Well, well, well. Gender is back on the agenda in Holyrood again after the ongoing Sandie Peggie v NHS Fife case sparked outrage across the country. Scottish politicians held off on declaring their support for the female nurse, who took her health board and transgender doctor Dr Beth Upton to a tribunal over harassment allegations, until the weekend when Scottish Tory and SNP MSPs began to tweet that they ‘stand with Sandie Peggie’. Scottish Labour, however, remained rather quiet on the issue. That is, until now…
Speaking to the Holyrood Sources podcast today, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and his party’s deputy leader Jackie Baillie have finally pledged their support for nurse Peggie. More than that, however, the lefty duo declared that ‘knowing what we know now, we would not have supported the [Gender Recognition Reform] bill’. Mr S wonders what exactly has swung the balance for the Labour pair, who have come together to make the announcement exactly three days before their 2025 conference kicks off.
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