Progressive lefty/feminist. Political Activist/Journalist/Songwriter. Outperformed Posie Parker in the 2024 General Election. Trans people are beautiful 🏳️⚧️
May 5 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
🧵.@holyroodmandy
You seem to be confusing the UK and US Supreme Court’s in the article below.
Let me enlighten you.
holyrood.com/editors-column…
US Supreme Court: Established by the US Constitution (Article III). It has broad powers to interpret the Constitution and overturn laws it finds unconstitutional.
UK Supreme Court: Established in 2009 by the Constitutional Reform Act. It does not have the power to overturn Acts
Dec 17, 2024 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
.@suzanne_moore you're really wide of the mark here.
Now let me explain the real reasons for increased pregnancy death in the NHS. 🧵
Oxford Population Health’s national perinatal epidemiology unit at the University of Oxford, highlight several issues. They say maternity systems in the UK re under pressure but also point to pre-pregnancy health and the need to tackle conditions such as obesity,
Dec 8, 2024 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
🧵 The truth is I think nationalism as a concept is dangerous. It encourages xenophobia, regressive thinking, and encourages conflict.
The case for Scottish independence however is different and I will explain why.
Scotland is a predominantly socialist and progressive country. In every parliamentary election the people of Scotland overwhelmingly vote for left wing parties like the SNP and shut down the right wing Tories. Yet we are scuppered by the right wing
Dec 2, 2024 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 My debunk of The New Statesman article 'The Scottish government is ignoring women’s rights' by Hannah Barnes. 29/11/24. Found here
newstatesman.com/comment/2024/1…
A trans woman is not a heterosexual male. They have never been one. They are transitioning to better align their body to match their female self. So nobody is being 'gaslit by the Scottish Government'. Trans women are female not male.
Oct 29, 2024 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
🧵 Today was rough for me. Months I've been petitioning the Scottish Parliament to end the ban on prescribing trans kids puberty blockers. Instead of taking on board a thd critiques of the cass report, they got dismissed out of hand.
This is unbelievable cold hearted and callous of them. Trans kids are suffering and all they are doing is turning trans healthcare into a overly drawn out beauractic farce. There was absolutely nothing wrong with prescribing trans kids puberty blockers before the Cass Report.
Jul 31, 2024 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
So yesterday, an article was released by the @TheScotsman expressing the danger of depriving trans kids of life saving puberty blockers. The TERF'S pilled into the comment section and started abusing the author and those who contributed to the article. 1/3 🧵
A few hours later the article was removed from the @TheScotsman website. As a contributer to the article I have been given no reason as to why this was the case. My suspicion is TERF @DalgetySusan who is a columnists for the @TheScotsman has got it removed. 2/3