Mark Irvine - Blogger, Campaigner, Organiser

NHS colleagues who ‘couldn’t stand’ Sandie Peggie plotted to have her sacked. Yesterday the tribunal revealed how Sandie Peggie became the target of a personal vendetta by those she worked with and they wanted to end her NHS career. pic.twitter.com/33DJYIlwWq — Agent P (@AgentP22) July 29, 2025 Going on holiday with a friends at work over several years before suddenly declaring that you don't 'share the same values as them' - does sound more than a tad feeble and unconvincing. A bit like - 'we come in peace, shoot to kill!'

  One of the most astonishing things about the Sandie Peggie debacle in NHS Fife is that a new policy of allowing a male to use a female changing area was introduced without consulting any of the women involved, ie the nurses. Now the male involved was a doctor which brings a touch of class to the issue. In the sense of 'the working class can kiss my ass' - since a lot of doctors, in my experience, consider themselves to be a cut above the rest of the health care team. But why would NHS Fife bring in such a major change and consult only the male doctor - why did they not ask the female nurses whether they thought this was a good idea? 

Top trolling from Donald Trump. Apparently the American President's official gift to John Swinney during his four day visit to Scotland was a figurine of a bald eagle!

While SNP ministers have been spending huge sums of public money of charities promoting the nonsense of self-ID - a children's counselling charity (Smile) has to ask for donations.

So despite the silly predictions about 'mass protests' it seems that Donald Trump's four day visit to Scotland was quite the success!  

  Hands up! Who agrees it's weird that a male doctor should think it's OK to invade a female nurses changing room and not to remove himself when asked?

So the case against Sandie Peggie, the defence from NHS Fife, comes down to tittle-tattle from a private Facebook group and disputed claims about what people said to each other socially, in some cases years ago. Strangely, the people making these accusations never said anything at the time, never took them seriously, or at least never seriously enough to report them anywhere - u ntil Sandie Peggie complained about NHS Fife failing to defend her right to dignity and privacy at work. I wonder if these former friends and work colleagues were encouraged by the same NHS managers who ganged up on Sandie Peggie from Day One? So I don't take these disputed claims seriously. I suspect the tribunal will place greater weight on Sandie Peggie's own testimony, her 30-year unblemished record of service and the evidence from the manager who overturned her vindictive suspension from work. However, I will be interested to hear who else speaks up for Sandie because who can forget when the late J...

I enjoyed this Abba cartoon in Private Eye, the UK's best and only fortnightly satirical magazine. Follow the link below to two of Abba's greatest hits - 'SOS' and 'Mamma Mia'. 

Sandie Peggie was deliberately smeared during the Fife NHS employment tribunal because she stayed at a Donald Trump's hotel - see exchange below:   JR - what did you know about Sandies' belief ED - she has strong beliefs, she is a fan of Donald Trumps and his policies, she lets you know JR - how did you know ED - just through convo, she was on holiday and told us she stayed in the Trump Hotel. Now why anyone would hold this against Sandie Peggie beats me, but it turns out that Scotland's NHS is actually encouraging staff to use the Turnberry Resort by offering them a special discount. The cowardly bullying and gang-like behaviour involved has turned this case into a national scandal - though not just for Fife NHS. Because Scottish ministers have been deliberately using public services like the NHS to promote self-ID, a policy which undermines women's rights and the importance of single sex spaces. 

Strikes me the Scottish TUC will need to come up with some catchy new slogans after the news that its boss Roz Foyer owns five homes and separate plot of land in Glasgow. What I find truly incredible that the General Secretary of the STUC has had nothing to say about Sandie Peggie's battle for justice in NHS Fife - Scotland's biggest employment news story for years. Is the STUC having a laugh? It's as if the unions are behind the bullies and bureaucrats in NHS Fife who have been ganging up on a long-serving health worker - a nurse with a 30-year unblemished record of service to her local community. 

Tom Lehrer on the 'joys' of poisoning pigeons in the park.

One of the Christmas presents I bought my wife this year was some 'taster' Tango lessons in Glasgow. Now we have yet to go to our first class, so time will tell whether I have 'twinkle toes' or two left feet when it comes to this famous Latin dance! But to set the scene and get me in the right mood, I thought I'd share this great track by Tom Lehrer - 'The Masochism Tango' followed by Al Pacino strutting his stuff in Scent of a Woman.

Mr Menno is spot on with his comments about the Trans Pride London and the ugly, misogynistic behaviour of trans activists. Only one side in the sex v gender debate behaves in this way which helps explain why public opinion has turned so sharply against self-ID and the nonsense of men declaring they have magically 'become women'.

Gillian Bowditch puts her finger on the craven behaviour of the highly paid NHS Fife managers who were involved in the witch hunt against Sandie Peggie "The very people who were meant to protect her, or at least treat her impartially, ganged up against her. It’s only when you hear the occasional testimony from a rational and unbiased witness that you appreciate just how much they wanted to destroy Peggie.  "The nurse manager who lifted her suspension after 18 months refused to listen to hearsay or give in to the mob mentality. The HR person who pointed to the lack of evidence, Peggie’s unblemished record and the fact that suspension was a ridiculously inflated response was ignored."

Sandie Peggie's appalling treatment at the hands of NHS Fife makes the front page of The Herald along with news about Donald Trump's visit to Scotland. Quite right too! Because the modern day witch hunt is a national scandal which needs to be reviewed independently - there's no way NHS Fife can be trusted to do this on their own.   

Jamie Doyle is the Head of Nursing for Acute Services in NHS Fife - his job is to look after the interests of patients and the nurses who care for patients in Fife health board. But Jamie Doyle did not do his job properly when he learned of an incident involving nurse Sandie Peggie and doctor Theodore Upton. Rather Doyle took the doctor's side immediately without even speaking to the nurse, recommended she be suspended and went as far as suggesting the incident be reported to Police Scotland - all of which is documented in the below email dated 30 December 2023. Jamie Doyle should be held to account for his behaviour by his employer - his email and actions were highly prejudicial, unprofessional and unethical towards a member of staff to whom he owed a duty of care. Instead Sandie Peggie was subjected to an ugly witch hunt and a partisan 'investigation' by the equivalent of an angry mob.  If I were representing Sandie Peggie and NHS Fife fail to act, I would make a formal c...

Fiona MacDonald is suing the PCS over claims the civil service union discriminated against her for opposing the nonsense of self-ID and men declaring they have magically 'become women' Good for her - read the full story via the following link to the Herald. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25342759.union-activist-sues-claiming-gender-critical-discrimination/?   

  Christina McAnea replaced Davie Prentis to become Unison's first female general secretary. But Christina, a Glaswegian, has been a big disappointment - she has failed to defend Unison's women members whose single sex spaces and rights at work are under attack from self-ID and the trans lobby.   

  My wife (Marian) went into Waterstones bookstore on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street the other day to pre-order a copy of Fiona McAnena's new book: 'TERF ISLAND - How the UK resisted trans ideology' Only to be told that she might want to buy TERF ISLAND via Amazon. Now how can a bookstore encourage a potential customer to go away and buy online when high street stores are dying on their feet? I wonder if anyone at Waterstones has read Arthur Miller's  'Death of a Salesman'?