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Labour's Keir Starmer admits he has 'concerns' over Scottish gender recognition law that allows 16-year-olds to transition as Tories prepare to try to block Holyrood legislation in major clash with Nicola Sturgeon

15/01/23 10:41

The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill will allow trans people to obtain a gender recognition certificate without the need for a medical diagnosis from the age of 16. Nicola Sturgeon's SNP won a vote at Holyrood in December that set up a showdown with the UK government, which is considering whether to prevent it from becoming law. Scottish Labour voted in favour of the law change but the UK leader today said that while he believed the laws overall needed 'modernising', he opposed lowering the age from 18. Asked on the BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme about whether someone was old enough to change their gender at 16, he said: 'No, I don't think you are.'...read

Rishi Sunak tells Nicola Sturgeon the UK should 'work together as they clash over independence and gender rules during his visit to Scotland
13/01/23 08:17
Rishi Sunak and Nicola Sturgeon had 'robust' exchanges during around an hour of talks over dinner last night.
Veteran SNP MP warns Nicola Sturgeon's ploy to make next election a 'de facto' Scottish independence referendum is a 'massive gamble' and could kill off nationalists' ambitions - but admits they have no choice about taking the risk
12/01/23 13:49
Pete Wishart has branded the tactic 'the worst possible way to settle the constitutional future' in an incendiary blog.
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Rishi's showdown with Nicola Sturgeon on gender rules and referendum: Sunak and SNP chief will meet in Scotland TODAY
12/01/23 09:47
Rishi Sunak will hold face-to-face talks with Nicola Sturgeon amid bitter clashes between the governments over the SNP's independence drive and gender identity rules.
Sturgeon's gender laws 'would apply in England': Single-sex schools across UK 'would be forced to accept students certified as transgender in Scotland under SNP's plans', think-tank warns
12/01/23 00:00
Under Ms Sturgeon's 'self-ID' bill passed last month, anyone who legally changed their gender in Scotland would be recognised as the opposite sex in the rest of Britain.
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Man posted threat to assassinate Nicola Sturgeon on Facebook, his ex-partner tells court
11/01/23 19:32
William Curtis, 70, (pictured) made a Facebook post threatening the assassination of Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, his former partner has testified.
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09/01/23 14:05
The SNP leader, who held a pandemic-style press briefing in Edinburgh on the NHS winter crisis, admitted hospitals were nearly full amid a surge in Covid and flu cases.
Nicola Sturgeon is slammed for 'making excuses' about NHS chaos in Scotland as she urges people to wear face masks on public transport and if they have a cold - and claims the situation is even worse in England
09/01/23 09:11
Facing questions at a pandemic-style press briefing, Nicola Sturgeon admitted hospitals were nearly full.
Nicola Sturgeon's new trans law could put women at risk in English schools, hospitals and prisons, fear ministers - with male 'gender tourists' travelling to Scotland to be declared women in law
08/01/23 09:36
There are concerns that the legislation - which makes it easier for trans people as young as 16 to change their gender, could spark gender tourism in to Scotland from other parts of the UK.
Fury as SNP chief links Nicola Sturgeon's looser gender laws to Nelson Mandela's fight against apartheid
29/12/22 08:14
Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson was branded 'absurd' and 'offensive' after attempting to defend the Scottish Government's position.
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Nicola Sturgeon's trans law reforms put women and girls in danger, female MPs warn after Scottish parliament passed legislation allowing people as young as 16 to change gender
28/12/22 09:43
Labour MP Rosie Duffield, Conservative's MP Miriam Cates and the DUP's Carla Lockhart have warned that Nicola Sturgeon's trans law reforms pose 'a risk to the safety of women and girls.'
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If gutless Keir Starmer doesn't stand up for women on the trans issue, I'll never vote Labour again, writes JULIE BINDEL
27/12/22 22:38
JULIE BINDEL: As far back as September of last year, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer refused to accept that 'only women have a cervix'.
Keir Starmer 'WILL change law to allow trans people to self declare their gender in line with Scotland': Labour leader set to 'update Gender Recognition Act if elected' amid a 50/50 split within his own party
23/12/22 22:00
UK Labour MPs are said to be split over whether the party should back First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's new rules, supported by Scottish Labour, on transgender recognition.
