Mark Irvine - Blogger, Campaigner, Organiser

A new ITV sitcom about a man who self-IDs as a woman - portrays the 'woman' urinating over a co-worker's car. God above - what a load of humourless claptrap! I think @ITV have called this wrong. My guess is that a lot of people are going to see a bloke 'punishing' a woman by urinating on her car as a disgusting misogynistic act. It's not going to help the perception of 'trans women as women'. https://t.co/ufS52D35St — Helen Staniland (@helenstaniland) November 17, 2024    

I'd love to know why these pro-Palestinian protesters keep marching on Marks&Spencers? M&S is not a Jewish store and even if it were, that's not reason to stand outside shouting abuse - unless it's just more ugly Jew-hate on display.   Jew-Hate In Glasgow (1)  November 03, 2023 An angry mob targeted Marks & Spencer in Glasgow's Argyle Street - chanting slogans about Israel and terrorism while having nothing to say about Hamas and its horrific attack on Israeli civilians which has triggered the latest crisis in Gaza.       

  What a gross public display of intolerance, bigotry and antisemitism as pro-Hamas supporters harass a well known department store in Melbourne because a Jewish family owns the business. Pro-Hamas fanatics did the same thing in Glasgow recently gathering to shout dumb slogans outside Marks&Spencer,  a highly popular high street store with an old Jewish connection.  Pro-Palestine protesters ruined a beloved 70 year old local Christmas tradition in Melbourne Australia today. They decided to target the annual Myer department store Christmas windows display because a Jewish family owns the store. Listen to their chants: “Myer Myer you can’t… pic.twitter.com/u4ceppdqlD — Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) November 17, 2024      

  Womens football means a lot to me. I wrote this poem in support of young girl who has been disciplined for asking if a man was a man. My lovely partner (anon) did the video 💜 I shall be at the protest tomorrow. See @twelve0fiveUK for details #SaveWomensSports pic.twitter.com/cLisnbe0ks — Art4Women (@TVArt4Us) November 16, 2024 What a great poem in support of the young football player who has been punished by the FA for having the temerity to ask why a man was playing in a women's team!

Yet again the distress and well being of victims of these vile predators is bottom of the list for our criminally broken justice system- these monsters cause lifelong harm and they simply continue preying on the vulnerable. Please speak out about this horror or nothing will… https://t.co/bZOkAsdUQ1 — marion scott (@ladymcbeth2) November 16, 2024 The Sunday Post hits the nail on the head - how can a vile abuser's human rights be regarded as more important than his victims? The justice system is broken - unfit for purpose.

"As matters stand, a woman is a woman except when she is not. That might be an interesting philosophical discussion but as a matter of law, never mind reality, it seems profoundly unsatisfactory."✍️ @alexmassie https://t.co/4N4vFNF6GT — For Women Scotland (@ForWomenScot) November 17, 2024 Alex Massie's pithy comment sums up the absurd state of the law in the UK ahead of an important hearing in the UK Supreme Court.  https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/what-is-a-woman-five-judges-will-soon-decide-vh27vschx https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/lord-reed-how-we-will-decide-what-constitutes-a-woman-mt7nn79hc

Women and girls sports is for women & girls only. I'll be at Wembley tomorrow with other spreading the word. #AreYouAMan #HesAMan #SaveWomensSports https://t.co/ZPEf0JySR0 pic.twitter.com/GpqqQfZfNv — Aja the Empress ♀️🇬🇧🇯🇲 (@AjaTheEmpress) November 16, 2024 Makes sense - 'women and girls sport is for women and girls only'. Let men play with their own balls!  

We’re headed to Wembley today, are you with us? #SaveWomensSports #SeeYouSunday #AreYouAMan #FABallsUp pic.twitter.com/QGvC58KlOo — Issy (@IssyIssyIssyOi) November 17, 2024 It is ridiculous that such a thing needs to be said never mind fought for in this day and age - but men have no place in women's and girls' football. 'Mon the women'!   Look what you made me do! You should have taken me seriously @FA @KensingtonRoyal I put a shout out on 6/11 to see if women might fancy a protest at #ENGvIRE 11 days later, it’s happening. Never underestimate women. @IanWright0 @leahcwilliamson help #SaveWomensSports https://t.co/gpociwaLwk pic.twitter.com/lZhgfw9us2 — Mother Superior (@T0MB0Y0) November 17, 2024

Hey @liamgallagher you love your football. Get behind this. Come and stand with women outside the England v Rep of Ireland match. Cant imagine you think hairy arsed blokes in dresses should be getting girls banned from the pitch by @FA do ya? https://t.co/j8GOMhi9XC — Jean Hatchet (@JeanHatchet) November 14, 2024 Women are protesting ahead of today's England v Rep of Ireland match - over a 17-year-old girl who was disciplined by the FA (Football Association) for having the temerity to question why a man was playing for a rival team. 'Mon the women' - fair play in women's sport!

