, the SNP is a political party on the slide. Its  recent conference  did little to hide this. When in office, political parties on...

09.09.2024 4

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Gregor Gall: The unions are back on the march, but there's a long way to go

Scotland could be about to have a striking sense of déjà vu as refuse collection workers in most councils are due to begin industrial action next...

06.08.2024 4

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