Susan retweeted
This is a woefully bad Bill, dressed up as something good, and pushed by MPs who have no clue.
Thankfully, vile gay conversion has been illegal for many years.
But attempts to define 'being yourself' to a child who is gender confused?! Experts in the complex psychology of this like @marcuse99903226 and @JamesEsses, legal experts like @akuareindorf and @Jebadoo2 explain over and over why this Bill will cause harm and homophobia. As @AllianceLGB warn, it's about 'transing away the gay' 💔
“A society which values freedom must protect everyone’s right to live openly and safely as themselves.”
My piece for @IndyVoices on delivering our manifesto commitment to ban conversion practices 👉🏻
independent.co.uk/voices/con…
No, indeed. Something of a golden age in 90s, I think. But not enough talent even then to make the second Parliament particularly impressive.
Were I Cabinet Secretary for Education, I might be wondering why the former Cabinet Secretary for Education and now Deputy First Minister is muscling in, anyway.
Swinney's Headteacher of the Nation act increasingly grates.
Scotland’s First Minister has told a bus company boss to watch his language after he branded him a dictator over plans to bring the country’s bus network under public control.
i.stv.tv/4zDMZjI
Oh I think team Swinney would love Goodlad to inherit, but maybe it's too quick. Wouldn't be surprised, though.
Exactly. "Scotland is a small place and the talent pool is limited."
The status of the Scottish Parliament is being undermined by the quality of its members holyrood.com/comment/view,th…
Susan retweeted
Good governments don't do this.
Nor do ones that really care about what they say they care about. People who throw this word without being able to define it aren't serious about making anyone's life better, beyond a charmed circle round power, it's just gesture politics.
"Gender" is not defined in law, nor is the @scotgov able to explain what it means.
They do have a minister for it though! Maybe they should have one for faeries and sprites as well?
Susan retweeted
The supreme irony of John Swinney claiming that “no one will ever do a better job for Scotland” is that his party has had 19 years of uncontested power to prove it, and they have failed on virtually every metric.
“The people who live here” currently have a Scottish Government that is presiding over a £5 billion structural deficit, a £400m nationalised ferry disaster, and a nationalised rail network plagued by slashed timetables and routine cancellations. You cannot pitch independence as a fresh start when you are the architect of the current domestic crisis. But the most hilarious part of this post is the platform it is on.
SNP delegates officially voted to mandate that the party withdraw from X and actively support a UK-wide ban on the platform. Yet here is the First Minister ignoring his own membership's democratic vote to post conference clips because he desperately needs the engagement. They can't even govern their own social media strategy, let alone a country.
Senior Nats believe Swinney could QUIT as First Minister as soon as next year thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16…
Susan retweeted
Good.
Zack Polanski's Popularity Hits All-Time Low Amid 'Zionism Is Racism' Row
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/z…
Yes, massive comms campaign, changing millions of minds, but only using SNP member-approved platforms, right enough.
Susan retweeted
There's nothing inherently wrong with reforming councils or the NHS - but don't start blaming the UK Government for something you literally have complete control over.
If this ends up just being a budget/political wheeze, the SNP truly have reached the bottom of the barrel.
Susan retweeted
It's really quite nakedly dishonest.
Jenny Gilruth also claims the block grant will reduce in real terms - barely a week after the First Minister defended his misleading pensions claims on the basis of the unknowability of future block grants.
This stuff is desperate.