Mark Irvine - Blogger, Campaigner, Organiser

Sturgeon was meant to appear in front Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee on Monday. She called off, saying she was ‘no longer available’, yet here she is in London …👇 https://t.co/rIdJqs3rV0 pic.twitter.com/3qH6vFICqR — Aviemore (@Fyrishsunset) April 27, 2024 Nicola Sturgeon pulled out of a planned meeting with the Scottish Affairs Committee in Westminster on Monday, but managed to find the time to attend DIVA awards in London last night.  Not a good look for Sturgeon or the SNP. 

Lots of excellent commentary today on the farcical ending to the cosy SNP/Green at Holyrood, but to a man and woman everyone agrees Humza brought this on himself.

Done. pic.twitter.com/m1rdmeBX1E — Innocent Bystander (@supertolerant) April 25, 2024 Very funny! Some wag has posted a video of the Greens denouncing Humza Yousaf with 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' being played in the background - on a Kazoo.  

  Team Yousaf is sending out signals that their man plans to fight and not go quietly, but will Humza really 'do a Boris' and be dragged kicking and screaming from office - has Humza no pride or integrity? 

Men : Always tuck your penis when wearing a satin dress. https://t.co/hAcI6o4bo6 — ''Femalism''🟥 🟩⬜🟪 (@ilovepreserves) April 26, 2024 Important fashion advice for men who self-identify as women and like to dress up in women's clothes. 

How strange that Hamas apologists should be so queasy about rape and October - when the same men clearly murdered Israeli lots of innocent civilians - men, women and children - in cold blood! Are they suggesting all the Israeli hostages kidnapped themselves? @MarinaMedvin pic.twitter.com/KVkqJPe3oN — Mark Irvine (@Mark1957) April 25, 2024 You've got to wonder if apologists for Hamas believe these cowardly men were taking Shani Louk for a nice drive - and that all the completely innocent Israeli hostages actually kidnapped themselves.

I joined the Free Speech Union recently. Regular newsletters contain lots of useful information as well as details of how to get involved in FSU campaign events. Here's an example and link - https://freespeechunion.org In Today’s Newsletter Edinburgh Speakeasy: Thirty Days of Hate Crime Law The human cost of cancel culture Cambridge in free-speech row over researcher’s ‘race realism’ blog A postcard from down under Science under pressure: restoring public confidence King’s College London bars staff from promotion unless they support pro-trans diversity policy Is it time to get over the rainbow? Tickets now available Free speech issues at stake in BACP ethical framework review Latest episode of the FSU’s weekly podcast is out now UK-Government funded ‘disinformation tracker’ labels gender critical beliefs “anti-trans” Finnish politician’s ‘hate speech’ case for expressing Christian beliefs appealed to Supreme Court Support for Stonewall crumbles after Cass Review The FSU is hiring! 

Humza Yousaf says the two ministerial positions now vacated by Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie will "be absorbed" by other ministers. — mandy rhodes (@holyroodmandy) April 25, 2024 In one of his final acts as First Minister Humza Yousaf confirmed the two ministerial positions vacated by Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie will 'be absorbed' by other ministers who will pick up their duties and responsibilities. Thus confirming they were 'non-jobs' in the first place - and a terrible waste of public money. See posts below from the blog archive. Grubby Deals and Cosy Politics ( June 28, 2022 ) As everyone knows, the Scottish Greens are vehemently against irresponsible and unnecessary growth. Except of course when it comes to not one but two extra, uncalled-for jobs especially created by the SNP to bring two Green ministers into the Scottish Government - at considerable public expense.    Job Creation and Green Ministers ( June 14, 2022 ) While 40,000 job losses are e

  Humza Yousaf's rude put down of Ash Regan has come back to haunt him - the soon to be former First Minister said Ash Regan was 'no great loss' and now she holds his political future in his hands. Irony is not dead.

Scotland's headline writers are all agreed - SNP and nationalist leader Humza Yousaf is 'on the brink' and it's only a matter of time before he steps down.    

👋👋👋👋👋🤡 pic.twitter.com/rHyiE3KPQG — mole at the counter (@moleatthedoor) April 25, 2024 Mole at the counter on top form!  After being thrown overboard and abandoned by Humza Yousaf how can the Greens possibly support their former ally in a vote of confidence in the Scottish Parliament. Maybe they could apologise for calling Humza a 'coward'?

Remove Lorna Slater from government...... Humza stares blankly at his phone.. 😒 pic.twitter.com/Hn1zl1uO8L — Jonny Bell 🧐💨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@Jonnywsbell) August 19, 2023 Great video of Humza on his mobile phone while fellow (now former) minister, Lorna Slater, is slated in the Scottish Parliament over her disastrous Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) which has cost industry in Scotland over £80 million.

Iain Macwhirter gets to the heart of the madness which has contaminated public debate on transgender issues - the absurd suggestion that a man can become a woman by the power of his own mind and imagination. "Trans women are women, intoned the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon. Get over it. Biology is for the birds. Women aren’t women any more, they’re 'menstruators' or 'people with cervixes', said the NHS, since people with penises had now to be regarded as female.  "Anyone who disagreed was a 'transphobe' and likened to racists by Sturgeon. There was to be 'no debate'." Well said, sir! A fierce public debate is now raging despite the best efforts of politicians like Nicola Sturgeon and Patrick Harvie which is a good thing, of course, because reason, common sense and sanity and will prevail in the end. Labour is desperately backtracking from this self-ID mess The party is trying to dig itself out of a hole as Humza Yousaf pushes the SNP fur

Seems highly unlikely that Fergus Ewing will  tone down his criticism of the SNP leadership not least because he's been completely proved right over: Self-ID and men magically declaring themselves to be women Lorna Slater's ruinous Deposit Return Scheme Highly Protected Marine Areas Dualling the A9 Patrick Harvie's abandoned 'heat pump' scheme Humza Yousaf being a dud Bringing 'wine bar revolutionaries' into government  

Scottish Greens are giving small parties a bad name, writes @BecMcQ ➡ https://t.co/25psdZaTJr pic.twitter.com/opilSCYexm — The Herald (@heraldscotland) April 17, 2024 Rebecca McQuillan on the arrogant grandstanding of the Greens:  "They’re at it again. The Scottish Greens are annoying people. "Alex Salmond’s Alba won’t appear on the bill of a planned pro-independence rally on Saturday in order to preserve the Scottish Greens’ ideological purity, it seems. Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater’s party have indicated they won’t share a platform with those like Alba whose political vision diverges from theirs. "Also in the last week, senior Scottish Green MSP Ross Greer reposted a comment on X calling the independent Cass report into NHS gender identity services for children “a straight up transphobic and conservative document.”.          

Household rubbish dumped all over Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street - and not a bottle in sight! Lorna Slater moved on from her ruinous DRS (Deposit Return Scheme) and recently claimed that people will be fined £200 for dropping litter and £500 for fly-tipping. But if you believe that, you probably think Patrick Harvie is a 6 feet 2 inch - hunka, hunka burning love!

Beyond providing cushy, made-up, non-jobs for Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater of course - and ensuring that the Greens act as 'human shields' for incompetent SNP ministers.  

Fair comment from Martin Redfern. Most Scots are highly critical of the SNP these days and think Humza Yousaf & Co would have difficulty organising a piss-up in a brewery.