Nicola Sturgeon clarifies matters.

This is what happens when you chant a mantra based on a lie. It catches you out. It's very simple not to get caught looking like a fool if you simply stick to facts.

It would all be so much easier if everyone could agree that only people born female would be allowed in women's prisons and only people born male in men's prisons. Shimples!

The SNP's justice secretary was equally clear earlier today - saying categorically that 'trans women are women' but also saying they are men

Women in Scotland have told @theSNP for years that Self ID will be used by abusive men. NS called our concerns not valid, that we are bigots and transphobes. Judge for yourself.

I am almost embarrassed for her. She's pushed it so far now she can't back down. She has dug herself a huge hole she can't get out of.

@natchcat This is the circumstantial argument that Annelise Dodd's gives too. What is a woman? It depends upon the circumstances. The circumstances that TW are no women, are the ones where sex matters. So, why not just use "woman" as the noun for the female sex?

Oh my god, that was a train crash of epic proportions. "Yes but not in these circumstances".

This is one of the greatest things I have ever seen on the internet.

"Oh, what a TANGLED web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" (Sir Walter Scott, 1808) 😏

Turns out that the risk assessment did not consider the risk or perceived risk to women in the women's prison estate of self ID men such as the 6ft3 'Laura' accessing their shared shower blocks and hanging around them with a stiffie....