Mark Irvine - Blogger, Campaigner, Organiser

No one seriously believes that tenements will have heat pumps by 2030. Or that petrol and diesel will be banned. These are now Potemkin policies to appease the unco guid Greens. Now alienating the very people Net Zero depends on: voters. https://t.co/VZiqBFRl3W — Iain Macwhirter (@iainmacwhirter) July 31, 2023 Iain Macwhirter weighs in to the great heat pump debate with an article which argues that the SNP's coalition partner (the sanctimonious Greens) is alienating Scottish voters.   "Britain is one of the leaders in the global race to net zero, largely because we closed down the coal mines and are developing vast reserves of wind energy. But an arbitrary ban on using fossil fuels is not rational. Even if it were achievable it would make very little difference to global emissions."   Fair comment.  

Photograph capturing Edinburgh's greatest folly. The National Monument is also in the background. pic.twitter.com/bOnb8rEaK8 — Brian SpX (@BrianSpanner1) July 31, 2023 Brian Spanner is on top form with this joke about Edinburgh's greatest folly - which captures the Green's Lorna Slater and the National Monument of Scotland in the same photo.  

Here is a male trans rights activist arguing against female sport existing at all, there should be no division between the sexes Do you see how much these men hate us yet? How trans rights activism intends to drag women’s rights backwards? https://t.co/SpsuZ0Edn7 — Le_Sorelle_Arduino KPSS (@Sorelle_Arduino) July 30, 2023 Here's a perfect illustration of why the tide has turned against trans ideology and the ridiculous argument that men should be allowed to compete in women's sport.      

Here’s the unlocked article https://t.co/2BlfkPvw0O — starfisher (@starfis53829647) July 30, 2023 Emma Nicholson is a source of inspiration in the fight against transgender ideology and the absurd notion that men can magically declare themselves to be women.  “It is terrifying. So many parents, doctors, nurses, so many people, have been overwhelmed by this sewage, this tide of rubbish which is choking freedom of speech and freedom of thought. It is choking normal people’s lives and incapacitating them, preventing them from speaking out.”  

I wonder how things would be different if ‘Isla Bryson’ had not been sentenced just days after the Scottish parliament passed their GRR Bill. Even if he’d just worn different trousers to court. pic.twitter.com/DwJ9OM5S1w — Venice Allan (@roseveniceallan) July 29, 2023 Venice Allan asks a great question about   the convicted double rapist  Adam 'Isla Bryson' Graham  

Glasgow based business-man Willie Haughey pours cold water on Patrick Harvie's plan to force Scots to replace gas boilers with noisy, expensive, inefficient heat pumps. Will Humza Yousaf and the SNP continue to support this Green 'eco-nonsense' - or will common sense prevail over ideology?      

Glasgow's SNP/Green Council has just announced that the city's regular bonfire night fireworks display has been axed for the foreseeable future. At the same time the SNP/Green led Scottish government provides Glasgow with an extra £500,000 to 'improve' trans health care - I wonder how this unexpected windfall will be spent? More to follow soon.  

Wes Streeting apologises to Rosie Duffield https://t.co/hFeAfdLUgS — Maya Forstater (@MForstater) July 28, 2023 A good start from Wes Streeting who worked for Stonewall before becoming a Labour MP, of course. Next up should be the party leader Keir Starmer. Because Rosie Duffield, and women more generally, are due an apology after being vilified and punished for stating an obvious fact - that a woman is an Adult Human Female.    

The @rupaul misogyny pipeline is in full gush. If you’ve neven seen the show- it just mocks women. Here is his latest winner “Jimbo” Increasingly, these contestants go on to claim they are actually women. 🤦🏾 @RuPaulsDragRace https://t.co/5ZuExK1opW pic.twitter.com/QoYr3u6fxl — Bio Neil Mangrove Timber (@BioNeilBoi) July 28, 2023 If someone were to put on a 'blackface' and behave in this ridiculous way, there would be uproar. So why do men get away with this kind of idiotic mocking of women?  

SPAIN: A man convicted of brutally murdering his cousin before sexually defiling her corpse is now seeking transfer to a women's prison. Jonathan de Jesús began identifying as transgender after being arrested for the sick crime. https://t.co/Bw1f1cpmJa — REDUXX (@ReduxxMag) July 28, 2023 How awful and shameful that this despicable man (Jonathan de Jesús) is allowed to masquerade as a woman by seeking a transfer to a female prison. In Scotland he would be eligible to receive a reduced sentence because of his age. "Using extreme violence intended to target vital areas, Robaina bludgeoned Santana almost three dozen times with a hammer, focusing a great deal of the blows on her skull. Robaina continued to beat Santana even after she fell to the ground, and went on to use a belt to strangle her."  