Nicola Sturgeon's gender law change is an outrageous affront and a challenge to the essence of what it is to be a woman. Her betrayal of women can never be forgiven, writes AMANDA PLATELL
23/12/22 22:00
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Cheers rang out in the Scottish parliament as Nicola Sturgeon's Gender Recognition Reform Bill was passed.
Revealed: Women's rights activist who flashed in Scottish Parliament in protest over SNP's trans bill is comedian and 'pelvic physiotherapist'
23/12/22 15:34
The activist who flashed in Scottish Parliament in protest over the SNP's gender recognition reform bill has been revealed as Elaine Miller, a pelvic physiotherapist and comedian
'Women are right to fear their spaces will be invaded': JK Rowling condemns Nicola Sturgeon's new gender law that lets trans people as young as 16 to change gender without doctor
23/12/22 14:00
The author and women's rights campaigner, 57, retweeted an article which argued that the Labour Party would pay for supporting Nicola Sturgeon's 'trans crusade'.
Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out blocking Scotland's new gender recognition law as PM insists it's 'completely reasonable' for his ministers to consider the impact on women and children's safety across UK
23/12/22 11:28
The Prime Minister set himself up for a clash with Edinburgh by suggesting the UK Government could yet derail the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.
SNP's trans bill could spark 'gender tourism' to Scotland: Fears men will cross border for Gender Recognition Certificate then demand same rights as women in England - as Westminster is set to BLOCK controversial law
23/12/22 08:16
The vote in Edinburgh yesterday puts MSPs on a constitutional collision course with Westminster where there are deep concerns about the 'divergence' in gender laws across the UK.
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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Stand up to Sturgeon's dangerous gender law
23/12/22 01:25
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Under SNP rule, Scotland has decayed. The economy is fragile. The country's once-proud education system has gone backwards. The NHS is on life support.
UK ministers set to resort to never-before-used legal powers to HALT SNP's gender law, putting Westminster and Holyrood on constitutional collision course as Sturgeon vows to push through allowing 16-year-olds to transition without parental consent
23/12/22 01:08
The Gender Recognition Reform Bill was passed yesterday to jeers of 'shame on you'. Holyrood voted to let trans people self-identify without a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
Scotland's new gender laws: What is the Gender Recognition Reform Bill? Why is it so controversial? Who has been opposing it? And will it definitely come into force?
22/12/22 17:56
What is the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill? Why is it so controversial? Who has been opposing the legislation? And will it definitely come into force?
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Defiant Scots tell Westminster they will fight it over bid to block their new gender rules: SNP says it will push through Sturgeon's law that would help rapists and allow 16-year-olds to legally transition without parental consent
22/12/22 15:08
The SNP vowed to push through the law, which will remove the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC).
Nicola Sturgeon 'personally blocks law change that would stop rapists and child abusers from changing sex' as fight over Scotland's gender reform bill rages on with First Minister facing opposition from within the SNP
22/12/22 08:54
MSPs will pass the Gender Recognition Reform Bill today after the vote was postponed from last night amid bitter political fighting and demonstrations at Holyrood.
Final vote on controversial Scottish gender reform laws is DELAYED as Joanna Cherry says fellow MSPs are scared of being branded a 'transphobe or bigot' if they 'speak up for women's or lesbians' rights'
21/12/22 21:51
MSPs were scheduled to vote on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill today but the time taken to debate amendments means the vote will now take place tomorrow.
Joanna Cherry says fellow MSPs are scared of being branded a 'transphobe or bigot' if they 'speak up for women's or lesbians' rights' and oppose gender reform laws set to be passed by Nicola Sturgeon
21/12/22 10:20
MP Joanna Cherry has said fellow SNP representatives in Westminster and Holyrood are 'scared to speak out' on gender reform as the Scottish parliament votes tonight.
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Children as young as FIFTEEN will be able to legally change their gender in Scotland: Hecklers in Scottish parliament shout 'shame on you' as Sturgeon's controversial trans law is approved
21/12/22 01:35
Scottish youths of just 15 will be able to start the process of legally changing sex without permission from parents, under Nicola Sturgeon's new transgender legislation.
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You thought taxes were high in England? Nicola Sturgeon hammers Scottish middle classes by hiking higher rate to 42p and top rate to 47p
15/12/22 16:16
In a move that will bring more misery to middle-earners during the cost-of-living crisis, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is hiking both the top and higher rate of income tax by 1p.
