What next for Sunak and Sturgeon on Scotland's gender bill?
in England and Wales also has the potential for a challenge.
Will voters approve of tough talking on these controversial topics? Is this the way to win a general election? To secure the union? We shall see.The Scottish Secretary suggested the Scottish government could consider amending its law but it is difficult to envisage a draft that would satisfy Mr Jack without gutting the bill of its original purpose. In private, even some on the UK side acknowledge this.
In the words of the shadow Scottish secretary Ian Murray: "These issues are too important to be reduced to the usual constitutional fight." Although Mr Murray knows as well as anyone that the fight has been raging in Scotland for some years, sucking in almost every issue imaginable regardless of its perceived importance.
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