19/11/22 – 25/11/22 Death of the Act of Union: Unsurprisingly, the Supreme Court decided that Scotland does not have permission to hold an independence vote without Westminster’s agreement. Nothing shouts ‘prisoner’ more clearly than that. Scots Law is meant to be guaranteed by the Act of Union 1707, and Scots Law’s foundation on the sovereignty… Read More »November 19th, 2022 – November 25th, 2022 Week 47
Elimination of Violence Against Women November 2022 The idea of a yearly commemoration of the victims of violence against women began after the murder on November 25th, 1960 of three sisters, Patria Mercedes Mirabal, Maria Argentina Minerva Mirabal and Antonia Maria Teresa Mirabal on the orders of Dominican Republic ruler Rafael Trujillo, whose dictatorship… Read More »Elimination of Violence Against Women Day 2022
COP27 Egypt Over the first weekend of November, four Extinction Rebellion protesters locked onto an oil barrel outside JP Morgan’s Glasgow office to highlight what they see as the failures of COP26. Meanwhile in Egypt, fresh turf was laid and petunias planted along the empty 4-lane highways approaching Sharm El-Sheikh, irrigated by precious scarce… Read More »Will COP27 result in real change?
12/11/22 – 18/11/22 Women Won’t Wheesht! A woman wearing a purple scarf was told to remove it or leave Committee Room 6 today (15th November). She was there supporting women’s rights in the ongoing gender reform bill. Apparently these colours are ‘political’. The Code of Conduct for visitors bans banners, flags or political slogans including… Read More »November 12th – November 18th, 2022 Week 46
Letter published in the National 16/11/2022: I can’t help but feel that correspondent Beth Douglas has somewhat got the priorities wrong in saying that without a gender recognition certificate (GRC) a trans person will be ‘buried or cremated under the wrong gender’. Really? I think for most of us if… Read More »Gender recognition certificate does NOT make Men Female
05/11/2022 – 11/11/2022 Burning (copies of) the Treaty of Union has upset SNP MP Pete Wishart to such an extent that he labelled it… Read More »November 5th – November 11th, 2022 Week 45
Scotland’s Health Matters October 2022 Is NHS Scotland being privatised by stealth? The Scottish government had allocated £18 million to pay private hospitals to treat NHS patients privately to clear backlogs even prior to covid. This despite claiming that they had ceased privatisation… Read More »Why is Scottish Life Expectancy Falling?
29/10/22 -4/11/22 Week 44 Scottish Budget Cuts John Swinney has confirmed £615 million of funding cuts in his most recent spending review, undertaken following the Westminster change of Prime… Read More »29th October – 4th November, 2022 Week 44
Women’s Issues October 2022 Gender Reform The committee examining the government’s proposals concluded that they are in favour of it, although the committee composition appears heavily weighted in favour of… Read More »Women’s Issues October 2022
SNP Rebellion over Gender Reform The SNP government faced an unexpected rebellion at Holyrood yesterday over their gender reform plans. Seven SNP MSPs, including Ash Regan, Minister for Community Safety, voted against the proposal, with two SNP abstentions. Ash Regan had resigned as a minister hours before the vote, which was passed to the next… Read More »October 22nd – October 28th, 2022 Week 43
