22/03/17 - Far-right millionaire: I'll use social media network to back Scottish independence

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/20/jim-dowson-back-scottish-independence-patriotic-news-agency-far-right

The article focuses on Jim Dowson a millionaire with far right views that hopes to use social media in order to promote Scottish Independence. Most notably however, the article talks specifically about how Mr Dowson plans to use the same methods that he believes were crucial in the election of Donald Trump and also for Brexit. He plans to set up a “News Agency” from bases in Hungary and Serbia in order to promote Scottish Separatism. Mr Dowson is notably known for his work as a former financial backer of the British National party and former member of Britain First.

• Plans to use his international social media network, which backed Donald Trump, to support Scottish independence.
• Dowson’s social media group pumped out pro-Trump “news” during the latter stages of the US presidential campaign
• Claims his networks have a global reach of 50 million online viewers, 17 million of whom live in Britain.
• "I have been a fanatical defender of the union, but I am a pragmatist, and England is finished"

Personally, I think it is shocking that something like this is being allowed to happen. It was more than apparent that one of the biggest reasons that caused so much chaos during Donald Trump’s election and Brexit was the fact that there so many uncertainties being generated from fake news. Mr Dowson plans to employ this exact same tactic and is openly admitting to it yet nothing is going to be done to stop him. Furthermore, it is also clear that his intentions are not at all in the best interest of the public and Scottish people as a whole as he plans to further his own personal agenda by setting up bases in other countries where the British law might be more difficult to enforce. This should be more than enough evidence to show that Mr Dowson only cares about enforcing his own right wing agenda rather than actually promoting a future that will be good for all Scottish future generations.