Steph Paton

Columnist

Steph Paton lives in Glasgow, and writes frequently on Scottish independence, LGBT+ liberation and social justice issues. They have worked in journalism, politics and film production for over a decade, but only started writing on politics during 2014, when they published a successful video series on misinformation during the referendum.

Steph Paton lives in Glasgow, and writes frequently on Scottish independence, LGBT+ liberation and social justice issues. They have worked in journalism, politics and film production for over a decade, but only started writing on politics during 2014, when they published a successful video series on misinformation during the referendum.

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COMMENT Steph Paton: Our bland political centre cannot hold amid UK’s decline

AS a millennial, I find it difficult to pinpoint what I’d consider to be the last “normal” year of my life. The economic crash of 2008 was a definitive shifting point for most of us, and the rapidity with which the hallmarks of late-stage capitalism have come to define these years is, even now, still a little destabilising – soaring wealth inequality, exploitative labour practices, environmental degradation and the over-commodification of the necessary and unnecessary alike.

COMMENT Steph Paton: Israel killed their own citizens. No mistake

Everybody makes mistakes, right? To err is human, after all. Though when I tend to think of what constitutes a ‘mistake’, it generally falls into the category of split-second missteps or through putting trust where it was unearned. Returning to my previous broadband provider, despite knowing how awful their service is, was a mistake. Drinking two pots of coffee before writing this column; also a mistake.