The internet and technology are growing at such a rapid pace that many argue that the law is behind the times. Internet giants like Google, YouTube and Facebook hold the ability to censor content and limit speech, but legally should they be allowed? Since they are private and not public businesses, some believe that they… Continue reading Free Speech Part 3
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Free Speech Part 2
Free speech on campus has been a growing debate in recent years. A debate has been sparked because of disinvited speaking guests, and because administrators and students are advocating for speech codes at universities. Should college campuses limit free speech, and do they have the right to do so? There are many different instances when free… Continue reading Free Speech Part 2
The SNP Ain’t Scotland Part 8
STV has launched an internal investigation after the broadcaster released a video of children praising Nicola Sturgeon for “keeping them safe” during the coronavirus pandemic. A series of clips from the video were posted on Twitter yesterday before being taken down following a number of complaints. Some compared it to the sort of brainwashing media… Continue reading The SNP Ain’t Scotland Part 8
Jun 2020. BBC Pushes the Cultural Change for Museums
June 2020. The authors of an influential report on colonial-era artefacts, which recommended a restitution programme to transfer hundreds of items from European institutions to Africa, have criticised the British Museum for acting like “an ostrich with its head in the sand”. The Senegalese economist Felwine Sarr and the French art historian Bénédicte Savoy, who… Continue reading Jun 2020. BBC Pushes the Cultural Change for Museums
Jun 2020. 76th Anniversary of D Day
June 2020. In 2020, the Royal British Legion is asking the nation to remember the impact that leaving, missing and, returning home has on service men and women and their loved ones – then and now. The anniversary of D-Day brings this message to life as we remember one of the most important battles of… Continue reading Jun 2020. 76th Anniversary of D Day
The SNP Ain’t Scotland Part 7
An investigation has uncovered evidence coronavirus may have been brought to Scotland during a conference of Nike employees in Edinburgh. A BBC Scotland Disclosure investigation found more than 70 Nike employees from around the world attended a conference at Edinburgh’s Hilton Carlton Hotel on February 26 and 27, before the first confirmed covid-19 case in… Continue reading The SNP Ain’t Scotland Part 7
The SNP Ain’t Scotland Part 6
This coronavirus crisis has delivered a lesson in the power of the British state and its institutions. Rishi Sunak has added something like £60bn to public spending, and another £330bn in loan guarantees to companies. The most impressive and reassuring presences on our TV screens have been chief medical officer Chris Whitty and chief scientific… Continue reading The SNP Ain’t Scotland Part 6
The SNP Ain’t Scotland Part 5
Independence is itself a big idea, of course, if a somewhat blunt one. Before the pandemic struck it seemed entirely achievable, as a posh, right-wing, pro-Brexit Conservative government at Westminster moved the UK further and further away from what we might term the Scottish ideal. The trials, tribulations and revenge lust of Alex Salmond aside,… Continue reading The SNP Ain’t Scotland Part 5
The SNP Ain’t Scotland Part 4
The SNP likes to consider itself politically radical – an anti-establishment insurgency that would run Scotland more virtuously, more harmoniously, more Scottishly, than the British state has managed for the past 300 or so years. That the SNP has been in government for 13 years – by which time Alexander the Great had no more… Continue reading The SNP Ain’t Scotland Part 4
The SNP Ain’t Scotland Part 3
An SNP candidate dropped over alleged antisemitic comments has won a Westminster seat despite the party’s withdrawal of support. Neale Hanvey was the SNP candidate for the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency but was dropped in the run-up to Thursday’s poll after social media posts he made two years ago came to light. Despite his suspension,… Continue reading The SNP Ain’t Scotland Part 3