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ANDREW PIERCE: Brought down by her gender bill vanity project, Nicola Sturgeon's dream of independence is dead in the water

15/02/23 17:25

ANDREW PIERCE: In an often defensive and emotional performance in today's Press conference, Nicola Sturgeon (left) insisted that she was not stepping down because of any single 'short-term' issues. Rather, it was that leading her party and, in particular, dealing with Covid 'takes its toll on you and those around you'. But everyone knows she has actually been brought down by her own vanity project, the politically disastrous Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill which made it easier for transgender people to apply for legal recognition of their chosen identity. The revelation last month that a convicted double rapist, Adam Graham (right), had been placed in a Scottish women's prison having identified as a female appalled those concerned about the reform bill - and it utterly destroyed Surgeon's fading credibility....read

Nicola Sturgeon faces the fury of nationalists over her botched push for Scottish independence while critics hope her gender identity reforms 'go with her' after she quits as First Minister (and SNP rivals tell her husband to go too)
15/02/23 16:38
After she stunned UK politics with her announcement this morning, pro-separatist politicians criticised Ms Sturgeon's unsuccessful efforts to force the country out of the United Kingdom.
It was barely 11am... but already you could hear the faint sound of Champagne corks popping around Westminster: HENRY DEEDES watches Sturgeon's downfall
15/02/23 16:16
HENRY DEEDES: On the fishmonger's slab: One Sturgeon, the eyeballs plump and shiny, the gills twitching gently still. But inside, you could see there was little fight left to give.
Nicola Sturgeon reveals death of SNP 'legend' Allan Angus - an independence activist fondly remembered as a 'dancing superstar'- finally convinced her to quit as First Minister
15/02/23 16:12
In her resignation speech at Bute House this morning, the Scottish First Minister paid tribute to her 'dear friend' Allan Angus.
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DAN WOOTTON: Scheming Sturgeon's snivelling resignation is proof that embracing an extreme woke agenda then calling a male rapist 'her' is a ticket to political oblivion. She leaves the Scottish separatism cause in tatters
15/02/23 16:08
DAN WOOTTON: Like a stilted actress, Nicola Sturgeon shakily tried to convince us that she was really quitting to spend more time with her family.
Nicola Sturgeon's 'rock': As Scotland's First Minister announces shock resignation, FEMAIL reveals the family members who have supported her in 8 years at the top - including 'tarot card reading' sister who 'doesn't do politics'
15/02/23 15:24
Nicola Sturgeon has announced today she will step down as SNP leader, leaving her with more time to spend with family. But who are the Sturgeons? FEMAIL reveals those closest to the SNP leader.
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon: How outgoing leader's ruthless ambition brought Scotland to the brink of independence before a series of scandals, squabbling, a fallout with her closest ally and a battle over trans rights led to her downfall
15/02/23 14:52
Nicola Sturgeon will leave as the longest-serving First Minister in Scotland's history, having spent more than eight years in Bute House.
'It was only a matter of time' Estranged wife of trans double rapist Isla Bryson says she is 'delighted' Nicola Sturgeon has quit saying her gender reforms 'went too far'
15/02/23 12:24
EXCLUSIVE: The estranged wife of transgender rapist Isla Bryson, Shonna Graham, has today expressed her 'delight' at the news that Nicola Sturgeon has quit.
Nicola Sturgeon dodges questions over her SNP chief executive husband Peter Murrell as he stays away from press conference as she quits as First Minister amid questions over £100,000 loan he made to the party
15/02/23 12:19
The party is subject to an investigation into whether £600,000 earmarked for independence campaigning was diverted elsewhere in 2021.
Who will replace Nicola Sturgeon? 'Wee Free' Kate Forbes, 32 - a member of evangelical church which opposes gay marriage and abortion - tipped as favourite to become new SNP leader
15/02/23 12:00
The surprise nature of Nicola Sturgeon resignation means the contenders to succeed her will be competing from a standing start.
