David Walker

1 week ago | scottishdailyexpress.co.uk | David Walker

A Scottish Government Minister faced an angry group of islanders and were told that their flagship Heat In Buildings bill would likely fuel depopulation. The SNP Executive confirmed earlier this month that they were scrapping key aspects of the legislation that was initially written by Patrick Harvie when he was in the administration.

1 week ago | scottishdailyexpress.co.uk | David Walker

All of NHS Scotland's 14 health boards have been accused of breaking the law by not having any single-sex facilities policies, especially in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on Wednesday. A series of freedom of information requests by a campaigner unearthed these "disgraceful" details. All public bodies, as well as the Scottish Government, have produced policies which allow trans people to self-identify and use the bathroom or changing facilities they identify with.

1 week ago | scottishdailyexpress.co.uk | David Walker

Shona Robison and the Scottish Government suggested that they never lost the crucial court case about defining a woman, instead highlighting that they won two preceding cases in Scotland. The SNP have been scrabbling around on Wednesday since being soundly defeated at the Supreme Court. Judges unanimously ruled against the Nationalist Executive's attempts to change the UK-wide 2010 Equality Act to allow trans women to be seen as women in the eyes of the law.

1 week ago | scottishdailyexpress.co.uk | David Walker

A prominent SNP Minister has proclaimed that the £19k pay rise she is receiving this year won't cost taxpayers anything. Maree Todd insisted on this as she was grilled about the massively above inflation hike which she and her Scottish Government cabinet colleagues netted from April 1. John Swinney was criticised for "awarding failure" after lifting a ministerial salary freeze, boosting his administration's wages by a cool 19.7% for junior ministers and 23.5%for cabinet secretaries.

1 week ago | scottishdailyexpress.co.uk | David Walker

Calls have been made for a SNP Minister to RESIGN over the Scottish Government's lengthy attempts to push through illegal gender reforms. And the Scottish Executive have been accused of being "captured by a tiny minority of trans rights extremists" which persuaded them to undertake the costly exercise. John Swinney attempted to blame Westminster for the Supreme Court's decision to exclude trans women from female single-sex facilities.