Gregor Gall: has Scotland a less left-wing nation than we like to think? We are all acutely aware that political polling can only tell us so much about voting intentions – how a group of a sample size of a couple of…

@scotnational.bsky.social My piece in The National called 'Is Scotland a less left-wing nation than we like to think?' compares the polling for the Greens and Reform north and south of the border, showing that Scotland isn't where you'd expect or wish it to be.
www.thenational.scot/comment/2603...

Gregor Gall: has Scotland a less left-wing nation than we like to think? We are all acutely aware that political polling can only tell us so much about voting intentions – how a group of a sample size of a couple of…

My piece in The National today called 'Is Scotland a less left-wing nation than we like to think?' compares the polling for the Greens and Reform north and south of the border, showing that Scotland isn't where you'd expect or wish it to be.
www.thenational.scot/comment/2603...

@aslefunion.bsky.social @aslef-do7.bsky.social @aslefd4do.bsky.social @aslefshrugged.bsky.social
How the railways helped establish standard time in the UK and US - see my article on pp8-9 in the ASLEF April '26 magazine
aslef.org.uk/system/files...

Cover of my forthcoming book on The Redskins called 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution'

@3313books.bsky.social Four great endorsements of my forthcoming Redskins book from Billy Bragg, Keith Cameron, Martin Cloonan and Jeremy Tranmer - see www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...

@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social Four great endorsements of my forthcoming Redskins book from Billy Bragg, Keith Cameron, Martin Cloonan and Jeremy Tranmer - see www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...

Four great endorsements of my forthcoming Redskins book from Billy Bragg, Keith Cameron, Martin Cloonan and Jeremy Tranmer - see www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...

Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch Cornerstone of the UK’s Employment Rights Act ‘in danger of becoming a dead duck’, says Unite boss

Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch: Cornerstone of the UK’s Employment Rights Act ‘in danger of becoming a dead duck’, says Unite union leader, Sharon Graham
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Birmingham city council doubles agency spending during bin strikes Unite accuses authority of trying to ‘break’ industrial action as waste dispute enters second year

Birmingham city council doubles agency spending during bin strikes: Unite union accuses authority of trying to ‘break’ industrial action as waste dispute enters second year
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Manchester University Press - Mick Lynch Mick Lynch - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Mick Lynch by Gregor Gall

@manchesterup.bsky.social My interview with Jonathan Lord of 'The We Can Work It Out' podcast (on matters of work & employment) about my biography of RMT union leader, Mick Lynch (published by Manchester University Press manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096/)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NJN...

Episode 11 - Mick Lynch and the Making of a Working Class Hero YouTube video by We Can Work It Out

My interview with Jonathan Lord of The We Can Work It Out podcast (on matters of work and employment) about my biography of former RMT union leader, Mick Lynch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NJN...

Mick Lynch and the Making of a Working Class Hero Some figures do not simply emerge into public life, they arrive with a presence that seems to capture a particular moment, and in the summer of 2022, as the UK faced an intensifying cost of living cri...

My interview with Jonathan Lord of The We Can Work It Out podcast (on matters of work and employment) about my biography of former RMT union leader, Mick Lynch
wecanworkitout.substack.com/p/mick-lynch...

Zack Polanski meets unions in attempt to get them to switch party funding to Greens Leader understood to have spoken to 10 trade unions after party claimed working class voters are turning to them

Zack Polanski meets unions in attempt to get them to switch party funding to Greens
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

These are the twin dangers that the Alba Party faced Without Alex Salmond at the helm, Alba were always going to struggle, writes Professor Gregor Gall

@scotnational.bsky.social My National piece today on the troubles and travails that breakaway political parties face, being too weak to weather political storms, whether it be Alba, the SSP and now Your Party Scotland
www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

These are the twin dangers that the Alba Party faced Without Alex Salmond at the helm, Alba were always going to struggle, writes Professor Gregor Gall

My National piece today on the troubles and travails that breakaway political parties face, being too weak to weather political storms, whether it be Alba, the SSP and now Your Party Scotland
www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

Orgreave inquiry formally under way into policing during miners’ strike Terms of reference are to seek fullest disclosure of information and to produce a report by spring 2028

It was called 'a civil war without guns' and over forty years later, finally there will be an inquiry into one of the key aspects of the police's actions
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Resident doctors in England to begin six-day strike after rejecting offer in pay dispute British Medical Association blame government for longest proposed walkout so far, with NHS leaders warning it could cost £300m

Resident doctors in England to begin six-day strike after rejecting offer in pay dispute: British Medical Association blame government for longest proposed walkout so far
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Four-day week university hails results but scepticism remains Sunderland’s London campus trial extended after ‘overwhelming’ support but take-up of idea remains low in sector battling deficits and job losses

@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted in Times Higher on the four day week not being all it's cracked up to be when it doesn't come with a reduction in the number of hours worked as well
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/four-da...

Four-day week university hails results but scepticism remains Sunderland’s London campus trial extended after ‘overwhelming’ support but take-up of idea remains low in sector battling deficits and job losses

Quoted in Times Higher on the four day week not being all it's cracked up to be when it doesn't come with a reduction in the number of hours worked as well
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/four-da...

Forty years ago today, 22 March 1986, The Redskins' much delayed 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album entered the charts at No 31. Over the next 4 weeks, it dropped to 43, 60 & then 84. Despite that it's still a well regarded and respected album 40 years on - see www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...

Labour will be decimated in May local elections, Unite leader says Sharon Graham tells party to ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ after ‘shameful’ handling of Birmingham bin strike

Labour will be decimated in May local elections, Unite leader says.
Sharon Graham tells party to ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ after ‘shameful’ handling of Birmingham bin strike
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Union urges next Scottish government to lead UK in protecting workers ONE of the UK’s largest transport unions has called for new legislation to protect workers from abuse by passengers.

Interviewed for The National newspaper on the RMT campaign to protect its members from the rising number of assaults by passengers
www.thenational.scot/news/2595265...

Strike stats out yesterday showing dramatic fall in strike levels for Jan 26 (compared to Nov & Dec 25) so much more like most of 2024 and 2025: 31,000 days not worked in 62 strikes by 6,000 workers.

Union fined £265,000 for blocking lorries in Birmingham bin workers’ strike Court finds Unite repeatedly breached injunction by blockading and ‘slow walking’ next to waste trucks

Union fined £265,000 for blocking lorries in Birmingham bin workers’ strike: Court finds Unite repeatedly breached injunction by blockading and ‘slow walking’ next to waste trucks
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Looking back 100 years to the nine days that changed Britain Professor Gregor Gall explores the 100th anniversary of the 1926 General Strike

@scotnational.bsky.social My piece in The National today on the 100th anniversary of the May 1926 General Strike: 'Looking back 100 years to the nine days that changed Britain'
www.thenational.scot/culture/2592...

Looking back 100 years to the nine days that changed Britain Professor Gregor Gall explores the 100th anniversary of the 1926 General Strike

My piece in The National today on the 100th anniversary of the May 1926 General Strike: 'Looking back 100 years to the nine days that changed Britain'
www.thenational.scot/culture/2592...

@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, good time to announce my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...
Softback out after hardback.

@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, good time to announce my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...
Softback out after hardback.

@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, good time to announce my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...
Softback out after hardback.

@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, good time to announce my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...
Softback out after hardback.