Don McGowan
@donmcgowan.bsky.social
Substack — https://donmcgowan333.substack.com Co-host of @noholdspod.bsky.social with @badassmutha.bsky.social DMs open or email: donmcgowan@pm.me. Anonymity respected, of course. noholdsbarredpod.com
A new episode of @noholdspod.bsky.social is out now across YouTube and all good pod apps. It's only me this week as @badassmutha.bsky.social is feeling unwell, so if you fancy half an hour of me wittering about Reform, Burnham and BP taking the absolute piss, links are below. Links 🔗 👇
It's Monday but don't let that stop you getting ahead of the news. Here's today's Daily Briefing in synopsis for you. Sign up for our free daily email briefing here and our app launch will be along very soon. www.news-agency.org
A little update from @noholdspod.bsky.social with @donmcgowan.bsky.social on the much mooted benefits bills, including ALL the facts. Not just the selective talking points MSM stick to😤 youtu.be/dL_dqC5iuAQ?...
Welfare Cuts Continue
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It was a brilliant chat, and we covered so many important topics, but had a good laugh along the way. Lord Dale is on its way for services to meteorology and climate change. 😃
BritWeatherSvs/Jim N R Dale@britweathersvs.bsky.social · 3d agoIf you have spare moment, have a listen to a no holds barred edition of Don’s & Sal’s podcast featuring moi. Loads of stuff covered, including my ‘encounters’ with Farage, Tice & Co; oh & my imminent peerage! You won’t be disappointed. 😉 @donmcgowan.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2bvd...
If you have spare moment, have a listen to a no holds barred edition of Don’s & Sal’s podcast featuring moi. Loads of stuff covered, including my ‘encounters’ with Farage, Tice & Co; oh & my imminent peerage! You won’t be disappointed. 😉 @donmcgowan.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2bvd...
THE GREAT GREENING - DISCUSSIONS with Jim NR Dale | EP 11
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Welcome to August. Here's your Daily Briefing in synopsis for today. Sign up for our free daily email briefing here and our app launch will be along very soon. news-agency.org
Rhetoric v Reality. How does Burnham really stack up? @donmcgowan.bsky.social & I pull it apart on @noholdspod.bsky.social youtu.be/VwNbJkzt7xs?...
Did Burnham Succeed in Manchester?
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Some thoughts on Burnham’s first week as PM. And a boat load of Smiths quotes. substack.com/@donmcgowan3...
Burnham — Boost, Bust or Bluster?
And Buses. And The Smiths.
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🎙️ICYMI — Episode 99 of @NoHoldsPod is available now. @badassmutha.bsky.social and I talked a lot about Trump's ongoing push towards fascism, his lunacy over Canadian wildfire tariffs, and we made some predictions about Burnham's cabinet before they were announced. 🔗Links below. 👇
🎙️ Your Saturday dose of political honesty has arrived with EP 98 of @noholdspod.bsky.social with @badassmutha.bsky.social and I. We chatted Burnham, Farage and Clacton, plus a tweet by @liamcunningham1.bsky.social inspired me to dig into water and energy usage by data centres. 🔗 Links below. 👇
🎙️ If you fancy some light Sunday listening/watching, Episode 96 of @noholdspod.bsky.social is out now. Burnham people pleasing and Farage's performative resignation plus the breaking news, as we recorded, about Ann Widdecombe's murder. @badassmutha.bsky.social 🔗 Links below. 👇
A new EP of our Discussions series. Dan Hatton is the founder of a news platform called News Agency. A tech powered daily briefing that removes all bias and provides the top stories without any influence. It's very cool. @badassmutha.bsky.social | @donmcgowan.bsky.social Links below. 👇
This is a really excellent episode of Sally and Don's podcast. I urge you to listen to it and subscribe, you won't regret it. Sally and Don are each equipped with a working moral compass & a social conscience who brilliantly articulate almost exactly how I feel about the issues we face today. 1/2
Don McGowan@donmcgowan.bsky.social · last mo.🎙️ EP 94 of @NoHoldsPod — Winter is Coming Burnham sweeps in from THE NORTH and promises to take us back to Madchester. The Reform UK house of cards is wobbling and about to topple. James Murray did what Streeting never could — a deal with junior doctors. @badassmutha.bsky.social 🎧 Links below. 👇
Did Farage return from the wilderness only to jump on board the return train far quicker than he'd hoped? open.substack.com/pub/donmcgow...
