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  • Scotland’s New Hate Crime And Public Order Act: Moral Advancement Captured By Whataboutery?

    A few weeks ago, Harry Potter novelist JK Rowling challenged Police Scotland to arrest her. Your eyes did not deceive you: Britain’s once favourite young adult fiction writer challenged the authorities to put her in handcuffs in a dramatic shift for the former world’s highest paid author. For those not aware, Rowling’s challenge was a tongue in…

    Michael Kane

  • The UK’s Proposed Independent Football Regulator: The Gaps and The Absence of Moral Reckoning

    21 years ago, Leeds United Chairman Paul Ridsdale famously admitted that Leeds should not have spent so much while stressing that they lived the dream regardless. The dream in question: to take one of England’s historic football clubs to the semi-finals of the then UEFA Champions League. Two decades on from that very press conference, in which…

    Michael Kane

  • Should You Vote? Assessing the Lesser of Two Evils Argument

    We are in the ‘year of elections’, with 64 countries, as well as the European Union, holding elections in 2024, representing 49% of the global population. Sure to dominate the headlines will be the US election in November, and the UK election likely to happen towards the end of the year. The candidates on offer…

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  • Dishonesty and Short-termism in UK Political Culture: Extrinsic or Intrinsic and Inevitable or Fixable

    On the 23rd of October 2023 the House of Commons’ Westminster Hall considered two e-petitions. Both e-petitions roughly contended that it should be made a criminal offence for politicians to mislead the public and/or lie in the House of Commons. This seems pretty hard to enforce but the point stands that this potentially elucidates a rising…

    Michael Kane

  • Why are Climate Activists so Unpopular, and Does it Matter?

    Climate activists have raised considerable public attention by blocking highways, disrupting sporting events, throwing tomato soup at paintings and more. Despite the attention, the activism seems to generate mostly negative sentiments amongst wider parts of society. By disrupting public life, groups like Extinction Rebellion or Just Stop Oil mean to raise awareness for the climate crisis. The fact that…

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