Mark Irvine - Blogger, Campaigner, Organiser

A political class as pusillanimous as it is risible: column on the Scottish parliament and the Cass Review. https://t.co/qYup5R6VnV — alexmassie (@alexmassie) April 17, 2024 The SNP's response to the Cass Review has shown the Scottish Parliament at its worst. Arrogant, overbearing, SNP ministers refusing to comment on a children's health scandal happening under their watch while their leaders openly championed the cause of gender ideology and the absurd notion of self-ID. Sadly, Holyrood has become a laughing stock - a 'pretendy' parliament - under the cosy SNP/Green alliance which serves no purpose other than to keep incompetent ministers in highly paid jobs, shielded from any repercussions for failure or bad behaviour.    

Neil Mackay: SNP's obsession with independence will hand Labour victory https://t.co/Zdpa6c3atm — The Herald (@heraldscotland) April 18, 2024 It's tempting to feel sorry for Humza Yousaf and the horror story he finds himself in, but the reality is Humza embraced his role as the 'anointed successor' of the SNP's old guard, keeper of the flame and defender of the discredited ancien régime.   "Not only is the political landscape on fire all around him, but he’s happily wandering into the flames. Yousaf has made clear that this election is for him all about independence. An SNP win would, according to the party, trigger negotiations over independence."

More revelations emerge about the astonishing goings on at the Tavistock's GIDs (gender identity services) clinic. The parents of these 3 and 4-year-olds ought to have been referred to child protection services - not put on a pathway to medicalisation and 'affirmative care'.       Ain't No Such Thing As......A Trans Toddler ( August 06, 2023 ) The notion that a two-year-old can self-identify as trans is completely absurd of course - and adults who pretend this is possible should be referred to child protective services.  'Transhausing' toddlers is an apt description.        Ain't No Such Thing As.......A Trans Toddler ( July 31, 2023 ) A mother who clearly has 'issues' claims her her toddler daughter knew she was trans before she could even speak. No child is born in the wrong body, but some children are born to the wrong parents.       Trans Toddlers - Bonkers Beyond Belief ( June 24, 2023 ) Lorraine Kelly appears to support the absurd notion that t

While the Scottish government refuses to address the reality of the #CassReview , government funded LGBT Youth Scotland continues to run rampant in education. #DefundLGBTYS #EducationNotIndoctrination https://t.co/EWrKrep8tf — Gender Receipts (@GenderReceipts) April 17, 2024 Gender ideology and self-ID are hotly contested issues. I know of no one who believes it's reasonable for Scottish primary schools to be appointing young children as 'LGBT champions' or asking four-year olds if they are gay, lesbian or trans.   

I've been poking fun at the SNP's 'Mr & Mrs' who ran Scotland virtually unchallenged for years - just imagine if Boris and Carrie Johnson held a family franchise over the UK's party of government. I've lost count of the number of SNP friends who agreed that this bizarre Mr & Mrs tag team made Scotland look a banana republic, but of course they were all too timid to speak up and rock the boat. So it was good to see Kevin McKenna joining the fray with his scathing opinion piece in The Herald back in November 2022. "When all power is collected in one ruling couple, surrounded by a hand-picked coterie of acolytes and with no discernible opposition for the foreseeable future you simply fall in line and adopt every ukase and every personal whim without protest or hesitation if you know what’s good for you. "Organisations delivering art and culture, education, health, policing, housing and employability must adopt the path of least resistance if they

This is how it’s done. Refuse to participate in the lie. Refuse to comply. https://t.co/GFiJ3BxnVj — Prof. DR TheFamousArtistBirdyRose (@TheFamousArtBR) April 19, 2024 Young women standing up for themselves - and refusing to take part in a 'sporting' contest that's rigged against them. Fair competition in women's sport requires single sex events and men competing against other men.