Ewa McKee

“ALTHOUGH not all hateful messages result in actual hate crimes, hate crimes rarely occur without prior stigmatisation and dehumanisation of targeted groups and incitement to hate incidents fuelled by religious or racial bias”

DESPITE mounting concerns about public safety, the Polish presidential election is still due to take place on May 10. Polish nationals who are resident in Scotland, like a few 100,000 more around the globe, have no guarantee that they will be able participate due to both a new voting system and lockdown restriction in many countries.

SPRING is in the air, but the birdsong is drowned out by the noise from loudspeakers on the cars circling the streets. Megaphones and alarm sirens remind us to stay at home. Like during wartime, or in an Orwell novel.