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'This job takes its toll': Tearful Nicola Sturgeon QUITS as SNP leader saying the 'time is right to make way' and spend 'more time' with family - but denies she is leaving over 'short term issues' of trans rights and fading independence dream
15/02/23 11:11
Nicola Sturgeon confirmed her bombshell departure at a press conference at her official residence Bute House in Edinburgh.
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'A lesson for any politician who bets their career on legislating men as women': Feminists celebrate as Nicola Sturgeon quits as Scottish First Minister in wake of furious rows over her gender self-ID plans and trans prisoners
15/02/23 11:00
The SNP leader has been mired in controversy in recent months as her government sought to push through gender reforms, only for them to be blocked.
Nicola Sturgeon resigns RECAP: SNP 'blindsided' after leader quits as her departure is compared to a 'Jacinda Ardern moment'
15/02/23 10:15
This was the MAILONLINE LIVEBLOG that brought you all the latest updates after Nicola Sturgeon announced she is to resign as First Minister of Scotland on February 15, 2023.
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Nicola Sturgeon says she only told her 'true friends' she was quitting as First Minister before today's public announcement in snub to blindsided SNP politicians and officials who were gobsmacked to discover she was resigning after eight years
15/02/23 10:01
Ms Sturgeon announced her intention to resign at a press conference this morning, in a move which appears to have blindsided all but her closest aides.
Nearly 50 Police Scotland officers have resigned or retired from the force to avoid misconduct proceedings against them
14/02/23 11:56
Forty-seven police officers in Scotland facing misconduct allegations have resigned or retired since 2019 before their hearings could be concluded, it has been revealed.
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More woe for embattled Nicola Sturgeon as poll finds 56% of Scots want to stay in the UK... and 54% oppose her gender identity law
13/02/23 10:37
Support for independence is below the 45 per cent recorded in the 2014 referendum, according to the latest research for Lord Ashcroft.
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ANDREW PIERCE: Healthy debate is off-limits with pro-trans activists, but a few politicians are questioning some of their more extreme claims
13/02/23 00:33
ANDREW PIERCE: Labour's Deputy Minister for Social Partnership Hannah Blythyn didn't hold back. It was typical of how many pro-trans activists simply refuse to engage properly with the debate.
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More than 40% of Scots say Nicola Sturgeon should quit NOW with a majority fearing her gender identity law would pose a danger to women
12/02/23 09:08
A Panelbase poll shows that 42 per cent want the SNP leader to stand down now, compared to 45 per cent who thought she should stay on until the next Holyrood election.
Scotland's jails ditch Nicola Sturgeon's transgender self-ID policy and promise to send criminals to jails matching their biological sex
10/02/23 01:55
The Scottish Prison Service confirmed all newly convicted trans prisoners will initially be placed in a jail based on their birth sex until a wider review is completed.
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Transgender rapist Isla Bryson was NOT a risk to other prisoners while being held at a women's prison, review finds - but Nicola Sturgeon comes under fire for not releasing report in full
09/02/23 16:16
According to a report by the Scottish Prison Service, Isla Bryson did not come into contact with any other prisoners while at HMP Cornton Vale in Stirling.
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Nicola Sturgeon's income tax rises risk causing exodus of wealthy Scots across border, IFS warns - and she might need to hike council tax next
09/02/23 10:51
The IFS said the SNP's policies had made the system more 'progressive', but efforts to raise more revenue from the rich could be thwarted by avoidance measures.
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Transgender butcher, 53, who police in Scotland say is a man arrives at court over disappearance of an 11-year-old schoolgirl
09/02/23 09:05
Transgender butcher Andrew Miller - who police say is a man - charged in Scotland over an 11-year-old schoolgirl's disappearance has arrived at court in pink nail polish.
Police Scotland defy Nicola Sturgeon's gender self-ID drive by calling transgender butcher arrested over disappearance of 11-year-old girl a man - as embattled First Minister is engulfed by trans row
08/02/23 09:20
Police say a transgender butcher charged in Scotland over an 11-year-old schoolgirl's disappearance is a man - in a move at odds with Nicola Sturgeon's gender ID drive.
