The Demon Drink. We are all so invested in football. It means so much to us. But as a class, due to the trauma and hardships we endure, many of us struggle to enjoy the good without alcohol. We struggle to find a sense of escapism. But sadly, with a drink, we struggle even more.

Despite the constant talks of "progressive" politics by those in power these last few months, the Scottish Government are doing absolutely nothing to prevent thousands of job cuts across Scottish academic institutions. Where is the support for the country's educators? A complete shambles!

"The whole system becomes weightless, it is no longer anything but a gigantic simulacrum—not unreal, but simulacrum, that is to say never exchanged for the real, but exchanged for itself, in an uninterrupted circuit without reference or circumference." Jean Baudrillard

Ravers & readers of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 … Raveheart: The Launch Party @ SWG3 - 03/06/26 -7pm-1am ⏰ Arrive early, stay late 🦺 Dress to sweat ⚠️ Over 18s only www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Gla...

Latest Queen's Communities and Place QCAPTURE, with a wee mention for the Sociology Association of Ireland Conference, some of the great work that was on show, and the launch of the brilliant new book 'Notions: The Lives of Working Class Academics'. www.qub.ac.uk/sites/qcap/n...

Great day at the Sociological Association of Ireland Conference. As expected given contemporary global discourse, there were numerous talks on race, migration, and far right. Yet, class was rarely mentioned despite being a central feature in much of the above. Unimportant or uninteresting? Curious.

Happy Star Wars Day, my friends.

Raveheart: The Book Tour… Loads of dates up and some still TBC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌪️ lnkfi.re/ZCeuno #GraemeArmstrong #Raveheart

First time putting together a special issue proposal. All in the space of a few weeks. A lot of sleepless nights to get an eight paper proposal sent in. Hopefully it gets the thumbs up but a lesson learned in the work involved for these things regardless. 🥶 😆

Join us next Wednesday 29 April to discuss Daniel Hill, Stephen McLeod, Attila Tanyi, and Tarek Yusari’s paper, "The Law and Ethics of Entrapment: Definition, Evaluation, and Implications". Hope to see you online!

Last night's @telegraph.co.uk event. An incredibly diverse panel (lol) answering the kind of questions that only their class ever seem to ask. Really sad to have missed that...

Few thoughts on recent exploitative "content creation" in Glasgow. www.linkedin.com/posts/gavin-...

Every. Single. Time.

Linkedin has always been a place where self-interest and an entrepeneurial mindset has existed without much critique on the platform – it's simply the accepted etiquette on there. Because of that, it's a place I've always found generally quite fake in terms of personality and intention. However...

Have received a lot of messages following last night's appearance on the new BBC series "Ultras". Really nice to be a part of it, and the team involved in the making of it were all great. Three episodes, so hopefully people enjoy the remainder of the show. If you missed it, it's also on iPlayer.

Just watched the new Louis Theroux Manosphere documentary. Really insightful and depressing in equal measure, but not too much of it was actually surprising. 🧵

Said it before, and I'll say it again, Scotland should boycott this World Cup. Unpopular perhaps but there is no justification for going to a World Cup, in a country that is committing mass murder and aiding genocide. Simple as that.

In 2003, the Daily Record supported Labour and the illegal invasion of Iraq. A few months later, Jack McConnell announced his 'War on Neds'. 🧵 1/9

"Scotland would be safer if our police had guns". The @thecourier.co.uk published this article by Jim Spence claims that was later picked up on by BBC Radio Scotland. Here are some thoughts.🧵 www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/c...

QCAP Queen's Communities and Place's currently has three fully-funded PhD opportunities available: Developing Measurement Tools for Community-Academic Partnerships: Building Capacity, Sustainability, and Replication Across Place. www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...

"You don't need fascism until the crisis of capitalism, and then it becomes its only saviour". Oswald Mosley to Megan Lloyd George, 1933.

Interesting framing. So, for MPs, who make c.£94k per year, low income is the reason for the corruption? But when the poor, who struggle on around one-fifth of that amount, commit crime as a means for survival, it's inherent, and a matter of moral degradation? Welcome to the class war.

A perfect example of the media’s role in preserving ruling‑class power and global hegemony. The deliberate obfuscation of facts here – what occurred and who was responsible – reconfigures 'common sense' around the issue, while redirecting attention toward a pre‑existing folk devil.

