NEW: Susan Smith of @ForWomenScot has told @LBC @LBCNews that it’s “fear of activists” in SNP which has prevented the Scottish Govt implementing the Supreme Court ruling which has led FWS to launch new legal action. She says John Swinney “risks making this an election issue”
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“If we do end up going to court that will be close to the 2026 election and I cannot understand why John Swinney would want to preside over another humiliating legal defeat” she says
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“I think he’ll be wishing he had met with us” she says - the FM had said he would but then later told @LBC he had “a lot on his plate”. Smith says “ I don’t know if the govt thinks we’ll get bored and go away but we won’t”
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The new action wants a court determination re SG policies on prisons & schools. FWS says they are unlawful in wake of Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act. SG has 21 days to respond. Smith says “if it goes to court they will have to explain why policies are not unlawful”
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Scottish Govt says it won’t comment on a live legal action.
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