Between Murrell's arrest, delaying trans healthcare, scrapping unachievable green targets and adopting an election strategy that's main focus is not on the cost-of-living crisis, the SNP seem to heading down a path of self-destruction. Leadership needs a kick up the arse

Amsterdam University Medical Centre adds to the critical clinical and academic response to the Cass Report.

twitter.com/KuypersMarieke…

was the integrated ticketing announcement to make it easier to throw us under the bus or?

This is deeply worrying for investigative journalism … along with other openDemocracy colleagues Adam Ramsay redundancy will have profound impact on our democratic discourse

This fantastic and wide-ranging interview with an amazing Economist from University of Vermont covers globalisation, feminist economics, development and inequality. LIVE at 7 pm on Monday. youtube.com/watch?v=yx9dhR…

So for all the Foreign Secretary’s talk about recognising Palestine as a State, of a 2 state solution that needs - well, 2 actual states - (one…. two…) - the U.K. abstained.

They have no interest in peace. This is a complete abdication of diplomatic duty

summoning circle hope this works

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There is no LGB without the T.

My speech at the Council of Europe.

Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (Darwin College) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the The Spectator libido section.

Really looking forward to joining the left/Palestinian bloc on Saturday. Progressive indy supporters should definitely join in!

It’s not the new “Hate Crime Bill”, it’s the “Hate Crime Act”: passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2021, given Royal Assent, and now commenced in effect.

It’s disappointing to see the BBC adopting the same terminology cynically used by critics to undermine the Act.

The faux outrage claiming trans women have 'double protection' under the law because of who they are is as ludicrous as being upset that a disabled Black woman has triple protection under the law. It in no way diminishes protection against misogyny for those who are born women.

We are devastated by the Sandyford and NHS Scotland's decision to radically curtail health care for trans young people.

That they have done so unilaterally without a ScotGov response to Cass is doubly disappointing.

Please read Scottish Trans response:

tinyurl.com/sandyford2024

jackie baillie gone full transphobe, a grim glimpse of a future under scottish labour rule

🔴 Here's a recent article by Streatham Labour councillor Martin Abrams on the Labour's problems with online voting. It's now 43 days since Labour admitted fraud in online voting in Croydon, but party still won't say if anyone disciplined or expelled: tribunemag.co.uk/2024/04/starme…

LIVE SCOTONOMICS SPECIAL with Professor Richard Murphy twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

This is a terrible idea for households still reeling from the cost of living crisis. As our previous analysis shows, a council tax freeze does precious little for people experiencing poverty. Do read this blog by Dave Hawkey ippr.org/articles/freez…

NEW: Scotland's largest trade union body has voted to support a ban on conversion practices in Scotland.

🗣 'Our STUC congress are resoundingly backing a ban on conversion therapy, ensuring we show support for LGBT+ people facing persecution or harm'

Perhaps the Scottish Government should consider a 'Kenmure Street Bill' that would block any Scottish public funded body from assisting anyone who seeks to traffick residents of Scotland to 'unsafe' countries against their will...

the hate crime backlash was absolutely whipped up by the media into a frenzy