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'@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ {{short description|Scottish professor and politician}} -'''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 and lost his deposit after claims fewer than 5% of votes<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> +'''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> Waiton was a member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, initially getting involved in anti-racist politics and supporting Workers Against Racism (WAR). In 2019, as part of a defense of democracy he joined the Brexit Party, 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 and lost his deposit after claims fewer than 5% of votes<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 ''[[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> +Waiton has been a columnist for the Times Education Supplement (Scotland) and has written for the Times, the Independent and currently 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 appeared on Sky News, and been a contributor on a number of radio debate programmes including the ''[[Richie Allen Show]]'' where he has discussed issues around academic freedom and freedom of speech 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> He has been involved in campaigns against the [[Offensive Behaviour at Football Act]].<ref name="BoI"/> He has criticised academics as stifling the debate around [[transgender]] topics, and has in turn been criticised for describing the [[transgender rights]] movement as asking for something that is biologically impossible.<ref name=":0">{{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> He has also questioned the state support for [[gender-neutral toilets]] and [[school uniforms]] and described the dynamic of equality campaigners as potentially authoritarian.<ref name=":0">{{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> '