I would just like to remind a certain small group of individuals my family, my children and I live Ireland, this is our home. I feel extremely uncomfortable and sometimes intimidated by some messages again from a small group that are hurtful, threatening and dangerous. They not — Claudine Keane (@ClaudineKeane1) November 13, 2024 Robbie Keane is a widely respected footballer who has played with great distinction for a host of clubs in the UK and for Ireland's national team.  Yet because he managed Maccabi Tel Aviv for a short spell Robbie, his wife and their family have been the subject of a vile campaign of harassment - by pro-Hamas/pro-Palestinian fanatics. Shame on the cowards!

What a resounding vindication and victory for Roz Adams! The entire board of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre must resign - the organisation is not fit for purpose.  And what a shocking waste of money. ERCC receives around £2 million an year in public funding with £1 million coming from the SNP ministers.  Self-ID and Edinburgh Rape Crisis ( October 16, 2024 ) Roz Adams, an experienced counsellor, was victimised and hounded out of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre after refusing to accept self-identifying men as providers of female-only support services “What I want from an apology is a real recognition of what has been done and for them to say what change is concretely happening now to prevent that happening in the future." How very reasonable - especially for an organisation that receives @£2 million a year in public funding What the hell is going on Scottish ministers?

I regret to inform you that the moderators at the other place have been doing this to posts from one of the finest lawyers at work today #BeKind pic.twitter.com/IV6Z13478n — Ursula Doyle (@suladoyle) November 15, 2024 Apparently, there's a new social media platform in town (Bluesky) which is censoring the comments of Naomi Cunningham. Naomi is a fine, pro-women's rights barrister who acted for Roz Adams in the employment tribunal case which found Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre guilty of a 'heresy hunt'.  Does anyone believe Naomi is guilty of intolerance?  

The SNP's Stephen Flynn has announced his intention to mount a hostile takeover of the Holyrood parliamentary seat of Aberdeen South which means ousting the sitting SNP MSP, Audrey Nicoll.  But Flynn may have bitten off more than he can chew because there's growing resentment within SNP ranks as critics cry foul over 'double jobbing' and changing the rules to suit a male MP.

SNP ‘united in fury’ as Stephen Flynn bids to unseat colleague https://t.co/VQjSjySoKn — TimesEditorScotland (@magnusllewellin) November 16, 2024 So Stephen Flynn seems to have stirred up a bit of a hornets' nest in the SNP with his bid to 'double job' as a Westminster MP and Holyrood MSP at the same time. To make matters worse this would require Flynn to oust a sitting female SNP MSP, Audrey Nicoll, which has led to Flynn being sent a coded message from another SNP MSP spelling out the word - P.R.I.C.K. What a hoot! EXCL: SNP MSP spells out P-R-I-C-K with first letters of each line in tweet criticising party's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn. Comes amid internal anger over Flynn's bid to oust female colleague & 'double job' as MP/MSP. by @conor_matchett https://t.co/x1xcPBaqvZ — Chris Musson (@ChrisMusson) November 15, 2024  

Indeed - local councillors do it all the time as well! — Mark Irvine (@Mark1957) November 13, 2024 Roddy Dunlop KC makes a fair point about politicians - they can't do two full-time jobs at the same time, not properly at least. But it's not just MPs and MSPs who pretend they can ride two horses at the same time - local councillors have been doing so for years! A good example is former SNP councillor Mhairi Hunter - who was a full-time 'senior councillor' with Glasgow City Council, an Office Assistant to Nicola Sturgeon MSP and a member of Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS. Mhairi is no longer a Glasgow councillor having lost her seat to the Greens, but the practice continues to this day which is an insult to people's intelligence - and the public purse.   SNP Politicians - Gaming the System ( October 27, 2024 ) It's time for an honest discussion about councillors pay in Scotland because there's no doubt some individuals and their parties have been gaming the sys