Campaign in Scotland

Under 35,000 votes. Not sure what %age of the electorate that is, a bit under 1%?

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/scottish-election-results-2021-scotland-map-snp-nicola-sturgeon/

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Which human rights? The rights of rapists to be housed in women's prisons? The right of children to access off-label medication and surgery to treat 'dysphoria'? The right of male doctors to treat female patients who've specifically asked for a female HCP, even in cases like care for rape victims?

You can't just invent rights as if any stated desire magically becomes a 'right'.

It's just vapid, thought-terminating cliches.

I will do this but want to do a bit of tweeking to the text.

I don't see the point of sending it to the fudmeister Patrick Harvie as I will combust if I get that patronising arsewash back in reply that LS has farted out - they don't give a fuck about women, that much is plain.

I got that reply from Lorna Skater too. Awful! So patronising. So much for listening to your constituents. Shut down. I am angry

I got the same reply from Lorna Slater, within five minutes of sending my reply. She has pronouns in her signature and the email was sent by her assistant who also has pronouns.
I guess I reply to say she won't get my vote

Came as a shock to me, too, barra!

Same response here from Jeremy Balfour (Con). I can't believe I'm agreeing with the response of a Tory, while living in Scotland. Oh well.

I have added a post on Scotsnet.

Scottish Labour said:
'Thank you for your email. Please accept this automated response as confirmation that your email has been received.'

To be fair it actually said:

'My office receives a large volume of correspondence and may not be able to respond to you immediately, however I or a member of my staff will get back to you as soon as is practicable.

Parliamentary rules only allow me to assist individuals who reside in the constituency I represent of XXXX. To ensure there is no delay in responding to your email please provide your full postal address. Alternatively please re-send your email with your address if this was omitted.

If any SNP members or indeed MSPs are reading, I do not consider it adequate representation nor fulfilling of your duty to represent your constituents to send back an auto responder that says 'sorry, we're too busy'.

It's not just this issue, either. It's across the board. Unacceptable whatever the issue/subject.

Tory MSPs have responded quickly with same response as above.

SNP MSPs have sent the usual auto-responder with 'sorry, we're too busy to respond to your emails' with one of them adding an additional 'please follow us on social media because we might respond generally on there'.

I've also received Lorna Slater's mealy-mouthed reply that addresses none of the issues raised. I am composing my reply.

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That response from Lorna Slater, honestly!

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The human rights of minority groups should not be open to debate and interpretation, they should be accepted.

Which human rights? The rights of rapists to be housed in women's prisons? The right of children to access off-label medication and surgery to treat 'dysphoria'? The right of male doctors to treat female patients who've specifically asked for a female HCP, even in cases like care for rape victims?

You can't just invent rights as if any stated desire magically becomes a 'right'.

What a crap response from Lorna Slater.

Done, thank you.

I can anticipate the responses, but we will see.

I’ve had a response back from one of the Greens:

Thank you for writing to me about your concerns.

Myself, and the Scottish Green Party, wholeheartedly support the rights of trans people including that of self-identification. Trans rights and women’s rights are not in conflict, as all humans have the same human rights. The human rights of minority groups should not be open to debate and interpretation, they should be accepted.

The Scottish Greens stand firmly for inclusive, intersectional feminism which recognises the intersectional nature of power which creates additional barriers for women facing multiple discriminations. You can read more about this here: greens.scot/womens-pledge.

In the recent cooperation agreement between the Scottish Greens and the Scottish Government we agreed to reform the Gender Recognition act to establish a more straightforward system for obtaining legal gender recognition for trans people. I believe that trans people should not have to go through a degrading, traumatic and intrusive process to be legally recognised in their gender.

I hope that you agree that we must do more to improve the lives of the trans community who have been the target of a hate campaign for the past few years.

Regards,
Lorna Slater MSP

Done.

Have had a response back from Jeremy R Balfour, the MSP for Lothians (Conservative) already stating ...these consultation responses confirm what we already knew – this is a sensitive topic and opinions are firmly split. We must protect women’s rights and take concerns that those rights are being eroded very seriously. For now, we await the details of this legislation and stand ready to scrutinise each aspect of it. The Scottish Conservatives will not stand by and allow this SNP-Green Government to push this legislation through Parliament without all parties’ concerns receiving due consideration. There must be a full and informed debate on this issue and that this can only truly be done once we see what legislation is being brought forward.