A majority of MSPs support Scottish independence
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In other news, Scotland has decisively told parties who stoke racist and xenophobic tension, and who denigrate and attack the rights of trans/ LGBTQ people where they can ram it. I’m proud of you, Scotland
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Important nuance which I ran out of space for: not necessarily *everyone* on that list is necessarily racist or transphobic. I’m not familiar with all of the parties in detail. Some examples of what I do mean...
Alba party released an “equalities” statement which at first glance seems not too bad until you realise that the language is a dog whistle to t*rfs. They ignored my request for an unequivocal stmt of support for trans/ nb people in this thread https://twitter.com/herdingdata/status/1381513012536807427">https://twitter.com/herdingda...
All 4 Unity aren’t exactly known for their messages of unity when it comes to matters of race https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19168211.george-galloway-racist-claim-online-posting-not-celt-tirade/">https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/1916...