Mark Irvine - Blogger, Campaigner, Organiser

Judged by his own standard for success, ie securing independence, Nicola Sturgeon has to be seen as a flop as First Minister. Because until the roof fell in on the SNP Humza Yousaf was insisting that the Sturgeon/Murrell regime was the best thing since sliced bread!

Bloody hell. I’m no fan of Sturgeon but this just rude. pic.twitter.com/rbqlBznYhI — Brian Spusk (@BrianSpanner1) April 28, 2023 I enjoyed this tweet from Brian Spanner which sums up Humza Yousaf's dilemma with Nicola Sturgeon - one minute she's the best thing since sliced bread, the next she's an ancient relic.          Team SNP and Sliced Bread ( April 26, 2023 ) Judged by his own standard for success, ie securing independence, Nicola Sturgeon has to be seen as a flop as First Minister. Because until the roof fell in on the SNP Humza Yousaf was insisting that the Sturgeon/Murrell regime was the best thing since sliced bread!

  Requiring men to respect women's boundaries and single sex spaces is not a big ask. But well done to Paul Treyvaud for standing up to the trans zealots. Paul's penis tweet brings all the girls to the yard. Great headline 😂 Thanks for the great dinner ⁦ @PaulTreyvaud ⁩ https://t.co/jikNeRBtpN — Iseult (@iseult) April 29, 2023        

The @The_TUC doesn't want the government to clarify the Equality Act. Why not? Surely it is in favour of equal opportunities for females on the basis of sex? And when sex matters, female only provisions & services? Female sport categories? If not, why not? https://t.co/HlXIP4radY — Cathy Devine (@cathydevine56) April 29, 2023 Individual trade unions, the STUC and the TUC are reflecting  the views of a tiny number of trans activists in their ranks - instead of standing up for their grassroots members who reject self-ID and the absurd notion that men can magically declare themselves to be women      

pic.twitter.com/wRQ2VSkVDU — TooStr82bGay (@Aussie_GC_Man) April 27, 2023 Some straight talking on the subject of respecting women's boundaries and not behaving like an asshole.       

As Judge Judy is fond of saying - 'if it doesn't make sense, it's almost certainly not true' - and this applies to Humza Yousaf's baloney reason for missing a crucial vote in the Scottish Parliament on same sex marriage.  Yousaf set up a meeting with the Pakistan Consul General in Glasgow for 4 February 2014 - on the same day and presumably the same time as the parliamentary vote in Edinburgh. Yousaf set up this meeting on 16 January 2014 - two days after being advised of the 4 February date for the same sex marriage vote. The clash was perfectly avoidable - another date and time could have been arranged, or the meeting could have easily taken place in Edinburgh, for example. Scottish Ministers have staff to manage their diaries, of course, so Yousaf's hastily arranged meeting was clearly to act as cover for his absence, as the SNP's Alex Neil has claimed. You can just imagine what Nicola Sturgeon would have said if Boris Johnson had concocted such a lame st...

Great story in The Herald about an "unavoidable" meeting which Humza Yousaf used to excuse his absence from a crucial vote in the Scottish Parliament.    Apparently there are no records, no minutes and no official paperwork regarding the meeting which suggests that Humza Yousaf is continuing with the SNP's established  culture of spin, dissembling and outright lies. Correspondence released by the Scottish Government has no record of the meeting. https://t.co/3Lcq49dmSt — The Herald (@heraldscotland) April 29, 2023      

King High School, Riverside CA: There has been more than just the one incident of him assaulting female students at the high school. A meeting with the school board is to be held, tonight, at Riverside Adult School. pic.twitter.com/zAqcPz5v5m — gender is harmful (@genderisharmful) April 28, 2023 There is no excuse.     

A truly shocking tale from a courageous young woman who speaks out about her experience at the Sandyford clinic in Glasgow. Sinead Watson's interview with The Times is a real eye-opener: “I went to Sandyford as a 24-year-old woman with a long history of depression, anxiety, self-harm, alcohol abuse and suicidal ideation. “I did not have gender dysphoria prior to my teens. Yet for some reason, the clinic thought it was appropriate to ignore all of these other issues. Within a matter of months, I was put on irreversible cross-sex hormones.” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/close-down-sandyford-gender-clinic-to-children-says-former-patient-3xn3sd66t    

I literally convinced myself that I had a male brain in and female body. I hand on my heart believed my dysphoria came from too much testosterone in the womb. You cannot reason with people that lost. Not until they wake up themselves. I was delusional. — Watson (@ImWatson91) April 27, 2023 Sinead Watson explains that it's a waste of time trying to reason with trans bullies and zealots - what's important is holding institutions to account for pandering to their insanities.  Sadly, this task is made harder by the fact that Scotland's first minister is on the side of the 'crazies'.   Sandyford, Gender Ideology and the SNP ( January 09, 2023 ) A truly shocking tale from a courageous young woman who speaks out about her experience at the Sandyford clinic in Glasgow. Sinead Watson's interview with The Times is a real eye-opener: “I went to Sandyford as a 24-year-old woman with a long history of depression, anxiety, self-harm, alcohol abuse and suicidal ideation. “I di...

  I do object to paying for the expensive education of trans bullies and zealots who think it's OK to deny women their rights to freedom of assembly/free speech.  Our taxes are being wasted on these democracy denying clowns.  

Free speech and challenging debate is part of everyday life at university, but if the trans zealots get their way, people will be punished for refusing to believe that a man with a penis can magically declare himself to be a woman. 

  I do object to paying for the expensive education of trans bullies and zealots who think it's OK to deny women their rights to freedom of assembly/free speech.  Our taxes are being wasted on these democracy denying clowns.

