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@scottishgreens councillor for Shetland South | Half-Shetland Londoner | Britain’s most northerly paediatrician | he/him.
Jul 14 4 tweets 1 min read
The decision about whether or not to prescribe puberty blockers to trans children should be made by an appropriately trained medical professional, after a comprehensive assessment.

Not by a politician.

1/ Healthcare should be led by evidence. There’s currently a lack of evidence on the use of puberty blockers in gender affirming healthcare. Lack of evidence makes clinical decisions more difficult. We need more evidence.

A blanket ban on puberty blockers is the wrong approach.

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Nov 8, 2023 10 tweets 3 min read
“NEVER AGAIN”

One of my councillor colleagues asked me about my white poppy today so I thought I’d share what the white poppy is and why I wear one.

🧵/1 Image When soldiers returned from the trenches after having fought the First World War in 1918, the message and political challenge they brought back with them was “Never Again”.

A decade later, it was clear that this message was not being heeded.
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Nov 20, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
FOOD SECURITY: Thread 🧵

It’s scary to see how fragile our food system has become.

These empty shelves at the Lerwick Tesco this evening are the result of just a few days’ disruption in our food supply.

1/ Shetland hasn’t had cargo from the UK mainland for 3 days and the supermarkets feel like ghost towns. There were no green vegetables apart from this one manky cabbage.

2/ Empty shelves in the fruit and vegetables section of Lerwick