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Wales follows Scotland into clash with UK government over trans rights: Labour administration demand new legal powers to make it easier to change gender but is accused of using LGBT community as a 'political tool'
07/02/23 12:48
The Labour administration today launched a LGBTQ+ Action Plan that seeks to 'trigger' negotiations about taking on the role in overseeing how people change their gender.
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Alex Salmond says Nicola Sturgeon may have to RESIGN unless she drops transgender law change plan as he accuses her of destroying the 30-year Scottish independence campaign with focus on 'nonsense' overhaul
07/02/23 09:14
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond launched the incendiary attack on his successor for wrecking their separatist dream with 'daft ideology'.
Ex-First Minister Alex Salmond claims Nicola Sturgeon has 'thrown away' years of campaigning for Scottish independence over controversial gender reforms
07/02/23 02:02
In footage posted on Twitter, Mr Salmond said he had assumed that the leaders of the nationalist movement 'well understood' the need to win over 'every part and section' of Scotland.
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Stop digging, Nicola! Sturgeon refers to trans rapist Isla Bryson as 'her' before correcting to 'the individual' and insisting the important thing is 'they are in prison'
06/02/23 14:05
Nicola Sturgeon risked causing fresh confusion as she was challenged at a press conference over whether she regarded Isla Bryson as a woman.
Nicola Sturgeon heaps pressure on Rishi Sunak by releasing tax returns from past six years showing sole income was from First Minister salary - and says she only accepts 2009 pay level of £135k
06/02/23 12:39
Nicola Sturgeon disclosed copies of returns showing her only regular income was her salary as First Minister and an MSP.
Nicola Sturgeon is told to 'eat some humble pie' and abandon her gender reforms as poll reveals her approval rating has plummeted to WORST EVER level following row over trans prisoner Isla Bryson while tensions flare at Glasgow rally
06/02/23 01:54
A poll carried out by YouGov showed that the First Minister's personal approval rating has fallen below 4 per cent, hinting that nationalists are starting to question her position.
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Trans rapist row hammers support for Scottish independence as Nicola Sturgeon feels the force of voters' anger at row over whether criminals who carried out sex attacks as men should be allowed in women's prisons
05/02/23 11:54
Support for the country quitting the UK has fallen by six percentage points from 53 per cent to 47 per cent since December, according to a survey carried out in the wake of the Isla Bryson furore.
'Would you rather get stuck in a lift with Nicola Sturgeon or Sir Keir Starmer?' - Boris Johnson's answer to that question might surprise you...
04/02/23 00:29
In a light-hearted moment from the interview aired last night, Mr Johnson was asked whether he'd rather be stuck in a lift with Sir Keir or Ms Sturgeon, who he also clashed with several times.
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Man, 70, is found guilty of threatening assassination of Nicola Sturgeon in online post
03/02/23 19:01
William Curtis (pictured), 70, sent threatening messages to Ms Sturgeon on various occasions between February 27 and March 6, 2019.
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EXCLUSIVE: Anger as woke firm refuses to print stickers defining women as 'adult human females' due to staff's trans rights backlash - after JK Rowling showed off creator's anti-Sturgeon T-shirt
03/02/23 12:35
A printing firm is in a women's rights row after declaring it would no longer make stickers defining them as 'Adult human females' for a prominent campaigner.
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'This individual is a rapist': SNP minister is heckled by Question Time audience after refusing to say if double rapist Isla Bryson is a man or woman - after Nicola Sturgeon faced roasting over her trans prisoner policy
03/02/23 07:45
Nicola Sturgeon's Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth kept calling the sex attacker 'the individual' on the BBC show last night, with viewers calling it 'excruciating'.