  My local Property Manager has been in touch to say they need prior approval from all the owners in order to spend £2,400 on essential work to our building. Meanwhile over at SNP HQ someone splashes out £110,000 on a motor home apparently without asking anyone's 'by or leave'.  Incredible.  SNP - Something Doesn't Add Up ( April 26, 2023 ) How would the Chief Executive of the SNP, Peter Murrell, have the authority to spend £110,000 on a top of the range motor home without prior approval from the SNP Treasurer, the party's National Executive or its finance committee?    Something doesn't add up.

Tess White rightly raising the utterly shameful goings on at Edinburgh University again last night. Humza is very much team Beth & chums of course throwing women's & girls rights under the bus. Disgraceful 👇 #FMQs @ForWomenScot @Glinner @WingsScotland @NoXYinXXprisons @GBNEWS pic.twitter.com/yAVywIe1EF — Marko Polo (@markthehibby) April 27, 2023 Humza Yousaf says he's an 'unequivocal' supporter of trans rights, but has no unequivocal words of condemnation for the trans bullies who denied women their right to freedom of assembly and free speech in Edinburgh last night. Edinburgh, Free Speech and Angry Mobs ( April 26, 2023 ) Have I missed something? I'm out of the country at the moment, but I seemed to have missed the coverage of Scotland's politicians condemning the ugly rent-a-mob tactics of trans activists at Edinburgh University.   Has Humza Yousaf or any of Edinburgh's SNP politicians spoken up in support of free speech and freedom of asse...

The heckler's veto is a breach of freedom of expression. Public bodies like Edinburgh University have a duty to ensure the potential attendees' human rights https://t.co/SFc7TjQipj — Audrey Ludwig (@AudreySuffolk) April 26, 2023 Have I missed something? I'm out of the country at the moment, but I seemed to have missed the coverage of Scotland's politicians condemning the ugly rent-a-mob tactics of trans activists at Edinburgh University.   Has Humza Yousaf or any of Edinburgh's SNP politicians spoken up in support of free speech and freedom of assembly? After the screening of, "Adult Human Female," at Edinburgh Uni is cancelled, a woman attempts to enter the lecture theatre where it was due to be shown, but is blocked by demonstrators. She tells them, "My rights are being denied by you. I want in there." @STVNews pic.twitter.com/NCIiLmyEoU — Laura Alderman (@LauraAlderman_) April 26, 2023

Trans runner beat 14k woman in London Marathon https://t.co/9OVNpBi9Xd pic.twitter.com/6vxnOdzeAb — New York Post (@nypost) April 26, 2023 A man who entered the Tokyo marathon as a male joined the London marathon as a woman - making a mockery of sporting values and the notion of fair competition in women's sport.  

Trans activists complaining about women, feminism, and the patriarchy again.🙄 #SaveWomensSports #SaveWomensSpaces pic.twitter.com/Hiao26vCaa — Biology Rules Ok (@OkBiology) April 26, 2023 Trans activists are so full of baloney - the objection to Lia Thomas taking part in women's sport is because he's a man who should be competing against other men,

Humza Yousaf has said he will be a failure as FM if he does not secure Scottish independence https://t.co/ebm7AFzIEf — The Herald (@heraldscotland) April 25, 2023 Judged by his own standard for success, ie securing independence, Nicola Sturgeon has to be seen as a flop as First Minister. Because until the roof fell in on the SNP Humza Yousaf was insisting that the Sturgeon/Murrell regime was the best thing since sliced bread!

🔥👇 Colin starting to get brave? Just took 8 years and multiple police investigations. pic.twitter.com/vo5wHJXYBb — Marko Polo (@markthehibby) April 25, 2023 Never mind Humza Yousaf - Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP owe the people of Scotland a humble apology. 

But these are the accounts he signed. pic.twitter.com/HhvaI1Lv4h — Brian Spusk (@BrianSpanner1) April 25, 2023 How would the Chief Executive of the SNP, Peter Murrell, have the authority to spend £110,000 on a top of the range motor home without prior approval from the SNP Treasurer, the party's National Executive or its finance committee?    Something doesn't add up. Colin Beattie now says he learned the party splashed £110k on a motorhome "via the 2021 annual acounts". As it arrived in Jan 2021 (when D Chapman was treasurer) and Mr Beattie signed off the accounts in June 2022, it seems no one told him for than a year https://t.co/lGUEjTdYmx pic.twitter.com/T1DzsMwV4e — Tom Gordon (@HTScotPol) April 25, 2023  

Astonishing - it’s beyond belief that the SNP’s National Treasurer would not be aware of such major expenditure ! — Mark Irvine (@Mark1957) April 25, 2023 I said yesterday that it was beyond belief for the SNP National Treasurer, Collin Beattie, not to know that   the party had spent such a huge sum of money (around £110,000) on a top of the range motor home. And so it proved because later that same day Colin Beattie, a former international banker apparently, had to admit that he did know about this expenditure via the SNP's annual accounts. What a complete farce - the SNP's culture of spin, lies and dissembling continues.  

A few readers have pointed out that Nicola Sturgeon being chauffeured around  the place  may   not be that unreasonable because, after all, the former first minister hasn't learned to drive. Well maybe so, but why doesn't she just  jump a cab like everyone else - or get hubby Peter to give her a lift, especially as Pete's no longer doing his day job as SNP chief executive?    Chauffeur Driven Backbencher ( April 22, 2023 ) Why is a backbench SNP MSP being chauffeur-driven around when she is not even attending to her day job in the Scottish Parliament?