If I say this man is "from a rapey paedo culture", I'm a racist. But he can defend himself in court by saying he's "from a rapey paedo culture". Make it make sense.
Incredibly insightful article by Aidan O’Neill KC.
A 20 year long experiment on the most vulnerable and traumatised people in our society - women in the female estate. 20 years!
https://t.co/ViTRAzIs3r
My name is Ella, I'm 17 years old.
I do long jump. I play volleyball. I go to school in New Richmond, Wisconsin.
When my school allowed a biological male into the girls' restroom without telling parents —
I went to the school board.
With my name attached.
In my own town.
I got bullied for it. Harassed online. Even some of my own teachers came after me.
I'm still here.
Because here's what I know:
The net in women's volleyball is set nearly a foot lower for a reason.
A biological male can hit a ball across that net at force that could seriously injure a girl.
And in track — all it takes is three biological males entering the girls' category
and not a single girl in this state stands on a podium.
I didn't speak up because it was easy.
I spoke up because somebody had to.
The Supreme Court is about to answer the question every girl in America is asking.
We're ready.
@JenniferSey@xx_xyathletics
The SNP has broken Scotland's post-school education system through years of neglect, drift and incompetence.
And the chief culprit is John Swinney. His fingerprints are all over this grotesque act of vandalism.
The Auditor General has now exposed the reality.
This is a damning indictment of SNP failure - no grip, no credible plan, weak leadership, poor governance, inadequate resources and ministers who don't even understand the costs or consequences of their own reforms.
Meanwhile, colleges have endured savage funding cuts, universities are shedding jobs and employers are crying out for the skilled workforce the economy desperately needs.
This is what nearly two decades of SNP government looks like: announce the headlines, neglect the delivery and leave Scotland to deal with the consequences. https://t.co/8QSaz0e3h0
Women incarcerated by the Scottish Prison Service with men any time since 2006 have 1 year to opt in to a class action for damages funded by @jk_rowling.
The testimony of the SNP whistleblowers confirms beyond any doubt that Swinney and Sturgeon enabled Peter Murrell’s crimes. Murrell should never have been free to commit these crimes, but his childhood friend Swinney was at the heart of the cover-up then and now.
So there’s a husband and wife team running a party bureaucracy with an iron fist and bullying whistleblowers into submission, while the husband robs the party blind. And John Swinney rules out an inquiry?
"Last month she indicated that she was happy to publish this, but has yet to do so"
Sturgeon no longer has the machinery of party or governmental office to hide behind. Her army of spads and press officers are gone and she has to speak for herself. That’s why it’s going so badly
So the SNP's own lawyer knew about financial problems three years before Peter Murrell's arrest?
And we're supposed to believe nobody in the leadership knew what was going on?
The stench gets worse by the day.
A full independent inquiry is now essential.
When you read this, the failure to prosecute anyone over the misappropriation of the fundraiser money goes from astonishing to ludicrous bordering on criminal. https://t.co/hgKh0PV9mA
I was present at this meeting & can vouch for the fact that every single word of this is true. I’m glad Allison and Cynthia have been able to speak up. They are both brave women of the utmost integrity. Had their warnings been heeded Murrell’s crime spree could’ve been stopped
Fun fact: More "Etonian scum" died during the First World War so that Rayner could grow up in a free country than the students of any other British school.
@WingsScotland I was hoping once she left Parliament and 'retired' to London I would never hear from her again.
She is like a bad smell - whatever you do it keeps lingering about.
The psychodrama continues. More court cases coming.