Maggie, Maggie, Maggie - Out, Out, Out!

A very personal, powerful column by Euan McColm on why the Greens Maggie Chapman is unfit to be deputy convener of the Scottish Parliament's equalities committee:

"After the recent Supreme Court Court ruling that a gender recognition certificate does not change someone’s biological sex, Chapman’s reaction was grimly predictable.

"Last weekend, she joined a protest in Aberdeen where unhinged activists ranted about their intention to ignore the law. They would continue to use whichever facilities they chose, regardless of the fear their presence in single-sex women’s spaces causes.

"Chapman’s contribution to the event was a moon-howling speech during which she lashed out at the “bigotry, prejudice and hatred… coming from the Supreme Court and from so many other institutions in our society”." 


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