Mark Irvine - Blogger, Campaigner, Organiser

so much horror, here. but the fact creative scotland bosses protected sadistic bully @atarbuck after she tried to cancel a book by @msjlindsay , then cut funding for new artists should be enough alone for any serious artist to demand its immediate closure. https://t.co/2wZvi37Nt2 — euan mccolm (@euanmccolm) August 31, 2024 Well said Euan McColm! I'm pretty sure this is not the way an independent arts funding body should behave - but sadly this intolerant, gang-like, cancel culture mentality has become a hallmark of the SNP in recent years  

What does this mean? pic.twitter.com/USXPH0l7gJ — Gay Not Queer (@Gaynotqueer1) August 31, 2024 Sounds like more trans gobbledegook - a bit like the absurd term 'girldick' - but does anyone know? 

Nicola Sturgeon issued a formal apology to Scottish women who were persecuted as 'witches' hundreds of years ago, but failed to stand up for the women's rights to single sex spaces or for fair play in women's sports!

Good witch joke on Twitter - even if the 'spelling' could have been better. 

All I’m hearing is someone trying to indoctrinate kids and the kids having none of it…. There people seriously need mental help.. this is WHY Asylums need to be reopened pic.twitter.com/CYyIbu3qVf — Mickamious (@MickamiousG) August 30, 2024 Unfortunately their teacher is the problem. A gender zealot promoting self-ID and the hotly contested ideology of queer theory in the classroom - which is akin to arguing the earth is flat!

The term Zionist is often used as a term of abuse these days, as code language for Jews when all it really means is someone who supports a Jewish homeland. The majority of Jews are Zionists and a Jewish homeland has existed since 1948 when the state of Israel was created after a two-thirds majority vote at the United Nations. People who support a two-state solution to the Palestinian question, people like me, also believe in the right of Israel to exist and live in peace with its neighbours - free from war and terrorist attacks.  So the National should be thoroughly ashamed of its dumb, politically sectarian headline! 

On the blistering comments from JK Rowling on the appallingly inhumane prison policy and a tone deaf response from @ScottishTrans whose fingerprints were all over the original experiment with women's lives & safety. https://t.co/y0QO3TJtHG — For Women Scotland (@ForWomenScot) February 20, 2024 Sounds like common sense that men should be kept out of the female prisons estate - instead of being used as guinea pigs in some kind of bizarre experiment about pandering to men's sexual fetishes. After all, why should women's views be worth so much less than men's? "JK Rowling has claimed women inmates will live in fear or even suffer sexual abuse because of new guidelines for transgender prisoners published by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS)."  

For Women Scotland with a topical message for male criminals, the SNP and the Scottish Prisons Service. Great fun while making a serious point - keep men out of women's prisons! 

The abolition of student fees in Scotland represents a huge transfer of wealth from the 'less well off' to the 'better off'. So Scottish politicians and the voters have some tough choices to make given the poor state of the public finances.  

SNP ministers are having to cut the winter fuel allowance in Scotland because they choose to spend public money on other things such as free bus travel for under 22-year-olds. To govern is to choose. To Govern Is To Choose - Bus Travel vs Pensioners Allowance ( August 14, 2024 ) I didn't realise the SNP's latest free bus travel scheme was so costly - over  £100 million a year apparently.  But this is kind of choice governments face: should they spend public money on free bus travel for under 22-year-olds - or on a winter fuel allowance for pensioners? Which is the greater priority?        

I didn't realise the SNP's latest free bus travel scheme was so costly - over  £100 million a year apparently.  But this is kind of choice governments face: should they spend public money on free bus travel for under 22-year-olds - or on a winter fuel allowance for pensioners? Which is the greater priority?       

There are two sexes. Karyotypes are a mechanism of sex determination, not sex themselves. Each of those karyotypes drives male or female development. You’ve even used the words “most common type of female/male”, suggesting the others are “less common types of female/male”,… — Emma Hilton (@FondOfBeetles) August 29, 2024 Emma Hilton's answer to Chuck and Amanda is one for the ages!  "There are two sexes. Karyotypes are a mechanism of sex determination, not sex themselves. Each of those karyotypes drives male or female development. "You’ve even used the words “most common type of female/male”, suggesting the others are “less common types of female/male”, which is still all male or female. "Also, this list is not “the six karyotype sexes that do not result in the death of the fetus.” You missed tons, obviously, but interestingly, the most common female variant. "The people of Missouri deserve a representative who doesn’t fake being a scientific authority by qu...

Public spending pressures have been caused by SNP decisions, says Scotland’s independent forecaster. https://t.co/7WNBdfiZmu — TimesEditorScotland (@magnusllewellin) August 28, 2024 The Scottish Fiscal Commission says that public spending pressures in Scotland are largely the result of decisions taken by the Scottish government. The abolition of tuition fees, for example, represents a huge transfer of wealth from the less well off in Scotland to the better off. A good policy? Depends on your point of view, but unarguably a costly one in terms of public spending.

2014: Scottish Prison Services: DEI: Trans Inclusion... pic.twitter.com/kCEMhC9GpC — Jonny Bell (@Jonnywsbell) August 26, 2024 Have you ever heard so much self-ID baloney from a public service in Scotland - in this case the Scottish Prisons Service (SPS). Why does the SPS give more weight to the feelings of men who self-ID as women - over the prisoners who actually are women? The SNP minister responsible for the Scottish Prison Service in 2014 was none other than 'Morocco Mike' Matheson who was duly followed by Humza Yousaf in 2018.

The news that Oasis are getting the band back together has ignited the music world, so here's a reminder of Noel and Liam Gallagher at their best with the 1995 hit "Wonderwall'

SNP Scottish Government rejected £13.8million catamaran deal amid £400million ferry fiasco. Seems they wouldn’t even listen to their own expert special adviser. Why did they want to throw so much money away …? https://t.co/p1Km4o4oiV — Aviemore (@Fyrishsunset) August 25, 2024 Interesting report in the Daily Record about a potential catamaran deal which might have prevented the scandal of Scotland's £400 million+ 'ghost ferries'. 

It’s not. pic.twitter.com/Ql3fXtK2yF — Hazel Appleyard (@HazelAppleyard_) August 26, 2024 Don't hold your breath!

Does anyone know why Glasgow City Council is painting over the double yellow lines in the city's west end - and is this happening across the city?

THIS is unbelievable and should be on the headlines of every paper …. What is going on ?! Who are all involved in this aspect of the education system how are they vetted ? This is seriously appalling !! pic.twitter.com/RoXo6OeVgc — Rhona cameron (@CameronRhona) August 25, 2024 SNP ministers have given huge sums of public money to LGBT Youth Scotland - a group which actively promotes self-ID/gender ideology and campaigns against single sex spaces for women.   The vast majority of Scots reject self-ID and support women's rights - so why is trans activism leading such a charmed life under the SNP? 

This is what austerity looks like Cuts have consequences. Join the fight we demand Glasgow city Council re think pulling the jobs in street cleansing. pic.twitter.com/fQ56E85dKH — Chris Mitchell (@ChrisMGMB) August 25, 2024 Given the filthy state of Glasgow you'd think the SNP led city council would be investing in street cleansing jobs - instead of cutting them!   Glasgow - From 'No Mean' to 'No Clean' City ( July 19, 2024 ) If the SNP get a well deserved bloody nose in Glasgow on July 4th, they will only have themselves to blame - because the city's public realm has 'gone to shit'