Today at #FMQ @NicolaSturgeon answered Qs put by @Douglas4Moray concerning the allocation of convicted double rapist, Adam Graham, to the female estate at Cornton Vale. Despite tenacious questioning from DM, who correctly used male pronouns to refer to AG, 1/?
NS refused to state whether AG is currently in a women's prison. Nevertheless, she gave a clear statement that this prisoner will not be held in the female estate. 2/?
She agreed that as a general principle it is correct that a rapist should not be in a women's prison.
In my view, she would never have given such a statement just a few months ago. In my view, we would instead have had accusations from Green Party MSPs of transphobia. 3/?
In my view, she would never have given such a statement just a few months ago. In my view, we would instead have had accusations from Green Party MSPs of transphobia. 3/?
We would instead have had accusations from the SNP of denying someone's identity. Accusations of bigotry. That didn't happen. The "correct answer" has shifted & has done so in a hugely important way. 4/?
Make no mistake, none of this would have happened without the tenacity shown by MSPs, most notably @RussellFindlay1. None of this would have happened without the work everyone has put into this campaign. I also believe that the @MoJGovUK statement yesterday was influential. 5/?
I remind NS & everyone else: this is not about "being trans". That is wholly irrelevant. It's about being male. All CJS policies must have sex as registered at birth at the forefront. 6/6
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