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Mar 21 • 11 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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Part II!

And let's start with a look at the 10 Green Councillors. Please hold them in your thoughts come election time! Image
And now, a palate cleanser from Council leader Jane Meagher of @EdinburghLabour who clearly and concisely explained why women need single sex services and trauma-informed care. Cllr Meagher was one of the women who set up EWA and she is something of a legend! Image
For completeness, this is Cllr Watt of Labour who called the Green motion "irresponsible". Image
The Labour amendment set out how EWA actually operates, how this accords with the council contract, and how their approach is informed by the needs of service users. Also, that they are blinking good at it! Image
These are the Labour councillors. Also remember them at election - for the opposite reason to the Greens!
edinburghlabour.org/ourcouncillors
Also deserving of thanks are the @EdinburghTories councillors.

You can find them here: edinburghconservatives.org.uk/people
This is the Conservative amendment. They commended EWA for following the law and welcomed their commitment to provide trauma-informed care while also remaining empathetic to anyone seeking help. Image
Cllr Jo Mowatt said she was old enough to remember when had to resign from work due to pregnancy. She defended the right of EWA to provide single sex services in line with the law: "What is more legitimate than that of providing services to women who have been abused?" Image
Cllr Marie-Clair Munro said "Our amendment reflects a commitment to safeguarding these critical services which provide vital support for women and girls who have experienced the profound trauma... of domestic abuse."

"Women's safety must always come first." Hear, hear! Image
Cllr Whyte said "I believe the motion itself is iniquitous". He said women "have to feel safe...We should respect their expertise around that" & pointed out that EWA gets the highest rating from the care inspector.

OK, back later after that reprieve of sanity from more lunacy! Image
An understandably emotional Jane Meagher outside the city chambers.

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🧵In the same week that @scotgov appeared in court to force a Judicial Review over their Prison Guidance which allows violent male criminals to be housed alongside vulnerable women in the female estate, the outcome of a Fatal Accident Inquiry was reported into the death by suicide of a trans-identified male in the Separation and Reintegration Unit (SRU) at Perth Prison.
Aiden “Sarah” Riley was a deeply unwell, dangerous prisoner who had spent his entire adult life in the prison system or under supervision.

The case reveals the type of criminal transferred to the women’s estate under the SPS policy, the serious issues which are overlooked or ignored once “trans” enters the equation, and the determination of ideologically driven officers to push transfers - even when the male prisoner is also resistant.

Despite the bizarre tale which unfolds in the report, one of the judge’s recommendations is that proposed transfers of trans-identified prisoners need to be dealt with more swiftly. In light of everything we know, this is absurd and troubling. A transfer to the women's estate should have been out of the question. Women, it seems, will continue to be used as support animals for some very violent men.
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We are taking @scotgov back to court.

We have been left with little choice as the Gov has refused to quash school & prison guidance. Papers have been served & the Gov has 21 days to respond.
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The most concerning thing about the nonsense spouted about bone marrow transplants & chromosomal conditions yesterday was wondering how this would land with the panel.

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It only exists in some cells and does not change the woman's sex.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC40…
Similarly, following a transplant on male subjects, the Y chromosome may be absent in *some* cells, this does not alter genetic sex as determined by the original sex chromosomes.

Even if Dr Upton had a full stem cell transplant, he wouldn't change sex!
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Absolutely extraordinary scenes today in @ScotParl in which it emerged that MSPs and staff are confused about how to use the lavatory - something many nursery children manage without such tortuous introspection.

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(Pat's colleague, @MaggieChapman was at the meeting when they signed off the decision - he could ask her?)
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Either way, we can be pretty confident that Sacha has not actually engaged with the text at all. More concerning for @BBCWomansHour, their presenter was not across the simplest detail.
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