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No great surprise that Scotland’s former deputy first minister #KateForbes shared the stage with right-wing influencers and #ReformUK MPs at the “anti-woke Davos” — the "Alliance for Responsible Citizenship" (ARC). https://archive.is/ZqbRP
But it's still a scandal that this #Taliban woman was ever allowed join the #SNP, let alone rise to near the top.
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/579475/ New report a ‘stark reminder’ of impact of Brexit on Scotland, Forbes says #Brexit #Britain #DeputyFirstMinisterKateForbes #EU #Europe #European #EuropeanUnion #Funding #GreatBritain #KateForbes #Politics #Scotland #ScottishGovernment #UK #UnitedKingdom #UniversityOfStrathclyde
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/578919/ Forbes makes plea to UK Government after closure plans for ‘cornerstone’ plant #Britain #DeputyFirstMinister #England #ExxonMobil #FifeCouncil #GreatBritain #KateForbes #ManufacturingPlant #Mossmorran #NorthernIreland #PlantEfficiency #PolicyEnvironment #Scotland #ScottishGovernment #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales
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Join us live from the SNP Conference 2025 in Aberdeen for the third and final day of the SNP’s 91st Annual National Conference 2025.
The post appeared first on Broadcasting Scotland.
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/452493/ Green freeport reaches ‘exciting milestone’ with Memorandum of Understanding #Britain #CromartyFirth #DouglasAlexander #Economy #GreatBritain #GreenFreeport #Highlands #Inverness #InvernessAndCromartyFirthGreenFreeport #jobs #KateForbes #PortOfNigg #Scotland #ScottishGovernment #UK #UKGovernment #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/379740/ Forbes says GDP figures ‘encouraging’, despite slower growth than UK overall #Business #EconomicGrowth #Economy #KateForbes #Scotland #ScottishGovernment #UK #UKGDP #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/333237/ Scotland’s Deputy Minister Kate Forbes reveals she will quit politics because she isn’t ‘doing a terribly good job’ at motherhood as MSP says she can’t fulfil parenting duties in the job #Britain #dailymail #femail #GreatBritain #HumzaYousaf #JohnSwinney #KateForbes #Scotland #SNP #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Kate Forbes to quit Scottish Parliament as Deputy First Minister announces shock departure
Forbes was viewed by many in the SNP as a future leader of the party. 10:14, 04 Aug…
#NewsBeep #News #UnitedKingdom #GB #GreatBritain #KateForbes #ScottishGovernment #ScottishNationalParty #UK
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@Wen numbers supporting #ScottishIndependence are rising extremely slowly, despite all the efforts of #London #Labour to persuade them.
This isn't good enough. I used to blame Peter Murrell for holding back the talented people within the #SNP, but he's gone, and showing talent (unless you're on the right wing of the party, like #KateForbes) is still the surest way to get demotion or deselection.
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Scotland’s vulnerable marine life not properly protected, campaigners warn https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/20/scotland-vulnerable-marine-protection-areas #Scottishpolitics #Conservation #Environment #JohnSwinney #Marinelife #KateForbes #Scotland #Wildlife #Politics #Fishing #UKnews
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CW: Scottish politics, SNP leadership, transphobia/homophobia, anti-abortion views
My out-of-touchness with news continues
I got an email message from the Scottish Greens three days ago saying that the party’s MSPs had voted against the appointment of Kate Forbes as the new Deputy First Minister
Thank goodness, I thought – she would have been a terrible choice!
Except she *has* become Deputy FM, as I’ve just discovered 😳
In promoting a religious fundamentalist – with anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQIA+ views – to this position, the SNP has signalled its willingness to move still further from the arguably progressive-leaning party that Nicola Sturgeon led during her tenure as First Minister
Very worrying!
#SNP #ScottishGreens #KateForbes #JohnSwinney #TransRights #AbortionRights #LGBTQIA
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Vote Green in Scotland
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A terf as Deputy First Minister, I guess that's how he bought her off from a leadership challenge.
I guess protections for Queers will be rolled back then and the Straights will of course look the other way in that cowardly way most of them do.
Oh, but talk about Bear Vs Man and the creepy straight men will suddenly have opinions "help, mother, I am being oppressed!"
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Well that's a fucking relief.
Toxic terf Handmaiden can do one.... -
Did i just hear that properly? The Greens in Scotland supported #KateForbes?
Did I hear that right?
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Who will replace #HumzaYousaf as #FirstMinister and what does it mean for #LGBTQrights in #Scotland?
#KateForbes is one early favourite to replace Humza Yousaf following his #resignation, but her #trackrecord on #LGBTQ+ #rights causes #concerns for the #community for her #views on #samesexmarriage, #transrights and #abortion.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Scotland #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/29/kate-forbes-humza-yousaf-scotland-snp-lgbtq/
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Thankful that this woman never won the leadership. SPUC are anti-abortion, anti-assisted dying and anti-equal marriage.
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#Christian #MSP #KateForbes backs #Transphobic #Hatemonger #GrahamLinehan over #cancelled #Edinburgh #gig.
“#Offence needs to be caused and he is a #comedian. He’s not #inciting #violence as far as I can see..."
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Religion #Tories #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #HateSpeech #Hatecrimes #EmptyThePews #TERFIsland
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/22/kate-forbes-graham-linehan-edinburgh/ -
Pink News: Christian MSP Kate Forbes backs Graham Linehan over cancelled Edinburgh gig https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/22/kate-forbes-graham-linehan-edinburgh/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #grahamlinehan #KateForbes #News #UK
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Blair McDougal, Notes on Nationalism...