JK Rowling will launch women-only service for victims of sexual violence in Scotland just days before the SNP's controversial Gender Recognition Bill is set to pass through parliament
12/12/22 13:36
JK Rowling has announced she will fund a new women-only service for victims of sexual violence.
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New SNP leader in Westminster denies plotting coup against Ian Blackford and claims 'uninformed' critics are 'watching too much House of Cards' as Nicola Sturgeon's party descends into civil war
09/12/22 20:39
Stephen Flynn, (pictured) the new SNP leader in Westminster, has denied allegations from 'uninformed' critics that he plotted a coup against his predecessor Ian Blackford.
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Nicola Sturgeon on collision course with ministers over gender recognition plans: Kemi Badenoch warns over 'diverging' UK rules amid fears of looming Supreme Court battle
09/12/22 14:16
Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has written to the SNP leader raising alarm that her plans to loosen the system in Scotland will cause chaos.
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Inside the bitter power battle that threatens to tear apart Nicola Sturgeon's SNP as its new Westminster leader purges MPs in challenge to her authority
09/12/22 11:28
In a bitter irony for the separatist Scottish National Party leader, its 44 MPs chose Stephen Flynn as their new leader in London last week over Sturgeon ally Alison Thewliss.
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Nicola Sturgeon's grip on SNP 'disintegrates' as schism is laid bare: Senior MP quits with scathing attack on new Westminster leader Stephen Flynn
09/12/22 00:50
Nicola Sturgeon's authority over her party continued to disintegrate yesterday after the SNP's longest-serving MP launched a scathing attack on its new Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.
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Backing for Scots independence SURGES to 56% after Nicola Sturgeon loses court battle to force a referendum
07/12/22 13:26
Research by Ipsos found that 56 per cent supported breaking up the UK once 'don't knows' were excluded.
Nicola Sturgeon dealt another blow as German ambassador suggests an independent Scotland WOULD have to adopt the euro inside the EU
04/12/22 12:04
Miguel Berger pointed to how countries that have already applied to join the bloc - such as Albania, Montenegro and Serbia - all knew they would have to adopt the single currency.
EXCLUSIVE: Matt Hancock unleashes on Nicola Sturgeon's Covid 'manoeuvres' - designed to further herself at time of crisis - and claims she would have loved to 'build a Trump-style wall'
03/12/22 22:06
The former Health Secretary made the scathing assessment at the height of the crisis in his explosive pandemic diaries, serialised in today's Mail on Sunday and The Mail+ .
English could say 'let them go' to the Scots if Nicola Sturgeon's referendum calls carry on, claims former first minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster
03/12/22 19:24
Baroness Foster (pictured), who has recently become chair of a new organisation in support of the Union, said the English could tire of Sturgeon's intense independence campaign.
Scots backing for independence rises to 52% after Nicola Sturgeon's failed court bid to force a referendum - but Labour eats into SNP support
01/12/22 09:38
A poll put support for the SNP's separatist drive at 52 per cent excluding 'don't knows' - compared to 48 per cent who wanted to keep the union.
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JK Rowling is sending feminist a crate of champagne after the campaigner accused Nicola Sturgeon of 'allowing paedophiles and rapists to self-ID' as women
30/11/22 15:48
Alexandra Darroch interrupted the First Minister during a speech on ending male violence against women in Edinburgh yesterday and won the admiration of the Harry Potter author.
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'Shame on you Nicola Sturgeon': Feminist protester heckles SNP leader over controversial law that allows people to choose their legal gender - as JK Rowling offers to send activist 'a crate of her favourite tipple'
30/11/22 08:19
The First Minister was interrupted during her speech at the Zero Tolerance event - despite guests being asked to 'refrain from discussions of the definition of a woman and single sex spaces'.
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Scotland's top civil servant is warned over signing off Nicola Sturgeon's £20m spending on independence planning after Supreme Court ruled she CAN'T hold referendum without Westminster approval
28/11/22 15:51
The Scottish Tories have written to permanent secretary John-Paul Marks cautioning that public money should not be spent on 'party propaganda'.
