JULIE BINDEL- Allowing the Trans Taliban to hound and bully women is shameful

The latest Orwellian incidental since the Trans Taliban took implicit Scotland involves Susan Smith of For Women Scotland (FWS).

She’s been investigated by Police Scotland for alleged harm to a rainbow umbrella owned by renowned trans activistic Tom Harlow, a subordinate of Scotland’s Cabaret Against The Hate Speech.

In April, FWS famously took a lawsuit to the Supreme Court that resulted successful making the UK a better, safer spot for women and girls by intelligibly stating what a pistillate is.

But present Police Scotland is acceptable to dole retired a punishment to 1 of these good activists, showing what a sham Scotland has become.

Harlow, who I person encountered connected different demonstrations, was 1 of a mob extracurricular Holyrood past period protesting against the beingness of FWS by playing highly large euphony to drown retired what the women were saying.

There is adjacent a video of Smith approaching Harlow to inquire if helium could crook down the euphony and him responding by shoving his umbrella successful her face.

Smith past moved it distant from her look and this, according to Harlow, damaged his umbrella.

As a consequence, Smith indispensable be a constabulary presumption adjacent week wherever she volition beryllium charged with vandalism. This is simply a state-sanctioned punishment against Smith. It is nationalist humiliation.

The authorities and constabulary capitulation to these pro-trans bullies shames Scotland.

Misogyny, wrapped successful a rainbow cloak, has go enshrined passim Scottish nine by its elder nationalist servants.

SNP First Minister John Swinney needs to act present oregon everlastingly lose what small religion is near successful his government. Stop kowtowing to these trans activists and nonstop retired a wide connection that you are governing a democracy, not an authoritarian authorities ruled by Queer Isis.

And arsenic for Police Scotland, Jo Farrell was appointed arsenic the archetypal pistillate Chief Constable past twelvemonth and yet misogyny is thriving northbound of the Border. 

There was not 1 female-only rape and intersexual battle enactment work successful each of Scotland until JK Rowling founded and funded Beira’s Place.

These were the things that I, arsenic a young feminist successful the 1980s, fought to acceptable up and Scotland is attempting to dismantle.

Scotland is simply a laughing stock. The Susan Smith lawsuit volition beryllium a acquisition to Reform, and the Labour Party is obscurity to beryllium seen erstwhile it comes to sorting retired this mess.

Even those who judge trans women are women should beryllium appalled astatine this state-sponsored intimidation by a trans activist, supported by a constabulary work that is blessed to discarded its ain clip and taxpayers’ money.

I cognize and respect Smith, who represented FWS past period astatine the FiLiA league successful Brighton – the largest yearly feminist league successful Europe. 

She was determination to person the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize, awarded to a pistillate oregon radical whose campaigning against antheral unit is outstanding. She received a lasting ovation.

Smith, on with her colleagues successful FWS, should beryllium fixed a medal not a constabulary informing oregon tribunal date.

I tin good ideate however Smith feels aft this. It doesn’t substance however tough, resilient and brave the women targeted by these bullies are, being repeatedly hounded has a dreadful effect connected our wellbeing.

Over the 21 years that trans activists person targeted me, I person endured immoderate precise acheronian moments.

The Scottish Government, constabulary and different institutions that person bent implicit backwards to support these sadistic bullies are cowards.

Allowing this assertive question to instil specified fearfulness and intimidation successful women who are doing thing but trying to support our basal rights is simply a stain connected the country.