Glasgow left journo writing about politics, LGBTQ+ liberation and environmentalism. Columnist for @ScotNational. They/Them 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Views are mine etc.
Labour's conversion abuse ban is no good at all - so why would the SNP extend it to Scotland? www.thenational.scot/politics/264...
Steph Paton: Adopting flawed Labour conversion ‘therapy’ bill isn't good enoughA KEY tenet of successive SNP-led governments has, since 2014, been the promise to mitigate, where it can, the worst of Westminster.www.thenational.scot
It is the most noble of British traditions to give peerage or reward to those leaving their party in tatters behind them.
Politics UK🚨 BREAKING: Andy Burnham has given a peerage to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar so he can become a Minister He was the first major Labour figure to call for Keir Starmer to resign and will now quit as leader
So let me get this straight we have: - Mahmood in place to ‘finish the job’ re immigration - Phillipson continuing her toilet ban with no change - Miliband out of energy for more drilling - McFadden still in place for welfare ‘reform’
Jess O'Thomson🚨 Bridget Phillipson remains as the Minister for Women and Equalities After FWS Phillipson publicly stated that trans women should use men's toilets. She recently signed into force harmful & discriminatory statutory guidance which will devastate trans lives. Suggests no change re. trans rights.
'Labour have long owed an apology to the public for defending Israel’s campaign of murder and terror against the Palestinian people since 2023. And despite widespread reporting to the contrary, I’m not convinced we’ve had one yet.' www.thenational.scot/politics/262...
Andy Burnham’s 'sorry' on Labour support for Israel isn’t a real apology at allLABOUR have long owed an apology to the public for defending Israel’s campaign of murder and terror against the Palestinian people since 2023. And…www.thenational.scot
Our investigation caught Shivat Zion on camera offering to help UK citizens move to an illegal Israeli settlement. Shivat Zion were then photographed at an event in London. The government has still not imposed sanctions on the Israeli group. www.declassifieduk.org/uk-politicia...
UK politicians call for sanctions on Israeli charityDemands follow Declassified investigation, which revealed how Shivat Zion touted ‘awesome’ illegal settlementswww.declassifieduk.org
The Scottish Parliament's decision to collect and present data based on 'biological sex' has made it harder for researchers to use data to understand and tackle inequalities. 📝 I've written to the Scottish Parliament requesting information on this change: kevinguyan.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
The honeymoon is over.
Kevin SchofieldScoop: Andy Burnham will vote FOR Shabana Mahmood's immigration crackdown in the Commons tonight. Dozens of Labour MPs had written to him urging him to water down the Immigration and Asylum Bill, warning the party is “losing progressive voters”. Story 👇 www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/andy-b...
A trans girl in the UK will face consistent messages she's not accepted & doesn't belong from a young age. Toilet segregation, banned from sports, banned from Brownies, denied healthcare. school's free to outright deny her identity. Treated literally as subhuman. Because of Labour.
Clive Lewis MPAll sexualities, genders and cultures should be free to celebrate their identity in our public spaces. The fact that county councillors think their priority should be denying this shows everything we need to know about Reform in power.
