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'Dr. '''Stuart Waiton''' is a senior [[sociology]] and [[criminology]] lecturer at [[Abertay University]]. He teaches on matters relating to [[anti-social behaviour]], [[moral panics]], [[hate crimes]], and [[politics]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr Stuart Waiton |url=https://www.abertay.ac.uk/staff-search/dr-stuart-waiton/ |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=Abertay |date=16 January 2018}}</ref> In 2019, he was chosen by the [[Brexit Party]] as a candidate to be an MEP in Scotland<ref>{{cite news |last1=Malik |first1=Paul |title=Abertay lecturer Stuart Waiton picked to stand for the Brexit Party |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/politics/uk-politics/949857/abertay-lecturer-stuart-waiton-picked-to-stand-for-the-brexit-party/ |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The Courier |date=6 August 2019}}</ref> (he was unsuccessful<ref>{{cite news |title=The UK's European elections 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/crjeqkdevwvt/the-uks-european-elections-2019 |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=BBC News}}</ref>) and later as the [[prospective parliamentary candidate]] for [[Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee West]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Who are the MEP candidates in Scotland? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-48044192 |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=BBC News |date=25 April 2019}}</ref> Waiton is a columnist for the ''[[Glasgow Herald]]'' and a contributor to a number of mainstream radio and television discussion programmes.<ref name="BoI">{{cite web |title=Dr Stuart Waiton |url=https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/speaker/dr-stuart-waiton/ |website=Battle of Ideas Festival|year=2019 |accessdate=4 September 2019}}</ref> He has also appeared on the far-right conspiracist ''[[Richie Allen Show]]'' five times between June 2018 and May 2019;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Michael |title=Brexit party MEPs' links to alt-right media agenda exposed |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/18/brexit-party-meps-links-alt-right-media-conspiracy-theories-revealed |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The Observer |date=18 August 2019}}</ref> the shows he appeared on featured [[antisemitic]] material, including the mocking of Jewish victims of [[the Holocaust]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Exposed: Brexit Party MEPs on Antisemitic Conspiracy Show |url=https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/exposed-brexit-party-meps-on-antisemitic-conspiracy-show/ |website=HOPE not hate |accessdate=4 September 2019}}</ref> He has been involved in campaigns against the [[Offensive Behaviour at Football Act]].<ref name="BoI"/> His comments on [[transgender rights]] have been criticised; he has said that trans equality is "strange" as "it appears to ask for something that is biologically impossible". He has also called state support for [[gender-neutral toilets]] and [[school uniforms]] as part of "the potentially authoritarian and censorious dynamic" of equality campaigners.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Mark |title=Academics closing down trans debate, claims Stuart Waiton |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/academics-closing-down-trans-debate-says-stuart-waiton-v5c8z8x2p |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The Times |date=27 November 2018}}</ref> ==Bibliography== *{{cite book |title=Scared of the kids?: Curfews, crime and the regulation of young people |year=2001 |publisher=Sheffield Hallam University Press |isbn=978-0863399299}} *{{cite book |title=The Politics of Antisocial Behaviour Amoral Panics |year=2007 |publisher=Routledge Advances in Criminology |isbn=978-0415872720}} *{{cite book |title=Snobs' law: criminalising football fans in an age of intolerance |year=2012 |location=Scotland |isbn=978-0957155909 |edition=Take A Liberty}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Waiton, Stuart}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Brexit Party politicians]] [[Category:Lecturers]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Abertay Dundee]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]'