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It may infuriate Nicola Sturgeon, but it seems that JK Rowling's political judgment is superior: the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill will b… - Nicola Sturgeon
" "It may infuriate Nicola Sturgeon, but it seems that JK Rowling's political judgment is superior: the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill will be Sturgeon's poll tax. Sturgeon is not in control of this. She allied herself with zealots, ignored public anxieties, denied biology, produced a bill that most can see is deeply flawed, rejected sensible amendments such as barring sex offenders from self-identification, and cannot hide from the people that predatory males, if the bill becomes law, can manipulate it to invade women’s safe spaces. The recent rapist case will not be the only one that will haunt her.
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About Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (born 19 July 1970 in Irvine, North Ayrshire) is a Scottish politician who wasa First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party from 2014 to 2023. She has been the MSP for Glasgow Southside since 2007 and before that for Glasgow since 1999. She was succeeded as first minister by Humza Yousaf in late March 2023.
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