William Gibson, Author at Homeland Party

Row breaks out over Netflix’s casting of the historical figure Hannibal.

William Gibson / News / 16 December 2023 / Opinion

Streaming giant accused of placing ‘Afrocentric’ slant on history by giving the role of young Canaanite leader to a veteran black actor Tunisians have accused Netflix of “stealing” their history by casting Denzel Washington as General Hannibal in an upcoming film about the military leader who almost toppled Rome. They say, Hannibal, who famously marched elephants […]

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A new OECD Education report shows SNP continuing to fail Scotland’s children.

William Gibson / News / 14 December 2023 / Education, England, Opinion, Scotland, Wales

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) rankings for 2022, which showed Scotland’s performance in maths, reading and science has declined since 2018. Scotland’s average reading score was 493 – higher than the OECD average but a fall of 11 points from the 2018 score of 504.

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Yousaf forced to rewrite his “illiterate” spending plans as top civil servant threatens to resign.

William Gibson / News / 26 October 2023 / Community Politics, Opinion, Scotland

Among the public and Political circles, it is acknowledged that Humza Yousaf has been a less-than-inspiring leader for the Scottish Nation. When he published his “Programme for Government” in September, it was immediately criticised as being “underwhelming” and nothing but “reheated sturgeonism”. The lack of ambition surprised opponents, with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar describing the

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Woes Mount for an under-pressure Sunak as he faces another By-Election

William Gibson / News / 25 October 2023 / Elections, England, Opinion

Sunak faces fresh by-election misery this week, with the House of Commons poised to approve a six-week suspension for ex-minister Peter Bone. MPs are expected to wave through a motion to see the former deputy leader of the Commons face a recall petition in his constituency. The move comes less than a week after the Conservatives

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A new report finds England is the worst place in the developed world to find housing.

William Gibson / News / 6 October 2023 / England, Scotland

England is now “the most difficult place to find a home in the developed world”, housebuilders have claimed in a snapshot of the housing crisis that a more significant proportion of people in England live in substandard properties than the European Union average. The Home Builders Federation (HBF), an industry group representing companies that build for private

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Glasgow city council to increase the pain for Drivers

William Gibson / News / 5 October 2023 / Scotland

Glasgow council recently joined the growing number of cities bringing in low-emission zones for cars. The Glasgow LEZ covers the city centre, but it is expected to expand shortly, just like the parking permits scheme they introduced a few years ago. In the meantime, they are looking to introduce a new way to bring more

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Police Scotland to trial not investigating crimes.

William Gibson / News / 9 September 2023 / Crime, Scotland

Police Scotland have been blasted for running a pilot to not investigate some crimes, with one top cop claiming that it sets a “dangerous precedent.” David Threadgold, chairman of the Scottish Police Federation, also said it could lead to officers losing the public’s trust. The force had previously said it is trialling a “proportionate response to

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Sunak likely to betray Parents

William Gibson / News / 9 September 2023 / Education

In another show of weakness in standing up for sense and opposing the Pro-Trans agenda, Sunak appears to be backing away from legislation to stop children from changing Gender at School. The Prime Minister had vowed to curb so-called social transitioning, where children who say they are trans demand to be referred to by a

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Climate scientist admits to inflating climate figures.

William Gibson / News / 8 September 2023 / Science

A climate scientist has admitted overhyping the impact of global warming on wildfires to ensure his work was published in the prestigious science journal Nature. Dr Patrick Brown, the co-director of the climate and energy team at The Breakthrough Institute, Berkeley, published a paper last week arguing that climate change had increased wildfires in California. The Nature

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Cancelled father ted writer holds his fringe show outside the Scottish Parliament.

William Gibson / News / 22 August 2023 / England, Scotland

Defiant Graham Linehan went ahead with his comedy show outside the Scottish Parliament on Thursday night after it was cancelled twice by Edinburgh Fringe venues. The original venue, Leith Arches, had pulled out over the Father Ted creator’s views on transgender issues. Comedy Unleashed moved the sold-out gig to an outdoor stage at Holyrood when a second venue declined to host

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