Mark Irvine - Blogger, Campaigner, Organiser

Here's a great advert from Virgin Atlantic which might provide some food for thought to the folks at Tayside Aviation - as they try to inspire young Scots women to pursue a career in flying and the aviation industry.   The Sky's The Limit ( October 21, 2022 ) Wouldn't it be wonderful if a group of young women paid a visit to Tayside Aviation to test their aptitude and skills on a flight simulator - n ow that would be really cool! I imagine one or two from Celtic Women's FC might be interested as well since a professional footballer's career is relatively short.    The Sky's The Limit! ( October 19, 2022 ) I was in Airdrie on Sunday to watch Celtic FC Women play Glasgow Women, as a guest of Tayside Aviation, one of the team's latest sponsors. Tayside Aviation believe there should be no limits on young women's ambitions in today's job market and that a career in professional football or as an airline pilot should be up there alongside other more tradit...

Fergus Ewing explains to The Times that he represents the views of “a substantial majority” of his constituents in Inverness and Nairn by voting against Nicola Sturgeon's Self-ID bill.  “Their concerns, expressed to me in fairly large numbers, are primarily that existing checks and balances protecting young people, some of whom may be vulnerable, should remain in place; and that privacy of female-only places, such as toilets and changing rooms should be preserved” The same goes for the rest of Scotland, of course, which means that Nicola Sturgeon is riding roughshod over the views of  Scottish voters including most SNP supporters.  So much for democracy and the will of the people.

People in the comments hyping him up?? 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/M9NDl7ll4C — 🐇 Z`zow 🐇 (@Terf3zazo) September 27, 2022 Nicola Sturgeon's barmy Self-ID bill says this guy is a gal -  even though he is clearly a grown man pretending to be a girl.  Glasgow's Sinead Watson is suitably unimpressed with this 'womanface' nonsense.        Glasgow Humour vs 'Womanface' Malarkey ( October 22, 2022 ) I enjoyed this pithy comment from Sinead Watson which embodies all that's great about Glasgow humour!   More Girlhood Mockery ( September 29, 2022 ) Being a girl is awesome if you're a girl - not so much if you're a grown man making a complete mockery of what it's like to be both young and  female.       Girlhood Sham ( September 26, 2022 ) Fair comment - this ‘girlhood’ business is a grotesque, phoney and exploitative sham!        

Alyn Smith “I would imagine those who did not support our own government will be getting a torrid time from their constituency parties and local members soon enough" Wee man syndrome bully boy language. Inciting attacks on women. Another one @nicolasturgeon will be silent on? — Christopher McEleny (@ChrisMcEleny) October 30, 2022 Alyn Smyth, a leading figure in the SNP, encourages fellow members to bully MSPs who stood up for the views of their local constituents. Their crime? - refusing to support the Scottish Government's barmy bill on Self-ID which would allow men to declare they are women!   What an intolerant, nasty party the SNP has become.

Also doesn’t have the first clue about competitive sport either & is extremely abusive, which says it all.. https://t.co/taGkFKlc4R — Sharron Davies MBE (@sharrond62) October 30, 2022 I ndia is to fair competition in women's sport - what Vladimir Putin is to peace in Ukraine.

Nicola Sturgeon didn't take any  action against the self-confessed SNP sex pest Patrick Grady, MP.  So she doesn't have a leg to stand on with empty threats to discipline MSPs who refused to back her barmy Self-ID bill.  

I heard Humza on BBC Scotland earlier today and all he could do was to keep blaming Covid for the poor state of Scotland's health service. Cataract operations in the private sector continued right through the Covid pandemic, of course, and now  GP budgets are being cut while 'trans healthcare' receives a major 29% increase.  Humza Yousaf has been Scotland’s worst health minister - by a country mile!         SNP Priorities - Basic Services vs 'Trans Healthcare' ( October 20, 2022 ) I do wonder about the SNP's health priorities - basic services and GP funding are being cut while 'trans healthcare' receives a major boost. So where is all this extra money, a 29% increase, being spent? SNP Health Priorities ( January 24, 2022 ) I came across this ScotGov announcement about trans health care recently and if I remember correctly the existing £7 million NHS budget is being boosted by an extra £2 million - a whopping increase of 29%.  Other aspects of NHS healt...

I wish to thank the hundreds of constituents and others across Scotland who have contacted me, supporting my stance. This is an issue of a deep concern to many and I am touched that some have shared their experiences of trauma with me and their need for safe spaces. — Ash Regan MSP (@AshtenRegan) October 29, 2022 The SNP spin machine is doing its level best to rubbish MSPs like Ash Regan who oppose ScotGov legislation which if passed will allow men to declare they are women - without any safeguarding or medical oversight.   

Glasgow witches with an important message for Nicola Sturgeon and her barmy ScotGov bill on Self-ID  - women won't wheesht!  

'Globalisation' gets a bad name, in some circles at least, but one of its many unsung benefits is that the new-found ability to buy pumpkins in the global marketplace has freed the Scottish people from celebrating Halloween with the dreaded 'neep'. Now a 'neep' is a turnip and for readers too young to remember the dreaded days of making a Halloween lantern out of a turnip, here's a hilarious YouTube video from Scot Scran which captures the insanity of these bygone days rather brilliantly. If you ask me, this mollycoddled generation of younger Scots don't seem to realise - they've never had it so good!  

Eco-activists have spraypainted obscene graffiti on displays at the GlasGLOW event just hours after dozens of families enjoyed the show https://t.co/Rkw5oNo425 — The Daily Record (@Daily_Record) October 29, 2022 The intolerant behaviour of eco warriors is giving the green movement a bad name - the latest example from Glasgow's Botanic Gardens being a case in point.  Apparently the culprits have been caught on CCTV which is great news.  

Nicola Sturgeon's is gaining a reputation as a nasty bully after her angry response to Ash Regan's resignation over the Scottish Government's support for legislation which will allow men to declare themselves to be women. The Sunday Times reports on   the ugly spin operation that's been underway since Ash Regan decided to stand up for the views of her constituents by opposing Sturgeon's barmy Self-ID bill. Team Sturgeon is well versed in the black arts of spin of course - someone within her inner circle deliberately leaked the highly confidential internal report into allegations of harassment against Alex Salmond to the Daily Record, but the leaker has never been found.   https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/out-of-touch-first-minister-blindsided-by-the-rebel-msps-t63bqtp60 Out-of-touch first minister blindsided by the rebel MSPs By John Boothman - The Sunday Times It has long been a complaint of some SNP MSPs that Nicola Sturgeon does not turn up for internal group m...