was done on those who, mysteriously, knew they could apply? 5. Did that include PVG checks? 6. If not, why not? 7. If the Police themselves think Police stations are not safe places for victims of crime, shouldn’t they be doing something about that? 8. Accepting that
Dec 2, 2023 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
I was going to write a blog about this today but got distracted by… cleaning the kitchen and making lentil soup. But here is a thread in lieu.
Everybody with an interest knows the identity of the two married SNP politicians who had an affair. What they don’t know is when. And when is important. Because of the decision in Moseley v News Group Newspapers.
Jan 26, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
On identical facts from today, had the GRRB not been blocked, once it was in force, there would have been no way to remove a future self IDing rapist from a women’s prison. Even if “she” raped other inmates once there. That is what the SNP Government specifically proposed.
I say SNP Government advisedly because the SNP MSP Michelle Thomson proposed an amendment, with support from other Nats, to precisely rule out sex change while awaiting trial. So it wasn’t all of the SNP. The Government voted this down on “human rights” grounds.
Jul 19, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Wee thread in lieu of a blog. Firstly, why have I stopped blogging? Mainly because I blogged mainly about the demerits of Scottish Independence. But Scottish Independence is no longer a thing.
In 2014 it managed to scrape together a semblance of coherence. But it still lost. Now, nobody even advances such a pretence. What currency would Scotland use? Don't know. How could we be in the EU and still have an open border with England? Don't know.
Feb 22, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Have read all the Salmond evidence twice. First of all, since it is careful to identify no complainers, huge questions should arise now about the intervention of wholly SNP publicly funded "Third Sector" organisations who demanded it not be published. Without apparently seeing it
But it is also a legal tour de force. The final paragraph of page 10 would be hugely defamatory if untrue. Except truth is, of course, a complete defence to defamation.