My doctoral thesis is now in the GCU Library. However, there is a two year restriction in place for various planned outputs and monograph. researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/en/studentTh...

For generations, communists have challenged the complete depravity of the upper and political classes. It was downplayed as "politics", or "conspiracy". Knowing now of their deeds, do you still believe, the same political and economic system, actually serves YOU?

Buzzing for this new book by @graemearmstrong.bsky.social. Remember him coming to my talk over at @glasgow.ac.uk and telling me all about it. So much time and work went into it (I've no idea how he is managing to do a PhD alongside it). But it sounded brilliant, and another cultural classic!

The National Rebirth Party standing at their own stall just a couple of days ago in Leicester. Some thoughts below...

Murdering and gassing their own people? They've a history of it! On 13th May 1985 in West Philadelphia, police laid siege to a rowhouse occupied by MOVE – a Black liberation group – trying to force them out. First the gunfire, then the tear gas, and then the unthinkable... 1/3

Non-conventional Burns Supper fusion dish. For anyone interested, here's a wee overview. Very easy to make this. Slow cooked Korean beef brisket (slow cooker). Simply add gochujang, honey, mirin, dark soy, light soy, toasted sesame oil, and a touch of oyster sauce and rub it all in then cook. 1/3

Is there, for honest poverty, That hings his head, an' a' that? The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Our toils obscure, an' a' that; Yhe rank is but the guinea's stamp; The man's the gowd for a' that

Saddened to hear about the death of Michael Parenti (1933–2026). A Marxist powerhouse whose work shaped critical understandings of class, ideology, and US imperial power, at times when it was dangerous to do so.

Hopefully all the boys and lassies who served, and the families of those who lost people, are now able to see what the Yank ruling classes and Trump think of you. Was it worth it? No war but class war!

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.

Check it out. ✌️

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.

Police officers in Scotland are appealing to MSPs to have access to guns while on duty... This is a terrible idea, not just because of what's happening in America, but because of what is happening here. 🧵

For those who are interested in criminology and the evolution of Glasgow’s 'gang culture' (not a concept I particularly like mind you), Small Faces (1996) is essential viewing. 🧵 Read on for more.

The most Scottish headline you'll ever see in your life.

A snippet of my thesis around the socialisation of harm embodied by moral enforcers. Glasgow to USA, and across the world, such relations develop as a consequence of the same class antagonism. If you see it once, you will never stop seeing it. The curse and the blessing of class consciousness.

Oh... and there it is.

"Fascism is the open terrorist dictatorship of the most reactionary, most chauvinistic and most imperialist elements of finance capital" Georgi Dimitrov (1933; 1935).

Is it a coincidence that the US Proud Boys suddenly disappeared as soon as Trump started to employ his ICE paramilitaries?

I think we can all agree that everything turned to shit after David Bowie died. #BowieForever

Wait until they hear about First Bus...

Last night, Trump's America bombed Caracas, Venezuela. This is a horrific act of war that signals wider problems globally. For anyone who doesn't know, Venezuela are a strategic ally of China. Such acts of aggression will, therefore, not be met well in Beijing. More to follow.

In 2025, I got an amazing new job, moved country, and became a Dr (surreal). However, a lot of it was overshadowed with so much bad news. So, for 2026, I wish you all the greatest of health and happiness. My resolution is to booze less, and help people more. All the best my friends. ❤️

Merry Xmas, my pals. Hope you all had a belter. ❤️ I spent the day cooking individual beef wellingtons for the fam then watched Never Ending Story with the weans. A message in there that's as important as it ever was I feel. Anyway, a lovely day, but think I'll skip cooking next year. 😆

Really nice couple of gifts from my friends and comrades since passing my Viva last week. Such kind messages at what is usually such a difficult time of the year too. Means so much. Hope you all have a lovely Xmas ❤️

Thanks to my amazing supervisors @fionaskillen.bsky.social and Oonagh Walsh, the chair Stephen Sinclair, internal Nina Teasdale, and external, the brilliant @crmnlgy.bsky.social for Tuesday's viva success. Thanks to the amazing participants who made it what it was. So aye, Dr Brewis now. Cheers.