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They just think it's right Click here to visit the Scotland home page for the latest news and sport By EUAN MCCOLM FOR THE SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL Published: 14:42 EST, 26 November 2024 | Updated: 14:44 EST, 26 November 2024 e-mail 3 View comments If you want to know how deeply John Swinney regrets the impact of incoherent gender ideology on Scotland’s government, consider the First Minister’s silence on the matter of an ongoing court hearing in London . Judges at the Supreme Court have been asked by feminist campaign group For Women Scotland to rule, definitively, on the definition of ‘woman’ in the context of the law. Should, the organisation wants to know, a male-bodied trans woman be allowed access to single-sex spaces and services if they are in possession of a gender recognition certificate? The judges’ ruling – regardless of their view – will have huge repercussions for Mr Swinney. Yet we’ve heard not a peep from him on the matter. How times have changed in the SNP . It was former leader Nicola Sturgeon who led the capture by trans activists of her party’s policy machine. Under Ms Sturgeon, the SNP made reform of the Gender Recognition Act its political priority. But despite cross-party support for allowing trans people to self-identify into the legally-recognised sex of their preference, a change in the law was blocked last year by then Scottish Secretary Alister Jack on the grounds that it was incompatible with the UK-wide Equality Act. Of course, there was much outrage from Nationalist Towers about a Conservative minister intervening in a matter of Scottish democracy but, privately, many senior SNP figures were rather relieved. Harry Potter author JK Rowling has been vocal on the court case and its implications Women's Rights supporters protest outside the hearing at the Supreme Court in London First Minister John Swinney has been quiet on the court case in London, writes Euan McColm Ms Sturgeon’s obsession with gender ideology had set the Scottish Government at odds with the majority of Scots who, while very much believing in the principle of live-and-let-live, did not share her laissez faire attitude to the prospect of male-bodied people being allowed entry into domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centres. In private, some senior Nationalists said Mr Jack had helped them ‘dodge a bullet’. The judges’ ruling on the question of what is a woman stands – at the very least – to impact on the delivery of services across the public sector. There is every reason for the First Minister to be explaining his government’s position to us all. Despite this, Mr Swinney has decided on a ‘nothing to see here’ approach. The problem for the First Minister is that voters, quite understandably, think there is quite a lot to see. Not for the first time in his career, Mr Swinney is playing the role of a hapless cop failing to wave onlookers away from a burning fireworks factory. From the intolerably reckless stupidity of housing male-bodied sex offenders in women’s prisons to the scandal of rape crisis centres refusing to guarantee female-only counselling services, a number of high-profile cases have made Ms Sturgeon’s wild-eyed adherence to incoherent gender ideology all the more foolish. Read More Sex is an 'immutable biological state', Supreme Court hears as women's rights campaign group challenges Scottish government over the definition of a woman The former First Minister, gripped by the moral certainty of the zealot, saw to it that the activist mantra ‘trans women are women’ became SNP dogma. Almost two years after Ms Sturgeon resigned as First Minister, the gender question continues to be a problem for the SNP. Mr Swinney may, as some party sources tell me, not share Ms Sturgeon’s fashionable views about the existence of multiple, ever-shifting genders, but he’s timid indeed about raising his voice on the subject. The First Minister considers himself a man of the centre-Left (though those of us who’ve followed Mr Swinney’s career for decades might argue the soubriquet ‘Tartan Tory’ was made for him) and, like others of his ilk, he finds himself confronted with an ideology that – for no reason other than the say-so of activists – is seen as being avowedly of the Left. It’s no surprise this version of the ‘truth’ has caught on. It nestles perfectly in the current political landscape where no party is more fully captured by gender gibberish than the far-Left Greens while, at both Holyrood and Westminster, it’s the Conservative Party that’s spoken out most loudly against allowing the frequently contradictory tenets of gender ideology to impact on policy-making. Perhaps the most effective achievement of the trans activist movement has been not only to have made the world believe their cause is inherently Left-wing but to have convinced a substantial part of it that disagreement with their objectives is a ‘hard-Right’ position. This is hysterical rhetoric not only on social media but within the political bubble. A generation of senior politicians such as Mr Swinney is paralysed with fear when it comes to discussing gender ideology because they know that to dissent from the position that someone is whatever sex they say they are is to risk the wrath of their own activists. The effect of this is that politicians of the Left such as Mr Swinney, Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar, and Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton are currently failing to address – or even consider – the perfectly moderate, and widely held, view that biology matters when it comes to providing single sex spaces and services. Click here to visit the Scotland home page for the latest news and sport Advertisement One only has to look at some of those accused of being ‘far-Right’ for refusing to accept the demands of trans activists to see how laughable a charge it is. Are we really to accept that the feminist writer and activist Julie Bindel, who has campaigned for four decades against male violence against women, is a Right-winger? Are we truly supposed to entertain the notion that novelist JK Rowling has abandoned decades of Left-wing principles because she thinks rape victims shouldn’t have to share safe spaces with those born male? There is, of course, nothing Right (or, for