Colin Dunn

Independence will be good for Scotland *and* England. Doing my little bit to push it along. Be nice. Rude people will be blocked.

[Colin Dunn @indyposterboy]

“The Falkland Islanders, like all people, have a right
to self-determination.”
BORIS JOHNSON PM, June 2022

[Colin Dunn @indyposterboy]

This may result in accusations of transphobia, but I neither fear nor hate trans people. Their conception of themselves or how they live is none my business, and good luck to them. I just think we need to be clear about the fact sex and general are not the same. /4

[Colin Dunn @indyposterboy]

OK. Seeing as I'm going to be over on mastodon from now on and can afford the risk of being banned on twitter, here's what I think . .
Sex is immutable. Gender is a construct. /1

[Colin Dunn @indyposterboy]

. . instead of getting rid of the pigeon-holes entirely.
I believe that everyone should be able to live their life safely the way they want to - male or female - but focussing on blurring or changing the definition of sex over the chimera of gender is just a blind alley. /3

[Martin MacDonald @Innealadair]

Dougie Alexander is making noises about trying to become an MP again. I have a picture of him somewhere. Standing shoulder to shoulder with Annabel Goldie.

[MSM Monitor @msm_monitor]

EXPOSED

BBC Scotland presenters and reporters are refusing to describe Michelle Mone as a Scottish Conservative peer. They have been instructed to describe her as "Scottish born" or "Glasgow born" with no mention of the party. Here's the evidence. Five different presenters!

[Joanna Cherry KC @joannaccherry]

I will speak at this rally tomorrow in support of SNP MSP colleagues & others concerned that this bill contains insufficient safeguards against misuse & cd adversely impact the sex-based rights of women & #LGB people. For me this a matter of conscience.

[Anum Qaisar @AnumSNP]

🤨 The Home Secretary has claimed that the “overwhelmingly majority” of the British public support the Rwanda deal

👇 I asked her to evidence this

❌ Guess what? She can’t

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland will continue to reject these xenophobic policies

[Steve in Toffeeland. @marrtoffee]

Letter in today’s Times

[Holyrood @HolyroodDaily]

Reem Alsalem, UN special rapporteur, disagrees with Green MSP @MaggieChapman that the debate around gender reform is about "culture wars".

[Phantom Power @PhantomPower14]

The British Treasury pulls our wings off and then laughs when we can’t fly - Derek Bateman https://t.co/TBplwY37hs via @newsnetscotland

[Alan Ferrier @alanferrier]

“It should be called what it is: cash-for-deportations - a grubby, appalling deal that treats refugees as nothing more than human cargo with a price tag.”
—Enver Solomon, Chief Executive, Refugee Council
https://t.co/P8ziFbOuzk

[Alan Ferrier @alanferrier]

Dreadfully sorry to hear of the death of Derek Bateman - distinguished journalist and bonnie fechter for his country's self-determination. We owe it to him and the others we've lost along the way to keep the light burning.
https://t.co/cHtIJEVuLF

[BELLA CALEDONIA @bellacaledonia]

Sorry to hear of the passing of Derek Bateman, a great journalist, broadcaster and blogger, thoughts go out to al his family and friends

[Sonia Sodha @soniasodha]

This is a v poor piece. Ignores contrary from the @EHRC and the UN expert on Violence Against Women and Girls @UNSRVAW. Also a bit surprising to find a former senior politician say she feels silenced by the fact there are woman who disagree with her 😬.

https://t.co/rVPZJN6Hxf

[Sonia Sodha @soniasodha]

Do we really live in a world where politicians see the fact there are women who disagree with them as robbing other women of voice? How depressing.

[Joanna Cherry KC @joannaccherry]

This analysis debunks the claim that Scotland is obligated by international #HumanRights law to bring in a system of self-identification. Our current gender recognition system is humanrights compliant. Reform must be based on a proper understanding of the law

[Richard Haviland @rfhaviland]

But the only people who admire them are the already deeply hard-of-thinking, who follow them around sniffing the lampposts they’ve visited, then lift a leg of their own in approval”.

[Richard Haviland @rfhaviland]

It’s amazing to think that on some primitive level, these imbeciles probably think what they are doing is patriotic. That the more loathsome the insults they pour on someone they don’t know, the more they’d have won the admiration of the late Queen. They really are that vain.