Last night saw the final SNP leadership hustings in the race to be First Minister of Scotland. It was the last chance for hopefuls Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan to set out their stall and how they would free Scotland from the “tyranny” of Westminster.
Independence from the UK is the raison d’etre of the SNP and yet that wasn’t the issue which dominated the discussion — it was the row over trans rights and the controversial Gender Reform legislation which engulfed Nicola Sturgeon and contributed to her resignation.