'These are not trans people, they are dangerous and violent men': Tories blast Nicola Sturgeon for refusing to say if she considers rapist Isla Bryson a 'woman' as she faces demand to strip sexual predator of right to alter gender
02/02/23 14:01
The First Minister tried to avoid answering questions about Isla Bryson, who was convicted of violent sex attacks on two women while a man called Adam Graham.
'You don't need a risk assessment - look down his pants!': TalkTV's Julia Hartley-Brewer in furious clash with Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine as she tries to defend Nicola Sturgeon's chaotic trans prisoner stance
31/01/23 14:02
The Edinburgh West MP used a TV interview to claim the Scottish First Minister was 'doing a good thing' by ordering a review of the management of transgender prisoners.
Yet another car-crash TV interview for squirming Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister struggles to explain why she allowed violent trans sex offenders into women's prisons before intervening to block transfer of rapist Isla Bryson
31/01/23 09:42
The First Minister squirmed and deflected as she was asked why she intervened to block the transfer of Isla Bryson last week, having done nothing in the case of 6ft 5in Katie Dolatowski.
'Excluding women from women's prisons just because they've got penises...seems awfully TERFy to me': JK Rowling takes a swipe at Nicola Sturgeon as the Scottish leader ties herself in knots while she is grilled on trans offenders
30/01/23 15:18
Author JK Rowling has taken another open swipe at Nicola Sturgeon after the Scottish First Minister stumbled her way through an awkward TV interview on trans offenders being put in women's prisons.
South African police arrest teacher, 83, accused of being paedophile dubbed 'Jimmy Savile Mark II' who preyed on boys at schools attended by Tony Blair and BBC presenter Nicky Campbell
30/01/23 13:01
The 83-year-old (pictured), dubbed 'Jimmy Savile Mark II', is accused of crimes against boys at Edinburgh Academy and Fettes College - the alma mater of ex-PM Tony Blair - in the 1970s
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Scottish Prison Service 'pauses' movement of all trans inmates as it launches 'urgent review' of transgender cases amid outrage over double rapist Isla Bryson
29/01/23 17:51
The move follows outcry over double rapist Bryson, a trans woman convicted of assaulting two women while a man known as Adam Graham.
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'It's an easy way out': Mother of one of transgender rapist Isla Bryson's two victims is convinced he's 'faking' being a woman to dodge going to men's prison - and says her daughter 'can't believe it's the same person'
29/01/23 09:59
The woman, whose daughter was sex attacker's first victim, says her daughter 'can't believe' that person who raped her and the woman who turned up to court are 'the same person'.
Transgender double rapist's extraordinary rant from prison as it emerges 'sex predator demanded £5,000 payout after BT "called convicted pest a man"'
29/01/23 02:02
Trans double rapist Isla Bryson (pictured) demanded a £5,000 payout from BT after the company called the sex offender a man, a report claims.
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Embattled Nicola Sturgeon is plunged into fresh trans prisoner row: Scottish First Minister faces calls to stop transfer of pervert who stalked a 13-year-old girl while a man to a women's prison after Isla Bryson debacle
28/01/23 19:22
The SNP leader is facing calls to stop a transgender pervert who stalked a 13-year-old girl while identifying as a man being transferred to a women's prison after the Isla Bryson debacle.
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Fury as under-fire Nicola Sturgeon accuses gender reform critics of 'homophobia and racism' in 'desperate attack' to shore up her popularity after trans rapist debacle
28/01/23 01:27
The First Minister claimed some politicians have used the issue of women's rights as a 'cloak' to cover up their transphobia and claimed they are also misogynistic, homophobic and sometimes racist.
Nicola Sturgeon eyes up SNP-Labour coalition as she claims Keir Starmer will 'bite her hand off' to put himself in No10 - but he swipes back that First Minister should 'roll up her sleeves and concentrate on the NHS in Scotland'
27/01/23 16:36
The Scottish First Minister dismissed the Labour leader's past declaration that he would strike 'no deals' with the SNP before or after the next election.