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UK ministers seek advice on whether Nicola Sturgeon's independence drive is UNLAWFUL - as First Minister faces new legal bid to stop SNP spending public money on indyref2
28/11/22 02:11
UK ministers are seeking Whitehall advice and will demand 'urgent clarification' on whether it is lawful this week from the permanent secretary of the Scottish government, John-Paul Marks.
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Former Labour donor JK Rowling attacks party for backing Nicola Sturgeon's controversial plans to allow Scots to self-identify their legal gender
28/11/22 02:10
Labour has come under fire from J.K. Rowling after she accused it of ignoring both public and members' opinion in backing Nicola Sturgeon 's plans to allow Scots to self-identify their legal gender.
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Now Nicola Sturgeon's SNP depute claims Supreme Court ruling that blocks a new independence referendum will INCREASE support for Scotland to leave the UK
27/11/22 09:04
Sturgeon has come under fire for pushing ahead with her independence campaign in the wake of this week's Supreme Court ruling she must get Westminster's approval before a new vote.
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Nicola Sturgeon moans that independence is 'fundamental' to tackling poverty amid cost-of-living crisis - as she resists Tory demands to use £20m referendum war chest to help families, businesses and the NHS
25/11/22 12:37
The SNP leader insisted her drive to break up the United Kingdom was not a 'distraction' from issues such as helping the poorest.
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Searchers continue hunt for woman, 71, swept into swollen river during torrential rain after finding body of her dog that she was trying to rescue
24/11/22 16:40
Hazel Nairn, 71, was last seen after being swept into the River Don, near Monymusk in Aberdeenshire, at about 3.05pm on Friday November 18 during heavy rain.
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Nicola Sturgeon accused of 'copying Donald Trump's playbook' as SNP leader sparks anger by rebranding her independence push as 'Scotland's democracy movement'
24/11/22 14:03
The SNP leader is continuing to push ahead with her campaign to break up the United Kingdom despite suffering a massive setback.
EDDIE BARNES: Nicola Sturgeon is like a faded tribute act to her old self, banging out the same tunes to an audience no longer listening
23/11/22 22:00
EDDIE BARNES: The inconvenient truth for the SNP is that a group of judges down south have spoken for the Scottish majority.
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UN official warns the SNP's gender reforms will 'open the door to sexual predators' intent on 'abusing women' by accessing female safe spaces
23/11/22 16:13
Reem Alsalem, the UN's Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, penned a 4,500-word letter to the UK government urging a 'thorough assessment' of the proposed legislation.
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Now Sturgeon has a choice: Continue to peddle division and grievance... or finally focus on schools and hospitals, writes former Labour MP TOM HARRIS
23/11/22 13:05
'The Union between Scotland and England is a matter that is reserved to the UK Parliament - and Holyrood has no legal authority to interfere with it,' former Labour MP Tom Harris says.
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Tories slam 'obsessed' Nicola Sturgeon as she claims next general election will be a vote on splitting UK - after Supreme Court rules she CAN'T stage legal referendum without Westminster approval
23/11/22 09:58
The SNP leader complained the UK is not a 'voluntary partnership' after the Supreme Court unanimously ruled she cannot legislate for a referendum without Westminster's approval.
Sturgeon's moment of truth on splitting the UK: Supreme Court will rule TODAY on whether SNP chief can trigger Scots referendum without go-ahead from Rishi Sunak
23/11/22 07:56
Judges will give their view on the SNP's push to legislate for a re-run of the 2014 contest, despite Rishi Sunak refusing to sign off on the plans.
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Nicola Sturgeon won't win Scottish independence referendum even if Supreme Court judges rule later that she can have 'glorified opinion poll', says former SNP deputy leader Jim Sillars
23/11/22 02:13
Former SNP deputy Jim Sillars (pictured), 85, slammed the current SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon's plans for a second independence referendum as 'nothing more than a glorified opinion poll'.
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At what income level would the NHS treatment premium be applied? And when did ambition and self-improvement become so toxic that being well-off is seen as inherently bad, asks former Labour MP TOM HARRIS
22/11/22 00:22
TOM HARRIS: There has always been something unfashionable, perhaps even something un-British, about ostentatious shows of money.
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What could a two-tier NHS even look like? From a social care-esque cap to charging patients £200 just to turn up to A&E at night
21/11/22 17:38
A two-tier NHS system would go against the very founding principles of the health service, and yet, the idea keeps returning this time by NHS officials. Here MailOnline examine some potential two-tier models.
