The Scottish Conservatives have branded today’s landmark Supreme Court ruling “a victory for women and for common sense”.
Judges at the UK’s highest court upheld an appeal by For Women Scotland against Scottish Government ministers, by ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay said: “This is a victory for women across the United Kingdom, a victory for common sense – and an abject humiliation for the SNP.
“John Swinney now needs to respect women’s rights and get rid of the dangerous gender policies which have become embedded in Scotland’s public institutions.
“This ruling should sound the death knell once and for all for Nicola Sturgeon’s reckless self-ID plans, which Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens shamefully backed to the hilt at Holyrood.
“John Swinney must stop obsessing about gender and get back to the day job of delivering better public services and a stronger economy.
“Too much time, energy and taxpayers’ money has been wasted on the divisive issue of gender ideology.”