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6 Jul, 3 tweets, 2 min read
Yesterday legislation effecting fundamental rights such as the #RightToProtest & the right of #GypsyRomaTravellers to a home sailed through parliament without proper debate & scrutiny after a ridiculously short & disjointed time allocation
Many MPs didn’t get to speak. Amendments tabled after painstaking inquiries such as that of @HumanRightsCtte were ignored. Our amendments followed on a large volume of written evidence & several sessions of oral evidence & our detailed reports.
Yet none of this was of interest to this Tory Govt. In fairness some of their backbenchers were concerned but to no end. This isn’t evidence based law making. It’s a travesty & British democracy, #HumanRights & the #RuleOfLaw are in peril.

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26 Jun
Here’s ⁦@thetimes⁩ view on what is a public & private sector scandal which could have significant legal implications for the feminists & lesbians who have been bullied to curry favour.
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.@TimesLucy has done a fantastic job of investigative journalism. She has revealed how
Documents show how the charity seeks to control what NHS trusts, Govt departments & local councils say on their social media accounts, demanding public support for its controversial views on gender identity, in return for points on its Top 100 Employers index
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12 Mar
My thread on the criminal threats made against me on 1st February 2021 the day I was sacked from @theSNP Westminster front bench for as yet unspecified “behaviour”.
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Grant Karte appeared at Edinburgh Sherriff Court this morning Friday 12 March and pled guilty to offences under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003
Some of the threats which Mr Karte made to me were of a sexual nature. A recent survey of parliamentarians showed that while politicians of both sexes receive abuse and threats, it is largely female politicians who receive threats of sexual violence.
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21 Feb
The front page of today’s @heraldscotland wrongly states that I “am taking a defamation action against a Scots actor”. This is incorrect. There is no such action in court and I note the online version has been corrected to reflect this.
Article 10 of the ECHR (which is part of Scots law) protects the right to freedom of expression.  It specifically states that the exercise of this right carries with it duties & responsibilities and may be subject to such restrictions or penalties as are
prescribed by law & are necessary in a democratic society. This is what permits us to legislate to criminalise hate speech & it is why individuals including MPs are entitled to take steps to protect their rights & reputations when people tell lies about them
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23 Jan
A thread on the newly announced @theSNP Roadmap to Referendum which I have seen for first time today & am studying carefully 👇
I’m pleased that ideas previously advanced by me & others are being pursued & I hope all @theSNP members will now unite around the recognition that we need a Plan B, by which I mean a strategy which does not rely on Westminster granting a section 30 order
However, I have many questions about the detail of this new strategy, which I have seen for the first time today, and the proposed timetable, and I intend to pursue these questions at tomorrow’s SNP national assembly
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11 Jan
I’m used to nasty hatchet jobs on me. Its been a particular feature of my experience in politics. Often they come from a position of ignorance from those who have never spoken with me & wish to distort something I’ve said by taking it wholly out of context
Today’s piece in the Herald is fairly . Typical. Perhaps Mr Smith didn’t read or understand my original column? heraldscotland.com/news/19000771.…
Fortunately the Irish Times did & here’s their piece. Typical of the consistently high quality of their journalism irishtimes.com/news/ireland/i…
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8 Jan
The route to #independence must be legal & constitutional. I support Plan A of replicating the Edinburgh Agreement but there are other legal & constitutional options & it’s right for @theSNP to consider these . thenational.scot/news/18995586.…
It is foolish & dangerous to rail against having a fallback plan, should it be required. Foolish, because it undermines the carefully achieved past gains such as the concession Salmond secured from Dewar in exchange for supporting the devolution referendum
Dangerous, because it re-inforces the power of our adversary and cements in the minds of the international community that the only way Scotland can leave the UK and become independent legally and constitutionally is by replicating the 2014 referendum.
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