JK Rowling roasts Nicola Sturgeon over decision to send trans double rapist to women's prison as she points out that trans paedophile who tried to rape 10-year-old is still at jail from which Isla Bryson has been removed
27/01/23 15:22
The Harry Potter author has torn holes in the SNP leader's handling of the Isla Bryson scandal after the transgender double rapist spent days in Scotland's female prison.
Nicola Sturgeon opens the door to more transgender rapists being sent to women's prisons as she says 'there's a danger with blanket approach' of total jail ban - and slams critics of her trans rights bill as racist, misogynistic and homophobic
27/01/23 12:55
The First Minister is said to have backed the decision that Isla Bryson should be moved to the male section of HMP Edinburgh following days of fury after she was remanded in Cornton Vale.
Female students were told to strip naked for spray tan sessions in college beauty class in front of transgender rapist
27/01/23 10:57
Rachel Ferguson, 21, (pictured) and Abi Nixon, 18, have said they feel 'violated' because they got 'practically naked' for spray tan sessions in front of the sex attacker at Ayrshire College in 2021.
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Inside notorious Scottish prison where trans double rapist is being held after move from women's jail: Isla Bryson will share wing with gangland killer, murderers and two male sex attackers who both want to change their gender
27/01/23 08:44
Bryson, 31, was swept out of Cornton Vale in Stirling yesterday and taken 40 miles to HMP Edinburgh after an extraordinary U-turn by Nicola Sturgeon.
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Revealed: Transgender double rapist enrolled on a beauty course at college and attended classes with unsuspecting teenage female students AFTER being charged for sex attacks
26/01/23 21:06
Isla Bryson attended Ayrshire College's Kilwinning Campus in 2021. Her beauty course reportedly involved both classroom work and practical applications.
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Transgender double rapist Isla Bryson leaves women's prison after 48 hours and is put behind bars in an all-male unit after Nicola Sturgeon was forced into screeching U-turn
26/01/23 17:37
Transgender rapist Isla Bryson has today been moved out of Scotland's only all-women's prison to a male jail within hours of a humiliating U-turn by Nicola Sturgeon.
Transgender double rapist Isla Bryson will move from women's jail to a male prison within hours as Nicola Sturgeon makes humiliating U-turn amid huge public backlash after her own justice minister defended putting predator with females
26/01/23 12:24
Bryson, named Adam Graham until 2020, will be moved to a male wing of a male prison on Thursday afternoon and the First Minister backs the decision, sources have said.
Ex-governor of Scottish women's prison 'would have quit' if she'd been told to house transgender rapist with female inmates - as she piles more pressure on Nicola Sturgeon to move sex attacker to a men's jail
26/01/23 08:57
Rhona Hotchkiss believes it is 'appalling' that the 31-year-old was sent to Cornton Vale jail after being convicted of raping two women while a man, Adam Graham.
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Rishi Sunak and Dominic Raab slam Nicola Sturgeon after Scottish First Minister refused to move trans double rapist from women's prison
26/01/23 01:57
Downing Street showed 'concerns' about the Scottish government putting a male-bodied rapist in a women's prison in a move that will place pressure on Sturgeon to reverse the decision.
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Nicola Sturgeon insists there's 'no automatic right' for convicted trans offenders to be sent to women's prisons amid outrage at rapist Isla Bryson being held in an all-female jail
25/01/23 17:54
The SNP leader said that transitioning did not guarantee a transgender criminal a place in a women's prison.
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is slammed for describing law that created the Scottish parliament as 'an affront to democracy' after hitting out at UK Goverment's ability to block Holyrood legislation
23/01/23 23:57
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday hit out at the law in the Scotland Act that allows UK Government to block Holyrood legislation which affects matters reserved to Westminster.
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Labour's woman problem is as serious as it gets, but the BBC prefers to obsess over Rishi Sunak's seatbelt, writes AMANDA PLATELL
23/01/23 22:49
AMANDA PLATELL: When a female Labour MP, someone who campaigns bravely for women's rights, comes out and says in public that the Labour Party has a 'woman problem'.
