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Articles by Susan Smith
'Shame on the MSPs who embraced trans activists and their vile abuse of women'
The dark days of December 2022 will live in the memories of the women who sat in the public gallery of Holyrood as MSPs debated the Gender Recognition Reform Bill. After hours of preening and self-congratulatory speech-making from our elected representatives, the final sickening gut punch came after the vote was declared. Our MSPs, led by the late Christina McKelvie, rose to their feet to applaud the group of scruffy trans activists who lined the front row.
Men in Scottish Women’s Prisons Unlawful
“We are thrilled with the result, but it should never have come to this.” Victory. Again. The Scottish government’s policy of putting men in women’s prisons has today been ruled unlawful. A judicial review found in favour of the campaign group For Women Scotland, who argued the current Scottish Prison Service policy of taking into account a prisoner’s gender identity was dangerous and wrong.
No fear. No favour. Episode Four: Susan Smith
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:04:15 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In this week’s episode of Seen in Journalism: No Fear, No Favour, we sit down with Susan Smith of For Women Scotland to discuss the long legal and media battle over sex‑based rights in the UK.
First meteor shower of 2024 could be the strongest; Quadrantids set to peak Jan. 3-4
The Quadrantid meteor showers are set to peak Jan. 3 and Jan. 4, and NASA and the American Meteor Society say it could be the strongest meteor shower of 2024. The AMS says an average of 25 meteors per hour may be seen, while NASA says to expect 120 meteors per hour during the peak. “Predictions for 2024 show a peak for observers viewing from North America between the local hours of 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. (Jan. 4),” the AMS states.
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