"Salmond's resurgence is the surest sign of how big the crisis of nationalism is. Kate Forbes joining his end-of-the-pier show should kill the idea that she offers them hope."
Worth a read.
https://www.notesonnationalism.com/p/what-the-eck
#thesnp #independence #scottishindependence #alexsalmond #kateforbes
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Can #HumzaYousaf gain control of the perilous situation in the #SNP and #ScottishGovernment? He's in danger of having the @ScottishGreens walk, and at the same time leadership runner-up #KateForbes is playing a political blinder from the left in fronting a #CommonWeal economic policy initiative.
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Presumably if #KateForbes had won the leadership contest, then focusing on her family and constituency would have been the last thing on her mind. These considerations only apply when you've lost a political challenge.
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"Forbes leaving Scottish government for personal reasons, insists Yousaf deputy."
The #SNP dodged a bullet there. It's de rigueur for new party leaders to talk piously about unity, but #KateForbes in the government would have been a nightmare. I'd like to think that #HumzaYousaf was canny enough to offer her the demotion in expectation of a refusal.
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In a moving display of Christian humility, #SNP leadership runner-up #KateForbes declines #HumzaYousaf's offer of the paperclips portfolio in his new #ScottishGovernment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65105951
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And a very warm FucketyBye to #KateForbes :blobcat_flagScotland:
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#KateForbes then: Whatever the robust disagreements or frank exchanges of the last few weeks, I am confident we will unite behind Humza as our new party leader in the shared and common objective of independence
Kate Forbes now: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65105951 #SNP #ScottishGovernment
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The very foundation of #KateForbes's campaign consisted of attacks on #HumzaYousaf's record as a minister—serving as a good reminder that negative campaigning will only take you so far. You need an actual agenda. #SNPLeadershipElection
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#SNP #leadership: #HumzaYousaf becomes next #FirstMinister of #Scotland
Yousaf beat rival #KateForbes with 26,032 second preference votes to 23,890. Once approved by the #ScottishParliament, he will become Scotland’s first minister on Tuesday (28 March).
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #UK #Scotland #Allies #Progress
- I am extremely relived for our trans brothers and sisters in Scotland!
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Pink News: Close SNP leadership result shows party has ‘work to do’ on LGBTQ+ and women’s rights https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/27/snp-leadership-result-lgbt/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #SNPleadership #humzayousaf #KateForbes #Politics #News #SNP #UK
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So #HumzaYousaf won the final runoff against #KateForbes 52:48. I propose we call this #TheBrexitRatio. 😬 #SNP #SNPLeadershipElection
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Pink News: SNP leadership: Humza Yousaf becomes next first minister of Scotland https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/27/snp-leadership/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #humzayousaf #KateForbes #Politics #News #SNP #UK
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Pink News: Conversion therapy can never be a ‘choice’, survivor tells SNP’s Kate Forbes https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/26/kate-forbes-gay-conversion-therapy-blair-anderson/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #conversiontherapy #KateForbes #Features #Politics #SNP #UK
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Don’t forget to put the clocks forward one hour tonight. Unless you’re Kate Forbes, in which case you might want to put them forward by about 70 years. ⏰
#KateForbes #SNPLeadership #ClocksGoForward #BritishSummerTime #ScottishSummerTime
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CW: Scottish politics (leadership election)
So it looks as if Kate Forbes - in addition to her regressive conservative social views - is also vying to be the anti-green/let’s just wreck the environment candidate. What future do people like Forbes think they are creating? Even if her half-baked plans for independence were to come to fruition, what is the point if she insists on killing off the environment in which this independent Scotland is meant to thrive?
#SNP #KateForbes #environment #ClimateChange #independence #IndyRef
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Pink News: Nicola Sturgeon hits back at JK Rowling’s ‘destroyer of women’s rights’ attack: ‘It’s not true’ https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/21/nicola-sturgeon-jk-rowlings-destroyer-of-womens-rights-tshirt/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #NicolaSturgeon #KateForbes #JKRowling #self-ID #Trans #News #UK
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Surely Kate Forbes' career in the SNP has hit the rocks?
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Pink News: SNP leadership candidates call JK Rowling ‘brave’ and a ‘national treasure’ during car-crash debate https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/14/snp-leadership-debate-jk-rowling-national-treasure/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #humzayousaf #KateForbes #JKRowling #Identity #Politics #Scotland #Trans #News #SNP #UK
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'In Time of Schism
Fraser MacDonald on Kate Forbes and the Free Church of Scotland''“I’m a servant of democracy,” she told STV’s Colin Mackay. “I’m not sitting here as a dictator saying that I will absolutely impose my views.” But precedent suggests that wherever evangelicals hold power their beliefs do inform their policies.’
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n06/fraser-macdonald/in-time-of-schism
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3. This from McKenna in the Herald (....a journalist who I do not respect muc at all) is a decent read.
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2. I do not share Forbes' views, but I do believe she is entitled to those views and to be a part of a party that claims to be inclusive - and that does include religious members.
It seems that this party is intent on dividing itself time and time again instead of trying to embrace unity. It is sickening to watch and when the dust settles, I have much reflection to do and decide whether this is the truly inclusive party it used to be.