Nicola Sturgeon condemns 'decapitate TERFs' placard seen near SNP politicians at Glasgow pro-trans rights rally - as First Minister calls on UK ministers to 'have the guts' to appear before Holyrood committee over Westminster's block on her gender reforms
23/01/23 13:47
The SNP leader spoke out against banners on display at the Glasgow demonstration on Saturday, which came in the wake of Westminster's block on her gender identity reforms.
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Rattled Nicola Sturgeon slams 'outrageous' move to block her gender identity rules as she is accused of 'froth and rage' to boost campaign to split UK - and denies rumours she is close to quitting as SNP leader
22/01/23 13:21
Nicola Sturgeon used a BBC interview to complain that ministers had not provided any 'compelling' reasons for blocking the controversial law passed by Holyrood.
Nicola Sturgeon sparks backlash after appearing to advocate lowering the legal drinking age from 18 to 16 as she continues to defend controversial gender reform law
22/01/23 00:00
In an interview for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, the First Minister was questioned about the bill which lowers the minimum age that Scots can legally change their gender from 18 to 16.
Nicola Sturgeon suffers another hammer blow amid gender law meltdown as poll shows 54% of Scots oppose independence... and SNP backing is way short of 50% threshold she has set for making election a 'de facto referendum'
20/01/23 13:10
Backing for Nicola Sturgeon's separatist drive was down to 46 per cent in the latest research by Survation - with 54 per cent wanting to stay in the UK.
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Disturbing moment Scottish schoolgirl is repeatedly punched and kicked in the head by fellow pupil in the middle of a busy classroom - as furious politicians urge Nicola Sturgeon to crack down on 'increasing violence' in schools
20/01/23 02:18
The brutal incident took place in front of horrified pupils at the Waid Academy in Anstruther, a coastal town in Fife, on Monday.
Is 16 too young to change gender? GB News poll finds 61% of respondents believe those at low age limit are not mature enough to make decision
20/01/23 00:01
The survey commissioned by GB News found that 61 per cent agreed that 16-year-olds were too young to legally change sex. Only 19 per cent said they disagreed with the statement.
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Nicola Sturgeon is hit with protests against gender identity law and North Sea oil as she takes weekly FMQs session at Holyrood
19/01/23 15:25
One member of the pubic was escorted out of the gallery at the end of FMQs after hurling abuse at Nicola Sturgeon over the controversial legislation.
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Rishi Sunak defends his use of an RAF jet to fly 250 miles from London to Blackpool after he's accused of behaving like an 'A-list celebrity' - as Tory MPs accuse him of funnelling 'Levelling Up' money to seats in the south
19/01/23 11:02
As he embarked on a tour of northern England to promote Government help for deprived areas, Mr Sunak flew from RAF Northolt, north west London, to Blackpool.
Legal battle over UK government's veto of 'doomed' Scottish gender reform bill would be costly 'mistake' by Nicola Sturgeon, legal experts say
19/01/23 01:58
The decision to block the law has been harshly criticised by Nicola Sturgeon, but one former supreme court judge has said the chances of it being overturned are incredibly low.
STEPHEN GLOVER: He showed guts in facing down Nicola Sturgeon, but backtracked on fracking - and he still won't cut taxes. So when will the REAL Rishi Sunak stand up?
19/01/23 00:11
STEPHEN GLOVER: How I cheered when Rishi Sunak summoned the courage to tell Nicola Sturgeon to think again about her ill-judged Gender Recognition Reform Bill.
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Keir Starmer sides with Nicola Sturgeon on gender law as spokesman says there is nothing in Scottish reforms that poses threat to single-sex spaces
19/01/23 00:10
Sir Keir Starmer opposes Westminster using its ultimate veto to block the SNP government's controversial plan to let people as young as 16 change their legal sex.
