The U.K.’s ruling Conservative Party deployed, for the first time, the legal right for the U.K. government to override Scottish legislation in order to stop Scotland’s new trans rights’ bill from taking effect. This legal maneuvering is known locally as “the nuclear option” and has set off a constitutional crisis, while fueling a culture war.
The Conservative Party is stoking fears of fraud to block the Scottish trans bill — a familiar tool used by the Republican Party to suppress voting rights in the U.S.
The Conservative Party is stoking fears of fraud to block the Scottish trans bill — a familiar tool used by the U.S. Republican Party to suppress voting rights. These unsubstantiated claims of rampant fraud, or the threat of fraud, are ironically used to justify laws that suppress civil liberties and corrode democratic values rather than protect democratic values, as the right purports it’s doing here and in the U.K.
Scotland, which has had devolved powers since…
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