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Roderick McMillan

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Europe, Scotland, United Kingdom
As seen in: LinkedIn, Substack, The Spectator, Undercover Recruiter, Byline Times, The Spectator Australia, Dogs Today Magazine, Freedom News, Government & Public Sector Journal, nucosolutions.co.uk and
Covers:  Politics, Philosophy, Employment, Long Covid, Collapse - and Dogs.
Doesn't Cover: Relationships, Astrology

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Roderick McMillan’s Biography

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As a neurodiverse freelance writer based in Scotland, I specialise in analytical and thoughtful investigative pieces across a wide range of topics. My writing is both accessible and insightful, aiming to engage readers with clear, well-researched content that adds deeper context.

Roderick McMillan’s Journalist Portfolio

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Separation Anxiety - Who watches the dog watchers?

Separation Anxiety - Who watches the dog watchers?

Imagine if, when you called up a lift on an app before you got in the car you were told it was solely your re…

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Repair Cafe

Repair Cafe

South Lanarkshire Charity Repair Café saves over half a tonne from Landfill, while saving people money and br…

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Five Years On: What You Can Do in Northern Ireland in 2025 That You Couldn't in 2020

Five Years On: What You Can Do in Northern Ireland in 2025 That You Couldn't in 2020

The world stopped in 2020. But Northern Ireland didn't stay still. There's a strange emotional vertigo that c…

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Why It's Important You Respond To The Public Consultation - Long Covid Scotland

Why It's Important You Respond To The Public Consultation - Long Covid Scotland

Public consultations on Long Covid allow you to make your voice heard. They provide an opportunity to share y…

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Ethical Clothing for Men

Ethical Clothing for Men

Ethical Circular fashion designs clothes to last, to be reused, repaired, and - when they finally wear out - …

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Boomerang Employees: Most Valuable People or Risky Hires?

Boomerang Employees: Most Valuable People or Risky Hires?

Rod McMillan Should more organisations focus on bringing back staff who left? Rehiring former employees, also…

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Kropotkin’s lifeboats: Mutual aid VS welfare chauvinism

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By Roderick McMillan, Thomas Necchi, Leslie Cunningham
| revsoc21.uk
Left: By Nadar – This image has an extracted file: Peter Kropotkin circa 1900.jpg., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=184504784 Top right: By Ojsyork – Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=193535116 Bottom right: By Agence Rol.
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Kropotkin’s lifeboats: Mutual aid VS welfare chauvinism

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By Roderick McMillan
| anarchistfederation.net
September 21, 2026 — From (source) This article was republished automatically. The RNLI’s cosmopolitan philosophy undermines a cornerstone of the far right’s worldview ~ Roderick McMillan ~ Royal. National. Traditionally British. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) seems an odd target for the enmity of so-called ‘patriots’. Yet RNLI volunteers are today being subjected to far-right abuse.
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Kropotkin’s lifeboats: Mutual aid VS welfare chauvinism

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By Roderick McMillan
| Freedom News
The RNLI’s cosmopolitan philosophy undermines a cornerstone of the far right’s worldview ~ Roderick McMillan ~ Royal. National. Traditionally British. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) seems an odd target for the enmity of so-called ‘patriots’. Yet RNLI volunteers are today being subjected to far-right abuse. Crew are doxed online alongside accusations that they are “traitors”, and Portsmouth lifeboat station was forced to close as volunteers faced down threats of fascist violence.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Cub Reporter at the Belfast Newsletter back when I first struggled with Teeline Shorthand.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! But it was already archaic when I was a child.

How is social media changing news?

It's centralising algorithmic distribution, making it harder for good journalism to get seen, breaking our shared reality and driving polarisation.