SNP Government admitted 'gender extremist' charity may have breached grant rules - but still handed it £106k

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SNP Ministers were inundated with media requests about whether it would be continuing to fund Stonewall in the wake of its comments about not abiding by the law. In the end, they defended this spend with the charity being handed about £105k every year since 2021.

In internal correspondence about how best to respond to these requests, officials admitted that there could be a breach of the grant offer letter (GOL), which sets out rules and regulations around the funding. They wrote: "There is a point in their GOL (for 2024-25 as Finance hasn’t given us the GOLs for this year) which says:

"15. Compliance with the Law The Grantee shall ensure that in relation to the Project/Programme, they and anyone acting on their behalf shall comply with the relevant law, for the time being in force in Scotland."

But the government still defended the Stonewall funding and used this excuse: "While all organisations have a duty to comply with the law, the Supreme Court noted that the judgment should not be seen as a victory over one group of the other." Critics have blasted this stance.

From https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/snp-government-admitted-gender-extremist-36488034

While all organisations have a duty to comply with the law, the Supreme Court noted that the judgment should not be seen as a victory over one group of the other."

Well I understand perfectly well what the Supreme Court's comment means, why don't the Scottish government?

For me it is more this now customary use of illogical argueents that TRAs always use.

The judgement was that in terms of the EA the word sex means biological reality.

There was an added comment that in making the judgement it shouldn't be seen that the court was saying one group was more important than the other.

But that in relation to the use of the word sex in legal matters it is always about biology.

They were not saying we have made this judgement but because we dont want to hurt anybodies feelings, even though we are saying sex means biology, you can ignore the ruling.

And the whole of society goes along with this nonsense.

The TRA narrative still rules, and seems is seen as more important that actual laws.

Precisely

Given that (special) charities funded by the Scottish government have been run by paedophiles is there actually anything these people can do that would prompt even a mild rebuke?

Aye. And nobody thought LGBTYS needed investigating. Not even when the second paedophile was caught. Or the allegations of grooming and abuse came to light.

And no one has been in to check since either there or in Stephen Ireland’s old territory because, hey, paedophiles make the best recruiters are there is nothing suspicious at all about anyone appointed by a paedophile.