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Return of the Invisible Man
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🎙️ EP 94 of @NoHoldsPod — Winter is Coming Burnham sweeps in from THE NORTH and promises to take us back to Madchester. The Reform UK house of cards is wobbling and about to topple. James Murray did what Streeting never could — a deal with junior doctors. @badassmutha.bsky.social 🎧 Links below. 👇
🎙️ EP 93 of @noholdspod.bsky.social Solo Sal this week – my house is too hot for my laptop. 😅 @badassmutha.bsky.social Brexit is ten. Reform is fracturing. Trump's health is a talking point. And Burnham's already wobbling. Sal's speech at the National Rejoin March. 🎤 🎧 Links below. 👇
Did Farage return from the wilderness only to jump on board the return train far quicker than he'd hoped? open.substack.com/pub/donmcgow...
Farage
Return of the Invisible Man
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🎙️ EP 92 – BY-ELECTION BLUES Three by-election losses for Reform UK in one night. But the media? Barely a peep. Farage, Pochin's faux-pas, Burnham, Meloni & Trump. Serious. Hilarious. No filter. 🎯 @badassmutha.bsky.social | @noholdspod.bsky.social 🎧 Links below 👇
🎙️ EP 92 – BY-ELECTION BLUES Three by-election losses for Reform UK in one night. But the media? Barely a peep. Farage, Pochin's faux-pas, Burnham, Meloni & Trump. Serious. Hilarious. No filter. 🎯 @badassmutha.bsky.social | @noholdspod.bsky.social 🎧 Links below 👇
Russia fires on a British yacht. Starmer assassination attempt. Palestine Action judgement. Burnham goes right. Farage's £5m. @badassmutha.bsky.social and @donmcgowan.bsky.social held nothing back. 🎙️ EP 91 – MOSCOW MULE | No Holds Barred Pod Links below. 👇
6 days until we march to #RejoinEU Who's coming??
No Holds Barred Pod@noholdspod.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are really spoiling you this week. Another Discussions episode is available. @badassmutha.bsky.social and @donmcgowan.bsky.social cgowan chatted to Peter Corr, founder and organiser of @marchforrejoin.co.uk Join us on 20th June to show the Gov who much of a mistake Brexit was. Links below. 👇
I wrote about the way rage-bait works and some examples of social media companies contributing to some seriously disturbing violence, and even murder. And, is our government completely impotent in the process? Something to read over your coffee this morning! 🤐 open.substack.com/pub/donmcgow...
Episode 90 of @NoHoldsPod is available — even on decrepit warships and submarines. @badassmutha.bsky.social as and I chatted defence, UFC and we predicted Tommy Robinson's arrest at Heathrow. The far-right were humiliated on Saturday and the two Ryans were arrested. 🎉🥳 Links below. 👇
We are really spoiling you this week. Another Discussions episode is available. @badassmutha.bsky.social and @donmcgowan.bsky.social cgowan chatted to Peter Corr, founder and organiser of @marchforrejoin.co.uk Join us on 20th June to show the Gov who much of a mistake Brexit was. Links below. 👇
I wrote about the way rage-bait works and some examples of social media companies contributing to some seriously disturbing violence, and even murder. And, is our government completely impotent in the process? Something to read over your coffee this morning! 🤐 open.substack.com/pub/donmcgow...
How has social media, and it's well-known bad actors [Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage], created and caused real-world violence? And can the government actually do anything about it? open.substack.com/pub/donmcgow...
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What is it good for?
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A new EP of our @noholdspod.bsky.social Discussions series has just dropped. @badassmutha.bsky.social and I were delighted to be visited by India Willoughby for a lovely chat yesterday. We talked trans, politics, football and loads of other stuff — some serious, some VERY funny. Links below. 👇
Farage has got himself into very hot water, @donmcgowan.bsky.social & I discussed it on @noholdspod.bsky.social ep 85. Give us a follow, if you like honest, truthful commentary, you won't regret it💞
Episode 87 of @noholdspod.bsky.social is now available across our platforms — Links below. 👇 @badassmutha.bsky.social and I chatted about Labour, Trump's frankly insane concert with one of Milli Vanilli. Oh, and more Mandelson files and Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker were banned from the UK.
