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    Part of the Union?

    Apr 27, 2023 3 minutes

    I’M GOING TO SUGGEST AN experiment and you’ll just have to trust me.

    I want you to pretend the past six months of Scottish politics didn’t happen. Holyrood never passed the Gender Recognition Reform Bill to enshrine trans self-identification in Scots law. Adam Graham, the double rapist who self-identifies as a woman called Isla Bryson, was never sent to a female prison. Nicola Sturgeon never resigned.

    The vicious leadership contest never took place and Humza Yousaf didn’t limp over the line to become head of a divided

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