that matter, Left) wing about having concerns over the implications of gender ideology. It is not Right-wing to think that there are very good reasons for the exclusion of anybody born male – no matter how they may identify – from places such as women’s refuges, nor is it Right-wing to be concerned about the impact of powerful puberty-blocking drugs on confused young children. Until politicians who lead for the Left begin to accept these facts, they risk losing voters. Why would a lifelong feminist of the Left stand by Labour if the party decides her years of activism and her principles mean nothing? Why should a committed Nationalist give their vote to the SNP if they’re told their concerns about rapists in female prisons make them a Nazi? The First Minister, in common with Mr Sarwar, seems to think that if he ignores the impact of gender ideology, it will cease to be important. If this truly is what both men believe, then they are sorely mistaken. The question of whether male-bodied people should be allowed into single-sex spaces such as rape crisis centres is not some fringe issue. If it were, then the Scottish Government would not have devoted so much time to trying to introduce self-ID, would it? Regardless of how the Supreme Court ultimately rules on the question of what a woman is, trans rights activists will continue to insist that their critics are Right-wingers. No matter how much John Swinney might wish it would, this issue is not going to go away. Most people don’t think it Right-wing to exclude male-bodied people from female spaces. They just think it’s right. London SNP John Swinney Share or comment on this article: EUAN MCCOLM: Most Scots don't think it's Right-wing to ban male-bodied people from women's spaces. They just think it's right e-mail Add comment
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At the same time, yet another team in the increasingly treacherous National League was delivering a present to its fans. Kyle Tucker is headed to the Chicago Cubs, meaning he’ll soon join Juan Soto , Blake Snell and Willy Adames as star ballplayers who could make life more difficult for the San Diego Padres . Darvish’ current club left the Winter Meetings after adding only a Rule 5 pitcher who has not competed above Single A. So far this offseason, the Padres have done little to keep up with the ongoing NL arms race. Advertisement Speaking amid all of it, Darvish confirmed his desire to play with Roki Sasaki , the Japanese phenom coveted by all 30 major-league franchises. “I think it’s a good thing if he were to come to San Diego,” Darvish said through interpreter Shingo Horie, the pitcher’s first public comments since Sasaki was posted. “Just for myself personally, if it does happen, yeah, it’s a great thing for me as well. But we’ll see how things shake out.” The Chiba Lotte Marines posted Sasaki this week, opening a 45-day window that could prove critical in determining the course of this Padres offseason. Sasaki has until Jan. 23 at 2 p.m. PT to reach a particularly affordable minor-league deal with a fortunate suitor. Given the Padres’ financial constraints, no other free agent appears as necessary to their future. And, for San Diego, no recruiter looms as large as Darvish. Perhaps the most accomplished Japanese-born pitcher in big-league history, Darvish said he first met Sasaki in training camp ahead of the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The two men subsequently helped Samurai Japan to the tournament title and they have grown close. Though multiple team officials have said Darvish is “all in” on the club’s planned efforts to convince Sasaki, he seemed to downplay his potential influence. “I don’t think there’s much that I can do,” Darvish said after helping first- and second-graders navigate the aisles of a San Diego Walmart as part of the Padres’ Holiday Giving Tour. “He knows what he wants, he’ll make his decision, and I’m sure there’s going to be a couple of meetings coming up for him. And that will give him an opportunity to see what organizations are like. I’m sure he’s going to make his decision, and we’ll all be respectful of that.” Still, Darvish intends to be involved. He watched from afar last offseason as the Padres slashed payroll and the Los Angeles Dodgers signed two other WBC teammates, Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto , for a combined $1.025 billion. Now the Dodgers, amid a push to “paint Japan blue,” are widely considered the favorites for Sasaki. Advertisement The Padres are widely considered a close second. Sasaki’s agent, Joel Wolfe, said Tuesday that he and Sasaki hoped to begin meeting with clubs next week, likely in Southern California. Wolfe, who also represents Darvish and Yamamoto, added that Sasaki would return to Japan for the holidays before a potential round of in-person visits with teams in their respective cities. “If there is an opportunity or if I am asked to join a meeting, I’m here in San Diego throughout the offseason,” Darvish said. “So if there is a time or if they want me to come join a meeting, then, yeah, I’ll be happy to do that.” Darvish described Sasaki, 23, as “a very good person” and “very hungry to learn.” “We were able to spend a lot of time together during that time in the WBC,” Darvish said. “We would watch a lot of games together. We got to communicate and talk a lot together. I’ve had very good conversations with him.” While Darvish and Padres reliever Yuki Matsui know Sasaki personally, president of baseball operations A.J. Preller will oversee the Padres’ recruiting party. Preller has spent extensive time in Japan, dating back to before he helped the Texas Rangers sign Darvish in 2012. In 2017, the executive memorized several minutes’ worth of Japanese and recited it to Ohtani in hopes of persuading him to sign with San Diego. Preller, though, suggested that he would not reattempt that tactic with Sasaki. “We have a lot of Japanese-speaking staff and (we have) Darvish and Yuki,” Preller said this week. “But yeah, I’ll leave it to the professionals to do the translating.” Topics of discussion could include the 2024 National League Division Series. In October, the Padres took the Dodgers to the brink before going scoreless for 24 consecutive innings and falling to the eventual World Series champions. 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