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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2023 8:39:26 GMT
^Wee Sunak couldn't wait to get out of there...
Just as well it wasn't Bernard Ponsonby, he'd have given him an even harder time.
STV has a much more objective style of journalism than the crawling BBC will ever have.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jan 15, 2023 8:48:39 GMT
Yuh, same as ITV down our way
Paul Brand is a legend
He was the ITV journo who broke a lot of the Partygate stuff
He's just made a podcast with even more revelations...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2023 8:55:20 GMT
The ITV companies always had and have more objective journalism.
I mean the BBC couldn't touch 'World in Action', a programme that Tony Wilson worked on which is no surprise.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jan 17, 2023 9:50:54 GMT
Rishi Sunak’s government has used section 35 of the 1998 Scotland Act to block a Scottish bill to make it easier for people to legally change their gender. This power has not been used before.
The blocked bill would have allowed people to obtain gender recognition certificates from the age of 16 and without a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. The UK government argues that it would conflict with UK equality law, power over which is reserved to Westminster. The Scottish government disagrees. Keir Starmer has said that he has “concerns” about the bill, particularly about lowering the minimum age and the potential impact on single-sex spaces, but it is not clear whether the Labour leader supports the UK government’s decision. If he does, that sets him up for a conflict with his MSPs at Holyrood, most of whom voted in favour of the reform.
Nicola Sturgeon’s reaction – she called the decision a “full-frontal attack” on devolution – suggests her government will submit a legal challenge rather than amend the bill, setting up yet another devolution battle in the courts. The First Minister’s argument that blocking the bill undermines democracy neglects the fact that the Scottish Parliament’s authority ultimately derives from Westminster through the 1998 Scotland Act. It’s tricky to claim that using a provision contained in the very act that brought about devolution is an attack on devolution. The question is whether the UK government has correctly applied that provision – which the courts will probably decide.
In any case, what polling we have suggests the bill is unpopular in Scotland. A poll from YouGov last month found that 66 per cent of people in Scotland were opposed to reducing the minimum age from 18 to 16, for instance. The veto has, however, allowed Sturgeon to turn an unpopular policy into a symbol of Westminster overreach. The question for the SNP, therefore, is whether they want this issue to become a crucial battleground for Scottish independence
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2023 10:20:53 GMT
Having a veto over democracy sets a dangerous presedence as the Tories know only too well.
It's not so much this bill that will lead to a support in independence but the veto itself.
New Labour's branch office in Scotland also support this bill much to the embarrassment of their masters in London disagreeing with parts of it.
There must be votes in it if New Labour are agreeing with the SNP.
I've said on here before that being 16 is way to young to decide what you think you are. However, I find the hypocrisy of the British State breathtaking considering that they think that 16 is old enough to join their army and kill people.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jan 17, 2023 10:36:03 GMT
Yuh, weird issue on which to pick a fight
Strategic miscalculation
It's a crap bill but it's for the Scottish Govt to decide
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2023 10:50:48 GMT
Yuh, weird issue on which to pick a fight Strategic miscalculation It's a crap bill but it's for the Scottish Govt to decide The Tories are that desperate, they will do anything to court what they think are 'reactionary' votes. As for the bill itself. All the parties in Scotland are all over it like a rash(except Alba)because there's votes in it. Personally, I'd boot it out tomorrow. A lot of SNP members and voters are uncomfortable with it. And with good reason as it's an attack on women only spaces. In the bill it gives kids the right to self identify as 'women' and go to women's spaces regardless of how they look as they will be protected under the law. So basically any man can go into a woman's space where someone's partner or children is using the toilet, changing, seeking refugee. Unbelievable attack on women only spaces. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jan 17, 2023 11:56:48 GMT
Agree with all that
I'm all for people being able to express themselves but not at the expense of women's safety and wellbeing
What polling there is suggests the bill is unpopular in Scotland
YouGov last month found 66% of people in Scotland were opposed to reducing the minimum age from 18 to 16
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2023 13:04:48 GMT
Agree with all that I'm all for people being able to express themselves but not at the expense of women's safety and wellbeing What polling there is suggests the bill is unpopular in Scotland YouGov last month found 66% of people in Scotland were opposed to reducing the minimum age from 18 to 16 Totally, if someone gets the operation and has been living as a woman for a 5 year minimum then fine. For me 18 is still too young, especially with the Tik Tok generation who seem to almost narcissistic with this nonsense. For some it seems like a bit of a fad. Women only spaces shouldn't be surrendered to this criteria. The Transfascists have almost bullied their drivel onto the political agenda and as far as I can see it's misogynistic men harassing and threatening women and feminists with violence. Same old sexism, same old misogyny. |
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Post by doug61 on Jan 17, 2023 17:09:58 GMT
Don't agree with the Scottish Government's decision, I think they are playing "woke politics" over an issue that should be very delicately handled. Changing gender after a mere few weeks rather than living as that sex for a considerable period, seems to me, to be stupid and likely to end in tears.
That said, It's Scotland's choice and Westminster should not be able to overturn it. You can't just devolve stuff that you agree with.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2023 9:46:38 GMT
The word 'woke' is a right wing description whether it's in inverted commas or not.
As are the transmafia. It's just right wing liberalism.
No one is saying that you can't be what you want but when it comes to whining about persecution, women are the most persecuted people on the planet.
This seems to elude the more militant members of the transmafia.
I believe that one of the team of Rape Crisis in Edinburgh is a trans man. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing when you're supporting male rape victims but how can he ever support a woman?
New Labour, SNP, Lib Dems and the Greens are all over the the Trans vote like a cheap suit scurrying around looking for votes but at the end of the day it has to be a woman's choice without the rhetoric of these opportunist politicians.
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Post by zeopold on Jan 18, 2023 10:50:57 GMT
I'm all for people being able to express themselves but not at the expense of women's safety and wellbeing For me 18 is still too young If 16 is old enough to start a family it's old enough to choose to live as the opposite sex IMO. Agreed 100%. Install gender neutral bogs and tax the greedy ****s to pay for it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2023 11:25:25 GMT
True but a lot of teenage pregnancies don't end well either.
Gender neutral spaces would be one solution but I fear that wouldn't be good enough for some of the transmafia.
A female friend told me that herself and a pal were in a pub last year and this drunken man entered the female toilets and he was just dressed like a bloke and proceeded to use the facilities.
When they complained to the mostly female bar staff, they started getting stroppy and said that the male interloper 'identified as female,'.
Outrageous attack on women only spaces.
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Post by zeopold on Jan 18, 2023 12:06:51 GMT
Gender neutral spaces would be one solution but I fear that wouldn't be good enough for some of the transmafia. Tough titties... or balls, if they prefer. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2023 15:44:50 GMT
Seems like Sturgeon will have to learn the hard way. It shouldn't be at the expense and safety of women however. She probably wouldn't have commented on this if Rape Crisis hadn't intervened. Spectacular arrogance from someone out of touch with reality. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64413242 |
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