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NHS in Scotland considers 'erasing' the word woman as 'gendered healthcare' can alienate the trans community, experts warn
16/11/22 01:27
The report in Scotland suggests consideration should be given to moving away from 'gendered healthcare' as these services can alienate the trans community.
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Sales of 'wreck the hoose juice' Buckfast soared by 40 PER CENT in Scotland after Nicola Sturgeon introduced minimum pricing for alcohol causing it's price to fall
15/11/22 13:18
The tonic wine was among the only alcoholic drinks to reduce in price after the base 50p per unit charge was introduced in 2018 under the SNP's minimum pricing laws.
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Nicola Sturgeon condemns 'sickening and disgraceful' vandals who torched poppy wreaths she laid at Edinburgh war memorial on Remembrance Sunday
14/11/22 17:07
Scotland's First Minister has condemned the vandals who torched the wreaths left in Edinburgh in tribute to those who fell fighting for their country as 'sickening and disgraceful'.
Nicola Sturgeon's plans to abolish jury trials in rape cases are 'a threat to democracy' and risk comparison with Hitler's judge-only courts, Scotland's most senior female lawyer warns
14/11/22 10:43
Frances McMenamin KC, the most senior woman at the Scottish Bar, said 'Scotland should not risk further comparison with Hitler' who, in 1933, abolished trial by jury and set up the People's Court.
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Nicola Sturgeon tries to throw out court case brought by feminists over trans reforms as SNP argues gender is NOT determined at birth
11/11/22 10:23
It is 'wrong' to claim that human sex is determined at birth and cannot legally change, Scotland's highest court has been told.
Nicola Sturgeon hails 'cordial and constructive' first meeting with Rishi Sunak (as she swipes at Liz Truss who never met her): First Minister pleads for more cash for NHS in Scotland
10/11/22 19:34
The pair held talks as they both attended the British-Irish Council summit in Blackpool, Lancashire.
Sunak v Sturgeon, round one: PM will urge SNP leader to focus on 'unity not division' as they meet for the first time TODAY amid her push for another Scottish independence referendum next year
10/11/22 09:26
Rishi Sunak will hold talks with SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon in Blackpool, where they are both due to attend a British-Irish Council summit.
Feminists accuse Nicola Sturgeon of 'denying biology' as they launch legal action to quash SNP reforms which state transgender women are legally female
10/11/22 08:52
For Women Scotland have taken ministers to court to challenge a proposal to broaden the legal definition of women to include trans people with a female gender recognition certificate.
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Nicola Sturgeon ramps up pressure on UK to hand 'reparations' to climate-change hit nations as she pledges another £5m of taxpayer cash at COP27 - but Tories say Britain's industrial 'leadership' brought 'prosperity to the world'
08/11/22 11:05
The Scottish First Minister pledged the money to send an 'important message' to rich nations about providing compensation to developing countries.
Eco warriors demand UK pays up to £1 TRILLION in damages for its role in climate change - as Rishi Sunak echoes late Queen's words in call for nations to 'come together in common cause' in COP27 address
07/11/22 17:26
Rishi Sunak echoed the late Queen's words in his address to the Sharm El-Sheikh gathering this evening, as the PM reflected on the achievements of the UK's hosting of Cop26.
Nicola Sturgeon could be forced to water down gender law changes to quell rebellion within the SNP's ranks
07/11/22 11:45
The First Minister, who is in Egypt at Cop27, is reportedly looking at an amendment which would make it more difficult for under-18s to change their sex after a row with JK Rowling and protests.
Rishi, Sturgeon and Shapps stick the boot into Matt: 'Disappointed' PM blasts Hancock as First Minister slams 'disgraceful' I'm A Celebrity stint - but friends say he sees jungle as an 'amazing opportunity' for his dyslexia bill
07/11/22 10:50
Despite the flak the former Health Secretary insists the decision to go Down Under for the ITV reality show is an 'amazing opportunity' to help his dyslexia campaign - and force a change in the law.
