NEARLY every newspaper in Scotland had a report on the UK Government blocking Scotland’s gender reform legislation on its front page on Tuesday.
The bill, which aims to make it easier for transgender people to change their legally recognised sex, has gone from a debate around trans and women’s rights to what Nicola Sturgeon has described as a "direct attack on the institution of the Scottish Parliament".
But while millions of eyes across the UK look to see what will come of the stand-off, a little-known Tory adviser has escaped much of the limelight – despite reports he was behind the UK’s decision to block the bill.