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Sorry Nicola, says JENNI MURRAY, but 16 is dangerously young to change your gender
18/01/23 22:33
JENNI MURRAY: Yes, it's a brave and controversial move, but I have no doubt Rishi Sunak has made the right decision in blocking the much-discussed Scottish Bill.
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Rishi Sunak says he is 'ensuring the safety of women and children' by blocking Scottish gender law as SNP accuses him of 'seeking to stoke a culture war' against 'marginalised' trans people
18/01/23 13:58
The Prime Minister was accused by the SNP of 'seeking to stoke a culture war' against 'marginalised' trans people over his decision to veto the bill passed by Holyrood.
'It took two seconds before the Scots Nats benches erupted like a superheated tray of unpricked sausages': HENRY DEEDES watches as the Government blocks Sturgeon's Gender Reform Bill
17/01/23 22:06
HENRY DEEDES: Just two seconds was all it took. Alister Jack had been on his feet in the Commons yesterday for a mere two seconds before the Scots Nats benches erupted.
Fury as SNP's Commons leader Stephen Flynn brands Tory gender law critics 'rabid gammon' in heated debate over Westminster veto of Nicola Sturgeon's controversial legislation
17/01/23 17:37
The nationalist party's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn used the term - which has been described as a racist slur' in the past, as MPs discussed the Holyrood legislation.
Tories slam Nicola Sturgeon for 'weaponising vulnerable children' to boost 'separatist agenda' after UK government blocks SNP's 'shoddy' gender identity law - while Scots Green MSP suggests EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS should be able to change gender
17/01/23 14:40
MPs lined up to support Scottish Secretary Alister Jack in the Commons as he laid out the reasons for wielding an unprecedented veto over the SNP's gender identity shake-up.
Nicola Sturgeon is accused of 'political posturing' as she vows legal challenge after ministers BLOCK looser gender identity rules in Scotland
17/01/23 08:43
Nicola Sturgeon complained about a 'full-frontal attack' by Westminster after ministers stepped in to stop the law passed by Holyrood causing chaos.
Nicola Sturgeon threatens court action over 'full-frontal attack' by Rishi Sunak after he confirms Westminster WILL block Scotland's controversial gender identity law
17/01/23 01:58
In an unprecedented move, the Prime Minister is preventing the Holyrood legislation from receiving royal assent amid warnings it would cause UK-wide legislative chaos.
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Rishi Sunak is right to block this flawed legislation
16/01/23 23:10
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Of the three massive challenges facing Rishi Sunak this week, the Mail was much heartened yesterday to see him meet the first one head on.
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Rishi and Nicola head for another showdown: Sturgeon blasts 'full-frontal attack' on Holyrood after PM confirms he WILL block Scotland's controversial gender identity law with unprecedented use of Section 35 order
16/01/23 18:00
In an unprecedented move, the Prime Minister will prevent the Holyrood legislation from receiving royal assent after warnings it would cause UK-wide legislative chaos.
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Teacher, 82, accused of being paedophile dubbed 'Jimmy Savile Mark II' who preyed on boys at schools attended by Tony Blair and BBC presenter Nicky Campbell is named in the Commons
16/01/23 15:52
Former SNP leader Ian Blackford used parliamentary privilege to name the man known as 'Edgar' who is accused of being a dangerous sexual predator in the 1970s.
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Nicola Sturgeon claims it would be an 'outrage' if Rishi Sunak blocks her gender identity law with Westminster ministers excepted to decide soon as TODAY amid warnings that looser rules in Scotland will cause UK-wide carnage
16/01/23 08:28
There is a growing expectation that Rishi Sunak will deploy Westminster's powers to prevent the controversial shake-up going ahead in Scotland.
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Nicola Sturgeon is 'in a muddle' over Scottish independence, former SNP minister says
16/01/23 01:33
Last year, the First Minister vowed to treat the next UK election as an independence vote if the Supreme Court ruled - which it did - that she couldn't call a poll without Westminster's consent.
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