Coll McCail
@mccailcoll.bsky.social
Socialist | Writer and activist.
No political party with a record as poor as the SNP’s should be assured a fifth successive victory at next year’s Holyrood election. And yet, here we are. But why?
Me on ‘Caledonian paralysis’ for Tribune Magazine.
Me on ‘Caledonian paralysis’ for Tribune Magazine.
Caledonian Paralysis
Despite the party’s failure and scandals, the SNP is set to lead a historic fifth term in government in Holyrood next May. The Scottish Left needs to reestablish itself and rejuvenate the politics of ...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
No political party with a record as poor as the SNP’s should be assured a fifth successive victory at next year’s Holyrood election. And yet, here we are. But why?
Me on ‘Caledonian paralysis’ for Tribune Magazine.
Me on ‘Caledonian paralysis’ for Tribune Magazine.
In August, almost two million Vietnamese people donated to a major crowdfunding campaign for Cuba. It's the latest act in a long history of solidarity between the two peoples.
I've written about that bond for the latest issue of Cuba Sí.
I've written about that bond for the latest issue of Cuba Sí.
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
In August, almost two million Vietnamese people donated to a major crowdfunding campaign for Cuba. It's the latest act in a long history of solidarity between the two peoples.
I've written about that bond for the latest issue of Cuba Sí.
I've written about that bond for the latest issue of Cuba Sí.
In this month's Conter column, I've written about Nicola Sturgeon's memoir and the reaction 'Frankly' received in a country still grappling with its author's departure from frontline politics. Link below.
October 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
In this month's Conter column, I've written about Nicola Sturgeon's memoir and the reaction 'Frankly' received in a country still grappling with its author's departure from frontline politics. Link below.
"Today, MSPs can be brought to blows by seagulls, but never spurred to act against a system that strips power and control from their constituents."
My column in today's @scotnational.bsky.social.
My column in today's @scotnational.bsky.social.
Scotland is not for sale. Can someone tell the SNP Government?
"NATURE is not only something to save, it is something to invest in ..."
www.thenational.scot
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Today, MSPs can be brought to blows by seagulls, but never spurred to act against a system that strips power and control from their constituents."
My column in today's @scotnational.bsky.social.
My column in today's @scotnational.bsky.social.
Reposted by Coll McCail
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.
Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/6pzD...
Or most other places where you'd prefer to get your podcasts.
Nest of Fearties #11: Scotland's Not For Sale w/ James Foley & Craig Dalzell
open.spotify.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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.
Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/6pzD...
Or most other places where you'd prefer to get your podcasts.
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Excellent-well worth a listen
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
🎧 Listen to 'Scotland's Not For Sale' now: buff.ly/2J7NGM7
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Excellent-well worth a listen
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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
🎧 Listen to 'Scotland's Not For Sale' now: buff.ly/2J7NGM7
September 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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
🎧 Listen to 'Scotland's Not For Sale' now: buff.ly/2J7NGM7
As the Keir Starmer roles out the red carpet for Isaac Herzog, I’ve written for Jacobin about Jeremy Corbyn’s Gaza Tribunal — where Britain’s participation in Israel’s genocide was exposed by dozens of expert witnesses.
This Genocide Belongs to Britain, Too
Not just Israel’s leaders are responsible for the genocide but also all those who support them. The Gaza Tribunal held in London last week heard evidence of direct British government involvement in Is...
jacobin.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
As the Keir Starmer roles out the red carpet for Isaac Herzog, I’ve written for Jacobin about Jeremy Corbyn’s Gaza Tribunal — where Britain’s participation in Israel’s genocide was exposed by dozens of expert witnesses.
Following in the footsteps of the USA, the British state has privatised its role in Israel’s war crimes.
My piece in today’s Morning Star.
My piece in today’s Morning Star.
Gaza surveillance: the privatisation of genocide
DURING a Times Radio interview last week, the newspaper’s defence editor Larisa Brown confirmed that the British state had hired US contractors to carry out surveillance flights over the Gaza Strip.Th...
morningstaronline.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Following in the footsteps of the USA, the British state has privatised its role in Israel’s war crimes.
My piece in today’s Morning Star.
My piece in today’s Morning Star.
“The objective of Israel’s genocide is to deny the Palestinian people even the hope of a homeland. This week, the British state served that aim, conferring the right to decide Palestine’s future to the land’s illegal occupier.”
My column in today’s @scotnational.bsky.social.
My column in today’s @scotnational.bsky.social.
Keir Starmer's Palestine recognition speech was so full of colonial arrogance
IN 1965, Palestinian intellectual Fayez Sayegh published a seminal study documenting the historic oppression of his people, “Zionist Colonialism…
www.thenational.scot
August 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“The objective of Israel’s genocide is to deny the Palestinian people even the hope of a homeland. This week, the British state served that aim, conferring the right to decide Palestine’s future to the land’s illegal occupier.”
My column in today’s @scotnational.bsky.social.
My column in today’s @scotnational.bsky.social.
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MBDA UK Ltd., is a partner of University of Glasgow. Israeli airstrikes in Gaza using GBU-39 bombs made with MBDA components, killed Palestinian civilians, including 34 people in Al-Buraq school Nov 10, 2023.
NEW 🇵🇸 My article in today’s Herald on Glasgow University’s links to MBDA, the missile group complicit in killing dozens of children in Gaza.
The institution is “benefitting from the proceeds of genocide,” says Rector Ghassan Abu-Sittah.
The institution is “benefitting from the proceeds of genocide,” says Rector Ghassan Abu-Sittah.
