Making a Mockery of Scottish Democracy


Can you imagine the furore if public money was used to appoint a white person as the public face of a campaign aimed at ethnic minorities?

And remember these same SNP ministers agreed to delete the word 'mother' from the ScotGov maternity policy while giving huge sums of public money to the controversial lobbying company, Stonewall.

Queer Theory Is Big Business (July 23, 2022)

Looks as if Stonewall might be eyeing up another big business opportunity - I wonder who they have in mind for this ‘affirming’ education strategy? 

Stonewall, of course, receives lots of money and recently persuaded SNP ministers to drop the word 'mother' from the Scottish Government's maternity policy.

Excellent News - Stonewall Rebuffed (June 21, 2022)

The lobbying group Stonewall successfully persuaded SNP ministers to drop the word 'mother' from the Scottish Government's maternity policy, but the DWP has become the latest body to decide that public money should not be used to fund their activities.

Concerns About Stonewall? (November 26, 2021)

The series of podcasts from ‘Nolan Investigates Stonewall’ provide ample evidence of well-founded concerns about the lobbying group’s activities with our politicians and public institutions.

Including the removal of the word ‘mother’ from the Scottish Government’s maternity policy.


 

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