A pretty interesting conversation on this week's podcast, and I think a pretty clear throughline that racism, "skivers vs strivers" and for the queer community, transphobia are all weapons wielded by the ruling class to smash the working class.

Nest of Fearties is available on YouTube. 📺 Watch now: buff.ly/dn65fWm

Check it out. ✌️

This sounds good.

In the latest episode of Nest of Fearties, Dr Gavin Brewis (@gavinbrewis.bsky.social) and Taj Ali (@tajali1.bsky.social) discuss the importance of class politics as support for Reform UK soars across Britain. 🎧 Listen to our first podcast of the new year now: buff.ly/bKpsyaG

Spoke with @tajali1.bsky.social and @mccailcoll.bsky.social this morning for @theskotia.bsky.social podcast. Politics pub chat on a Friday morning – can't whack it. If you wanna hear us trying to make sense of – and creating solutions for – the country’s problems, then it will be available soon.

The launch of @theskotia.bsky.social podcast has created a good platform for left-wing analysis of Scottish politics. It was one of the few bright spots of 2025. Well done to @mccailcoll.bsky.social and Rory Hamilton for all their work. Listen and subscribe for more in 2026!

In the final episode of Nest of Fearties of 2025, Matt Kerr and Chris Stephens look back at the last 12 months in Scottish and British politics. 🎧 Listen to ‘The Year in Review’ wherever you get your podcasts: buff.ly/uueUPo0

Is it really Scotland's energy, asks Coll McCail.

"Look at the state of the hospitality sector... we have to demand better." Unite's Yusuf Kidwai sets out why he's on strike at Vue Cinema, St Enoch.

It's time to give Scotland's land back to the people, says Rory Hamilton.

The timing of the Gaza ‘ceasefire’ was no coincidence, says Toufic Haddad.

The Gaza genocide has obliterated the so-called ‘rules-based international order’. What comes next? On the latest episode of Nest of Fearties, Coll McCail is joined by Toufic Haddad and Jonathon Shafi to answer that question. 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts: buff.ly/wtv8vz6

Who owns ScotWind?

It was great to join the Skotia podcast to talk all things ScotWind with Dave Moxham from the STUC. Listen here:

Is Scotland squandering its offshore potential? Almost four years on from the ScotWind leasing round, Dave Moxham (STUC) and Laurie Macfarlane (Future Economy Scotland) offer their perspectives. Listen to the latest episode of Nest of Fearties now: buff.ly/4bAhXVT

Excellent podcast from @theskotia.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

As buildings crumble, services slide and bills soar, workers and tenants in Scotland’s largest city are battling back against decline. 🎧 Listen to ‘A Glasgow We Can Afford’ w/ Paul Shaw and Stella Rooney now: buff.ly/WKfXBHH

Zarah Sultana joins Nest of Fearties to discuss Your Party, Scottish independence and the 2026 Holyrood election. 📺 WATCH on Skotia's Patreon: buff.ly/8e5nCAt

“we’re not here for just tweaking capitalism here and there, just trying to get some reforms under this system. We are calling for a fundamental transformation of society and that is workers controlling the economy and communities controlling the wealth that they produce”

OUT NOW: Zarah Sultana joins Nest of Fearties to discuss the formation of Your Party, Scottish independence and next year's Holyrood election. 🎧 Listen to 'Time For a Party?' now: buff.ly/IlIC85N

Shortchanged by their clubs, Scottish football fans are demonised by politicians, admonished by media and targeted by police. On Nest of Fearties, Derek Watson and Paul Quigley ask why. 🎧 Listen to ‘The Politics of Scottish Football’ now: bit.ly/4h1HinW

Keir Starmer's recognition of the Palestinian state rings hollow for as long as his government arms Israel's genocide, says @mccailcoll.bsky.social.

"We all have an obligation to speak out." David Jamieson and Laura Webster discuss how much of the Scottish media has failed the people of Palestine. 🎧 Listen to the latest episode of Nest of Fearties now: buff.ly/4HAoTVm

Rory Hamilton asks whether the Scottish National Investment Bank can be salvaged.

Excellent-well worth a listen

This week, I was on the @theskotia.bsky.social podcast discussing the privatisation of Scotland's assets including offshore wind and our civil service infrastructure. Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/6pzD... Or most other places where you'd prefer to get your podcasts.

