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Xander Elliards

MP says UK Tories opposing gender reform may 'help Scotland get independence'

OPPOSING gender reform in Scotland would be an “own goal for Unionists” that could end up helping the SNP win independence, a senior Tory MP has warned.

Michael Fabricant, a fierce Boris Johnson loyalist who has sat in the Commons for thirty years, claimed that gender reform could be a “political trap” for his party.

The comments came in response to a tweet listing the countries which already have “self-ID” mechanisms in place, allowing trans people to legally change their gender without a medical intervention.

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