The times - SNP concerned gender laws are ‘vote‑killer’

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Controversial reform of gender law in Scotland is unlikely to take effect for at least two years, The Sunday Times has learnt.

Several SNP figures, including a minister, are understood to be deeply worried that plans to make it easier for individuals to switch gender could damage the party’s performance at the Holyrood elections in May 2021.

Their preference is for a draft bill to be published towards the end of this year or early 2020, which would almost certainly delay the new law until after the next election. The disclosure will dismay equality campaigners who expect the draft bill to be drawn up swiftly when MSPs return to parliament after the summer.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/snp-concerned-gender-laws-are-vote-killer-f2x5smwds?shareToken=659c9ebdd3a2550ce76b84583a980f09

And so it came to pass that the government headed up by Nicola Sturgeon - self-professed feminist - paid third sector organisations to dismantle women's hard-won rights.

I find this incredible. This is the bare bones of what has happened.

I don't think Nicola Sturgeon did this on purpose though, but it's very concerning that she could be so naive. And that this anti-women ideology could get so far and gain so much traction everywhere in Scotland's public policies before anyone could put the breaks on.

Brakes!