Japanese man who identifies as a dog goes for a walk in public and enjoys being stroked by strangers. The man spent over $15,000 on a custom made realistic collie dog costume. Weird or cool? pic.twitter.com/rifdAtp4Jo — Oli London (@OliLondonTV) July 28, 2023 The trans lobby is always urging us to believe people when they tell us who they are - even if it's a man declaring he has magically transformed himself into a woman.  I wonder what Stonewall & Co make of this Japanese bloke who self-identifies as a dog, a Lassie dog no less!

Humza Yousaf as Catherine Tate! pic.twitter.com/VwTxNiDDw0 — Mark Irvine (@Mark1957) July 27, 2023 Humza Yousaf channels his inner Catherine Tate with his 'Am I boverred?' response to the prospect of a new SNP leadership challenge which he  ought to welcome if he had any sense. Because Yousaf has no credibility, as SNP leader or First Minister, after being installed as leader by the discredited Sturgeon/Murrell regime who pulled out all the stops (fair and foul) to get their man the top job - and still he only won by the slimmest of margins. 

Some music videos are classics of the genre while others are complete turkeys devoid of any imagination or style.  Sadly The Killers and 'Human' fall into the latter category - great song though!

Fair comment from Calum Steele on the bizarre behaviour of Police Scotland whose officers failed to prosecute a man who violently assaulted a woman in Aberdeen. Where are the words of condemnation from Scotland's politicians - particularly the SNP and Greens? The Greens - A National Embarrassment ( July 24, 2023 ) The Greens are fast becoming a national embarrassment to Scotland - this goth chap self-IDs as a woman and led a group of trans activists to disrupt and harass a Women Won't Wheesht event in Aberdeen at which one woman was punched and hurt. What do the leaders of the Greens and the SNP have to say about this nonsense because the physical violence and intimidation is coming from only one side - trans crazies and their allies.   

Can you imagine the uproar from the Greens if Patrick Harvie had been punched in the eye at a peaceful public event - and his assailant had been allowed to walk away Scot-free and not been charged with assault?  Police Scotland have serious questions to answer and Scotland's political leaders should be on their case too! Including Patrick Harvie, of course. These concerns are well placed. Male violence against women should always be taken seriously even more so when it’s done to prevent women exercising their rights to freedom of expression & freedom of assembly. ⁦ #HumanRights https://t.co/KRNIjCqxBs — Joanna Cherry KC (@joannaccherry) July 28, 2023   Police Scotland and Violence Against Women ( July 25, 2023 ) Fair comment from Calum Steele on the bizarre behaviour of Police Scotland whose officers failed to prosecute a man who violently assaulted a woman in Aberdeen. Where are the words of condemnation from Scotland's politicians - particularly the SNP and Greens? ...

Shame he's not getting "bottom surgery", because you can't rape anyone with your face. pic.twitter.com/6XelZ49CTC — Wings Over Scotland (@WingsScotland) July 25, 2023 A man who identifies as a woman announces on social media that he's going to have facial feminisation surgery (FFS). Now Beth Douglas, a trans activist, must have more money than sense if you ask me. Unless this cosmetic work is being done for free on the NHS in which case it's a scandalous waste of public money and resources.     

Humza Yousaf considering new career as a stand-up comedian!

Nat West is all over the news these days - and for all the wrong reasons after a bonkers decision to cancel certain customers - if the bank's big wigs disapproved of their views. Coincidentally, I wrote to Howard Davies, Chair of the NatWest group,   to complain about customers' money being used to promote gender ideology and maintain the bank's ludicrous association with the controversial lobbying group, Stonewall.  I don't have a problem with people paying for private healthcare, but I do think they should do so with their own money - I also objected to Nat West using my money to promote self-ID and other such trans baloney.  I didn't get a reply from Mr Davies so I closed my NatWest account which I'd had for over 30 years and took my business elsewhere. Howard Davies NatWest Group By email Dear Mr Davies NatWest, Customers Money and Stonewall I was disturbed to read this report in The Times that NatWest is using its customers money to pay for staff to access ...