Kifl for President of an independent Scotland!

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Thank fuck for that. I'd hardly call myself a big fan of Yousaf, but given how utterly appalling his opponents were, it's definitely a relief.

Well done SNP, now hopefully Scotland can go back to setting an example for the rest of the UK.

https://news.sky.com/story/humza-yousaf-announced-as-new-scottish-national-party-leader-replacing-nicola-sturgeon-12843363

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-65086830

Thank fuck for that. I'd hardly call myself a big fan of Yousaf, but given how utterly appalling his opponents were, it's definitely a relief.

Well done SNP, now hopefully Scotland can go back to setting an example for the rest of the UK.

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Gender Recognition Reform Bill passes in the Scottish Parliament, 86 votes to 39.

All of the many wrecking amendments were defeated.

Tory attempts to filibuster only delayed the inevitable.

This marks a small, massively overdue but overwhelming success in the fight for rights for trans people.

The passage of this bill has been convoluted, subject to multiple consultations and rounds of revision.

For a rather minor administrative change to remove a series of harsh, unnecessarily invasive and convoluted obstacles to trans people obtaining an important but little-used piece of paperwork, the opposition to this has been bizarrely vigorous. The anti-trans lobby has piggybacked on this to sow misinformation and confused fear for *years* now. The rhetoric has been dehumanising, wildly dishonest and frankly exhausting.

The sky will not fall. Neither will it fall when those pushing for trans rights win the fight for better medical care, nonbinary recognition and so on. None of these things impinge on other people's rights. None of them empower predators. They will merely make life a little easier for a much-persecuted minority.

Much credit to the @ScottishGreens for pushing this through, and especially @maggiechapman. It should not have been so hard, but all of the blame for the inordinate amount of time and energy spent on this lies on the opponents of this change.

Anticipating lighter days ahead.
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So the UK Supreme Court has ruled that Scotland isn't allowed to have another independence referendum, without permission from the parliament at Westminster.

I support Scottish independence because I believe in democracy.

The UK is a hopelessly undemocratic state, with no accountability for corrupt, inept and/or brutal misrule, and no functioning opposition - no hope for one, even, as things stand. I want out.

I also think it's transparently, grossly undemocratic for the UK parliament to attempt to block another referendum when Scotland keeps overwhelmingly electing parties that want one. I'm disappointed, but unsurprised, that Labour won't say so.
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