Critics of Holyrood’s gender recognition legislation within the SNP should not have to leave the party, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
19.01.2023 - 22:33 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Nicola Sturgeon has branded Alister Jack a "Governor-General" as the war-of-words between Holyrood and Westminster over gender reforms continues.
The First Minister will use a speech in Glasgow tonight to launch a fresh attack on the UK Government's decision to block the Gender Recognition Reform (GRR) bill.
Jack, the Scottish Secretary, confirmed this week he will issue a Section 35 order to prevent the controversial reforms from becoming law.
The SNP leader will claim the Dumfries MP is like a governor-general as he has treated "the Scottish Parliament as a subordinate body and deciding which democratic decisions and laws to veto".
A Scotland Office source said: "Cheap personal attacks like this are unworthy of the First Minister."
The decision to issue a Section 35, never used before in the history of devolution, came despite a majority of MSPs from across the parties at Holyrood voting in favour of the legislation last month.
At a dinner hosted by the pro-independence Business for Scotland group, Sturgeon is expected to say: "This week we’ve entered a new and more dangerous phase for devolution.
"The Tories have broken cover. The stealth attacks have been joined by a full-frontal assault – the decision of the Tory Government to strike down a law clearly within devolved competence which was passed overwhelmingly in the Scottish Parliament, and which was supported by MSPs from all parties.
"Through his actions the UK Government Secretary of State for Scotland is demonstrating he is sadly, not interested in working in partnership. He’s decided to act like a Governor-General: treating the Scottish Parliament as a subordinate body and deciding which democratic decisions and laws to veto.
"There may have been a time when, for some
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