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9 May 2025
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Nicola Sturgeon has said she was "part of the problem" on transgender issues and this was partly why she stood down as First Minister.
Calls are being made to oust the Scottish Greens leadership following a decision to expel 13 members for declaring that "sex is a biological reality".
In the latest episode of the Weekly Sceptic, the talking points are Humza's brief reign as Scotland's Witchfinder General, the turmoil in the Conservative Party (as per usual) and Ireland's migrant hypocrisy.
Humza Yousaf is expected to announce his resignation as Scotland’s First Minister at noon today after he pulled the plug on the coalition deal with the Scottish Greens and faced a no confidence vote.
A month after the arrival of Scotland's Hate Crime Act and it appears reports of the demise of the Scottish Enlightenment may have been premature, no thanks to the SNP but due to the doughty spirit of the Scots.
Humza Yousaf's coalition with the Scottish Greens has collapsed after he decided to scrap their power-sharing agreement following a rebellion over the Scottish Government scrapping its Net Zero target last week.
The great Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume would have some things to teach today's woke activists, says Prof James Allan: about a mind-independent reality that has no truck with claims of 'my truth'.
A shocking new poll reveals the extent of Humza Yousaf's plummeting popularity in Scotland, driven by backlash against his controversial hate crime laws.
We look over the border to Scotland with a sense of alarm and disgust at the extreme censorship now being imposed via the Hate Crime Act. But speech is already scarcely freer in England, says Ella Whelan.
Humza Yousaf has received more complaints under Scotland's new hate crime bill for his 2020 speech about "often being the only non-white person in the room" than J.K. Rowling, it was claimed today.
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