Rhetorical situation

Sender

The sender of the article “This should be Scotland’s rewilding election” is Adam Ramsay. He is a journalist and editor for openDemocracy, a generally left-wing independent media platform of investigative journalism focused on creating policy change. Ramsay is also a member of the Scottish Green Party, a left-wing political party focused on environmentalism, social justice, nonviolence, and radical democracy. This is particularly relevant in the context of this article, as he is urging his audience to elect politicians who wish to promote rewilding in Scotland, so he is essentially urging people to vote for the Scottish Green Party. 

In the article, Ramsay does not focus on his career as a politician, focusing instead on his personal experiences in the Scottish wilderness, such as his job as a tour guide: “In the baking summer of 2003, I had a job on a boat taking tourists through the third strongest whirlpoo...