The abject capitulation of Anas Sarwar.

Spineless, gaslighting, unreliable, untrustworthy. Just like his boss Keir Starmer.

"Sarwar's decision to roll back on his principled support for the #GRRBill - given to [Labour's Scottish] members during his leadership election - shows exactly where the power within [Labour in Scotland] lies - with his bosses at Westminster."

What is the point of UK Labour in Scotland?

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23730129.anas-sarwar-refuses-say-vote-gender-reforms/

#GRRBill
#OptionalIdentityMark
#VoteLabourGetTory

So the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #GRRBill passed with a supermajority at Holyrood - by 95% of Scottish Labour MSPs as well as representatives from all the parties across the chamber - is dismissed by Anneliese Dodds of UK Labour as the SNP 'picking a fight with Westminster'.

Exactly what is the point of so-called "Scottish Labour"?

In their determination to throw Scottish Labour under a bus and eviscerate devolution, just what separates UK Labour from the Tories?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/24/labour-vows-to-modernise-simplify-and-reform-gender-recognition-act

A reminder Badenoch ignored an invitation to enter into dialogue with The Scottish Parliament about the blocked #GRRBill.

#YouYesYet
#ScottishIndependence

"If the Scottish Government is] going to just abandon something like this that was worked on for five or six years of consultation and spent nine months going through Parliament then they would literally just be accepting devolution was over.”

Dr Philippa Whitford MP on BBC Radio Scotland, 13/4/23.

#GRRBill
#Section35
#DefendDemocracy

Listen to "[BBC Scotland radio presenter] Gary Robertson interviewing Philippa Whitford over the #GRRbill veto challenge" on YouTube.

Philippa Whitford wipes the floor with Robertson, who's apparently working to a "gotcha" checklist straight out of The Daily Mail. Note he he starts attempting to shout her down when he realises he's simply embarrassing himself.

https://youtu.be/Q9O3Z6PvaTE

"While we all know there are a range of views on this #GRRBill, this Tory government veto on devolved matters is not about the substance of the bill but about the principle of undermining the Scottish Parliament. If unchallenged, it sends a signal that the UK Government can veto any legislation they disagree with, at a whim."

- Humza Yousaf

It's time to stand up and be counted.

Scottish Government confirms it will take legal action against #UK Government’s inappropriate use of Section 35 to thwart #GRRBill.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/12/scottish-government-legal-challenge-gender-reform-bill/

Scottish Government confirms it will take legal action against #UK Government’s inappropriate use of Section 35 to thwart #GRRBill.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/12/scottish-government-legal-challenge-gender-reform-bill/

Scotland to launch legal challenge to UK government block on gender reform bill

Brilliant news! This would never have happened if the transphobes had won the SNP election. Can't wait to see this play out. Let's hope trans people get the rights they deserve.

#trans #TransRights #GenderReform #GRRBill #Scotland #IndyRef2 #FuckTheTories #TransphobeTories
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/12/scotland-launch-legal-challenge-uk-government-block-gender-reform-bill

"[Starmer] also distanced himself from Nicola Sturgeon’s gender recognition bill, which proposed self-identification for those wanting to change their legal gender, calling for a “reset in Scotland”. Scottish Labour had voted in favour of the legislation."

Starmer has no mandate to call for any "reset" in Scotland. He is eviscerating Scottish Labour.

As for @guardian, the #GRRBill was not "Nicola Sturgeon's, it was passed by 2/3 of MSPs at Holyrood, from all parties.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/01/turning-trans-issues-into-a-toxic-divide-doesnt-help-says-keir-starmer

Oh dear, I got called a moon howler for explaining the #GRRbill doesn’t relate to accessing single-sex spaces, determines prisons nor entitled you to participate in gender-specific sports - then sharing the actual #evidence rather than #scaremongering anecdotes. Whilst explaining sex characteristics; explaining what it means to have a VSC.

Using “DSD” or opposing selfID speciously pathologises healthy individuals

#Lgbtq #trans #intersex #transrights #feminism #equality

"The Civicus Monitor, which tracks the democratic and civic health of 197 countries across the world, said the UK government was creating a “hostile environment” towards campaigners, charities and other civil society bodies.

"The UK’s willingness to clamp down on civic freedoms such as the right to peaceful assembly means it is now classified as “obstructed” – putting it alongside countries such as Poland, South Africa and Hungary."

#indyref2 #GRRBill #YouYesYet

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/16/hostile-authoritarian-uk-downgraded-in-civic-freedoms-index

@itvnews just now.

Their Scottish correspondent in Edinburgh refers misleadingly to the "Scottish Government's plans for gender recognition reform".

The #GRRBill was passed by a supermajority of MSPs from *all* parties in the Scottish Parliament after literally years of consultation, review and debate.

The Scottish electorate, its MSPs and its parliament are being sidelined by Westminster. With the connivance of ITV News et al.

Quick informal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 poll. You can tick more than one box. Feel free to suggest other questions, or comment.

How important is it for you that the next leader of the SNP challenges the UK Government's imposition of Section 35 re the #GRRbill?

WHY HAS #SCOTLAND'S MODEST GENDER REFORMS BEEN MET WITH SUCH TOXICITY? - Pete Wishart “And trans people are an easy target. Generally unsupported and few in number, trans people have found themselves on the sharp end of a barrage of scorn and derision. Being trans right now must be a truly frightening experience and the increase in attacks on, and abuse of, #trans people is a grim consequence of the tone of the debate.“ #GRRBill via @evilbee http://petewishart.com/why-has-scotlands-modest-gender-reforms-been-met-with-such-toxicity/

@BBCNews on #BBCRadio6Music just now stating Ash Regan resigned from the Scottish Government in protest at "Nicola Sturgeon's plans [sic] for gender recognition reform."

This "plans" shtick individualising the FM is inaccurate gaslighting bullshit. The #GRRBill was passed by a majority of MSPs from all parties in the Scottish Parliament.

@MadeyeTheCarnaptious you missed half a page of victim blaming (in blue).
Would not dear using to light a fire

#scottishindependence #grrbill

Today's English edition of "The Daily Mail" crows "gender ID law sunk", under its typically misogynistic headline "Tearful Sturgeon Quits".

A reminder the #GRRBill was passed by a supermajority of MSPs across all parties in the elected Scottish Parliament - and subsequently blocked by the de facto Governor General of Scotland.

The unionist press is relentless. I'm seriously beginning to doubt we'll ever achieve #ScottishIndependence in the face of this interminable bombardment.

I have yet to come across any single individual opposed to the #GRRBill who ticks all of the following:
- Knows what a #GRC does
- Believes #transpeople exist and not #transphobic
- Knows what the #Bill does
- Supports making women-only spaces safer

If you oppose the GRR Bill and believe you fit into the above points, by all means, enlighten us with your reasons? I await with cynical anticipation

#feminism #transrights #womensrights #gendercritical #trans #scotland

Brianna Ghey will be recorded on her death certificate as male. The state will misgender her in death. The final insult for #trans people. Remember this when you hear the next load of BS concocted about what the #GRRBill does.