Why SHOULD Britain pay damages for climate change? Sunak faces COP27 storm after ministers refuse to rule out 'reparations' to countries hit by global warming - but Boris Johnson warns UK CANNOT afford it
07/11/22 08:02
Rishi Sunak is in Egypt for the gathering - his first test on the foreign stage since entering No10 - having U-turned on his original decision not to attend.
Pressure grows on Nicola Sturgeon to shut down Scotland's only gender identity clinic for youngsters where children 'as young as nine' have been prescribed puberty blockers
04/11/22 10:22
Nicola Sturgeon is facing mounting pressure to investigate concerns raised by staff and patients at Sandyford, Scotland's only gender clinic for children.
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Daniel Radcliffe says JK Rowling 'hurt' Harry Potter fans with her trans views and he decided to speak out against her because he wanted them to know 'not everybody in franchise felt that way'
02/11/22 11:37
The actor, 33, said young, queer and transgender fans of the Harry Potter series had been 'hurt on that day' - a barbed reference to JK Rowling's controversial 2020 tweets on gender identity.
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JK Rowling hails SNP's Ash Regan as a 'principled politician' who will be seen as a 'heroine' to future generations after she resigned in protest over Nicola Sturgeon's 'profoundly misogynistic' gender reforms
02/11/22 09:05
Ash Regan, 48, was praised by JK Rowling after she stepped down as community safety minister as the SNP Government launched its plans to make it easier for trans people to legally change gender.
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An independent Scotland wouldn't make enough from oil and gas to set up Nicola Sturgeon's dream £20billion sovereign wealth fund, warns expert
31/10/22 11:14
Economist Tony Mackay, who helped set up Norway's £1trillion sovereign wealth fund in the 1970s, said he had 'doubts' over the SNP leader's plan for a similar set-up.
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JK Rowling applauds SNP minister who quit over Nicola Sturgeon's self-ID bill after warning of threat to women and girls... after war of words between Harry Potter author and First Minister
28/10/22 10:06
The Harry Potter author shared a Tweet by Woman's Place UK about the resignation of SNP minister Ash Regan and showed her support for the politician with ten clapping emojis.
Nicola Sturgeon is hit by trans law revolt as SEVEN of her MSPs vote against party line
27/10/22 23:41
Nicola Sturgeon suffered the biggest rebellion in 15 years of SNP rule after seven of her MSPs voted against gender recognition reforms last night.
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'No Euro, no entry': Experts counter Nicola Sturgeon's claim that an independent Scotland could avoid adopting the Euro as its currency
27/10/22 19:59
Nicola Sturgeon has rejected an accusation she lied to the Scottish people about the country's currency after independence, insisting it could keep Sterling while rejoining the EU.
SNP minister RESIGNS over law that will make it easier to change gender because her 'conscience will not allow' her to support it
27/10/22 13:56
Community safety minister Ash Regan said that her 'conscience will not allow' her to support the Scottish Government's controversial Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.
Rishi Sunak makes calls to Scots and Welsh leaders in attempt to strengthen the union
27/10/22 00:35
Nicola Sturgeon said the call had been 'constructive', while her Welsh counterpart Mark Drakeford said he discussed the 'importance of working together'.
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Nicola Sturgeon demands Rishi Sunak calls early general election and says it would be 'unthinkable' for new PM to wait two years before going to polls - as SNP leader warns against 'another round of Tory austerity'
24/10/22 18:27
The Scottish First Minister also warned against 'another round of Tory austerity' amid fears next week's Halloween budget will see severe spending cuts.
'Liz Truss's resignation was inevitable the moment she walked into Downing Street': Nicola Sturgeon sticks the boot in as she warns, 'the democratic keys for independence are growing with literally every hour that passes'
20/10/22 14:18
The First Minister of Scotland has now said that a General Election is a 'democratic imperative', as well as taking aim at the turnover of PM's during her time in office.
Nicola Sturgeon's plans for a 'hard' border with England are branded a 'smugglers' charter' amid fears they will cause huge disruption and put jobs at risk
18/10/22 09:58
The SNP leader admitted, as a result of her wish to take an independent Scotland into the EU, there would be a need for border checks between Scotland and England.
Scotland could have its own CURRENCY in five years: Nicola Sturgeon promises 'Scottish pound' and no passports to visit England with her independence bid - but admits there will be border checks
17/10/22 12:35
The Scottish First Minister insisted an independent Scotland would be able to have its own Scottish pound.

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