Politics

2020 US Presidential Election predictions

 Steven Kellow    Politics

Tonight marks the culmination of the 2020 US Presidential election, and it’s been a race like no other. Four years ago Donald Trump ripped up the playbook and then proceeded to set it on fire by claiming a shock victory over Hillary Clinton.  He then embarked on one of the most erratic and divisive spells the White House has ever seen.  And that was all before the world was hit by a once-in-100-years pandemic that the US was ill-equipped to cope with. His challenger is — Read more →

Syria: An international imperative

 Steven Kellow    Politics  
missiles near damascus

Last night the USA, UK and France launched a joint military operation to strike against President Assad’s regime and the infrastructure suspected of delivering a chemical weapons attack in Douma earlier this week. Public opinion is divided on whether this was the right course of action, especially with Russia’s support of the Syrian Government being a dangerous factor that risks considerable conflict escalation. But, the decision to take these strikes was essentially about whether a Government should be allowed to get away with murdering its — Read more →

Tackling sectarianism in Scottish football

 Steven Kellow    Football, Politics

This week in the Scottish Parliament, MSPs voted for the repeal of the 2012 Offensive Behaviour at Football Act.  This law was introduced by the SNP Government against strong opposition, and now that the SNP is a minority government this is the first serious attempt, led by Labour, to reverse the Act. The OBFA, as it’s more snappily known, is widely considered to be a poor piece of legislation.  The goal was to crack down on sectarian and violent behaviour at football games, which reached — Read more →

Scottish Draft Budget 2018-19

 Steven Kellow    Politics

Today Scottish Government Finance Minister Derek MacKay unveiled their draft budget for the next fiscal year. By far the most eye-catching of the proposals was the remodelling of income tax, with the standard rate being broken into three bands of 19%, 20% and 21%, and an increase of 1% on the higher and additional rates, bringing them to 41% and 46% respectively. In total, these measures will raise an additional £164 million for the Scottish Government, whilst ensuring that those earning less than £33,000 (which — Read more →

Fake News: Learning the lessons of 2016

 Steven Kellow    Politics, Technology

In many ways 2017 has been a year where little “original” news events have happened, but rather where we have been living through the aftermath of 2016.  Whether that be because of Brexit on this side of the pond, or the Buffoon-in-Chief on the other, we’re still wading through the repercussions of what voters have destined for us last year.   One of the main problems we’re still grappling with is that of online “fake news”, which we now know helped drive both the Brexit — Read more →

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