In this week's episode of Nest of Fearties, James Foley and Craig Dalzell discuss how Scotland became one of the most foreign-owned economies in the world. 🎧 Listen to 'Scotland's Not For Sale' now: buff.ly/2J7NGM7

Scotland has become a playground for the world’s richest men, says Coll McCail.

With John Swinney set to meet Donald Trump, Isobel Lindsay (@scottishcnd.bsky.social) and Bill Ramsay (SNP TUG) trace fresh foreign policy schisms within the SNP and discuss what the future holds for the Party. 🎧 Listen to 'Scotland in a Changed World' now: buff.ly/CXkdjLS

There’s a funny back and forth in this episode about whether Labour are grifters or they have an ideological project. I’d say being a political grifter is participating in an ideological project!

Twelve months on from Labour's landslide, Matt Kerr and Chris Stephens return to Nest of Fearties to discuss the government's welfare bill, the proscription of Palestine Action and the prospect of a new left-wing party. 🎧 Listen to 'One Year On' now: buff.ly/rQjBAx9

Absolutely loved this. So rare to get this level of analysis that's specific to Scotland and its dysfunctional unhappy status quo, its industrial strategy caught between inaction and apathy. A great listen.

@theskotia.bsky.social podcasts are a welcome oasis of left-leaning Scottish politics amongst a lot of anodyne centrist podcasts. Good to hear from yourself and @ewangibbs.bsky.social on such an important topic today.

I read a lot of books about economics and history from people on the left, but this episode was really helpful in understanding all of the niche factors that play into/against nationalisation and transition away from carbon-intensive industries. Def worth a listen!

Enjoyed chatting to environmental campaigner and trade unionist @rosiehampton.bsky.social about Scotland's unjust transition, the multinationals who dominate our economy and how we build an energy system that works for workers and citizens. You can listen here ⬇️

“As at Grangemouth, at Alexander Dennis decisions are made in boardrooms outside of Scotland pivotally affecting the future of Scotland,” says @ewangibbs.bsky.social.

Really enjoyed this conversation about (un)just transitions, public ownership & where do we go from here You can listen at the link below!

Bathgate no more. Lindwood no more. Grangemouth no more. Now, Larbert no more? After the news of Alexander Dennis' closure, @rosiehampton.bsky.social and @ewangibbs.bsky.social ponder whether Scotland is witnessing another unjust transition. 🎧 Listen now: buff.ly/MwMNRCJ

Reading regular news sources about what's going on with the Ferries is insanely mud-slingy and unhelpful. This episode is so good because you can actually figure out the root of the problem. Unsurprisingly, the problem isn't public ownership. The problem is not enough public ownership.

In the latest episode of Nest of Fearties, Jeanette Findlay and Brian Reynolds discuss the costly, delayed and error-strewn delivery of the MV Glen Sannox and MV Glen Rosa. ⛴️ Listen to 'Behind The Ferry Fiasco' now: buff.ly/rRbYFnu

Shafi nails it. Leishman agrees. We need radical change in Scottish/UK politics away from ‘competent’ managerialism & an unsustainable/unholy reliance on the private sector to enact policies. The left needs to offer a radical alternative that materially improve peoples’ lives, not incremental change

Was a pleasure to talk politics with Coll McCail and Jonathon Shafi during the Nest of Fearties on Skotia. 🗳️ Hamilton by election 🌹 Labour's first 10 months 🗑️ Where austerity belongs 💷 A wealth tax on multi millionaires ✊ The need to redistribute power An hour well spent 👇

NEW: In a special episode of Nest of Fearties, Brian Leishman and Jonathon Shafi discuss the results and wider implications of this week's Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election. 🎧 Listen to 'After Hamilton' now: buff.ly/3s8Hwb1

Who really runs Scotland? 🎧 Listen to the latest episode of Nest of Fearties — with Ethan Shone and Paul Dobson — now.

The latest episode of Nest of Fearties — with Ethan Shone and @paul.theferret.scot — is available to WATCH exclusively for members of Skotia's Patreon. 📺 Support Skotia: buff.ly/wpWKf0S

Ethan Shone on the revolving door between the Labour Party and the City of London.

In the fifth episode of Nest of Fearties, Paul Dobson and Ethan Shone investigate the network of PR firms, lobbyists and private consultancies quietly influencing our politics at Holyrood and Westminster. 🎧 Listen to 'Who Really Runs Scotland?' now: spoti.fi/3FBuENW

The Scottish Government is failing renters, says Ben Francis.

Next month, the residents of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse head to the polls in a crucial by-election ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election. 🗳️ But how do they plan to vote?