Glasgow University accused of profiting from 'blood money' due to Gaza ties
The University of Glasgow has been accused of profiting from 'blood money' due to multiple financial ties to a company whose weapons have killed…
www.heraldscotland.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
MBDA UK Ltd., is a partner of University of Glasgow. Israeli airstrikes in Gaza using GBU-39 bombs made with MBDA components, killed Palestinian civilians, including 34 people in Al-Buraq school Nov 10, 2023.
NEW 🇵🇸 My article in today’s Herald on Glasgow University’s links to MBDA, the missile group complicit in killing dozens of children in Gaza.
The institution is “benefitting from the proceeds of genocide,” says Rector Ghassan Abu-Sittah.
The institution is “benefitting from the proceeds of genocide,” says Rector Ghassan Abu-Sittah.
Glasgow University accused of profiting from 'blood money' due to Gaza ties
The University of Glasgow has been accused of profiting from 'blood money' due to multiple financial ties to a company whose weapons have killed…
www.heraldscotland.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
NEW 🇵🇸 My article in today’s Herald on Glasgow University’s links to MBDA, the missile group complicit in killing dozens of children in Gaza.
The institution is “benefitting from the proceeds of genocide,” says Rector Ghassan Abu-Sittah.
The institution is “benefitting from the proceeds of genocide,” says Rector Ghassan Abu-Sittah.
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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
🎧 Listen to 'One Year On' now: buff.ly/rQjBAx9
July 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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
🎧 Listen to 'One Year On' now: buff.ly/rQjBAx9
"The old world will not go quietly."
My remarks at last week's International Forum for Peace in Belgium via @progintl.bsky.social's Wire.
My remarks at last week's International Forum for Peace in Belgium via @progintl.bsky.social's Wire.
“The Multipolar World: A Pact for the Future”
The Progressive International’s Coll McCail speaks at the International Forum for Peace in Brussels, Belgium.
progressive.international
July 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"The old world will not go quietly."
My remarks at last week's International Forum for Peace in Belgium via @progintl.bsky.social's Wire.
My remarks at last week's International Forum for Peace in Belgium via @progintl.bsky.social's Wire.
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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
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
June 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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
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
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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.
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
⛴️ Listen to 'Behind The Ferry Fiasco' now: buff.ly/rRbYFnu
June 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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.
Unsurprisingly, the problem isn't public ownership. The problem is not enough public ownership.
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When you hear coverage of John Swinney's speech today promising a new road map for Scottish independence, the biggest question to ask is who has power in Swinney's vision? Is he promising a radical overhaul of corporate dominance over our resources and economic life?
🔴 NEW: It took John Swinney two and a half months to secure a key meeting with Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the future for workers at Grangemouth – and the billionaire only spared half an hour of his time on a video call.
Find out more: theferret.scot/swinn...
Find out more: theferret.scot/swinn...
June 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
When you hear coverage of John Swinney's speech today promising a new road map for Scottish independence, the biggest question to ask is who has power in Swinney's vision? Is he promising a radical overhaul of corporate dominance over our resources and economic life?
Reposted by Coll McCail
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
⛴️ Listen to 'Behind The Ferry Fiasco' now: buff.ly/rRbYFnu
June 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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
⛴️ Listen to 'Behind The Ferry Fiasco' now: buff.ly/rRbYFnu
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We are doing everything we can to get responses from as many potential MSPs as possible - including getting support from @mccailcoll.bsky.social for the next couple of weeks to ensure the process is fair.
Read about Green Left Scotland's plans: greenleftscotland.substack.com/p/msp-candid...
Read about Green Left Scotland's plans: greenleftscotland.substack.com/p/msp-candid...
MSP candidate selections: Green Left Scotland seeks answers
Ahead of the Scottish Greens' official campaign period, Green Left Scotland is publishing a survey for prospective MSPs to complete and share their views.
greenleftscotland.substack.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We are doing everything we can to get responses from as many potential MSPs as possible - including getting support from @mccailcoll.bsky.social for the next couple of weeks to ensure the process is fair.
Read about Green Left Scotland's plans: greenleftscotland.substack.com/p/msp-candid...
Read about Green Left Scotland's plans: greenleftscotland.substack.com/p/msp-candid...
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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 👇
🗳️ 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
🎧 Listen to 'After Hamilton' now: buff.ly/3s8Hwb1
June 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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 👇
🗳️ 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 👇
Reposted by Coll McCail
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
🎧 Listen to 'After Hamilton' now: buff.ly/3s8Hwb1
June 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
🎧 Listen to 'After Hamilton' now: buff.ly/3s8Hwb1
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Ethan Shone on the revolving door between the Labour Party and the City of London.
May 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Ethan Shone on the revolving door between the Labour Party and the City of London.
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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
🎧 Listen to 'Who Really Runs Scotland?' now: spoti.fi/3FBuENW
May 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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
🎧 Listen to 'Who Really Runs Scotland?' now: spoti.fi/3FBuENW
Wrote about the British state's campaign against
Kneecap for Bella Caledonia.
Read here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/05/27/b...
Kneecap for Bella Caledonia.
Read here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/05/27/b...
May 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Wrote about the British state's campaign against
Kneecap for Bella Caledonia.
Read here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/05/27/b...
Kneecap for Bella Caledonia.
Read here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/05/27/b...
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👉 @mccailcoll.bsky.social puts the attempts to repress dissenting cultural voices in historical context | Behind the British State’s War on Kneecap bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/05/27/b...
Behind the British State’s War on Kneecap
Last week, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was charged with a terror offence by the Metropolitan Police. A member of the Irish band Kneecap, the Met allege that Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the name Mo Cha…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
May 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
👉 @mccailcoll.bsky.social puts the attempts to repress dissenting cultural voices in historical context | Behind the British State’s War on Kneecap bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/05/27/b...