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Outrage as Green MSP denounces Supreme Court ruling

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Just when you think the Scottish Greens can’t get any battier, they do. This Easter Weekend eco-zealot MSP Maggie Chapman took to the streets of Aberdeen on Sunday to pour scorn on last week’s Supreme Court ruling – that saw justices unanimously back the biological definition of a woman – and rant that she sees ‘bigotry, prejudice and hatred’ coming from highest court in the land. Talk about delusional, eh?

Chapman – who blasted the judgment on Wednesday as ‘deeply concerning’ – appeared at a trans activist rally at the weekend to condemn the judgment. Addressing her audience, many of whom were draped in trans rights flags and kitted out in Covid-style face masks, Chapman renounced the Supreme Court ruling, fuming:

We say ‘not in our name’ to the bigotry, prejudice and hatred that we see coming from the Supreme Court and from so many other institutions in our society. Not in our name.

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