You know how the song goes, 100 amendments sat on a wall, 100 amendments left, you take one down and laugh in their face, 99 amendments left on the wall. 99 amendments sat on a wall…
Occasionally the staff at The Notional like to get together and reminisce about the good old days. You know, when all the good people got together, knitted scarves, wore badges and merkins and protested at Holyrood. Not that we were there mind you. We are a fake news site, not a dishonest one.
Anyway, we were thinking back to watching the protests on the telly. Perhaps you remember, Stage 2 of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill had been completed. Our fly on the wall reporter – if we had one – was wearing scandalous green, white and purple underwear, and we witnessed every interaction in the committee , with amendment after amendment voted down, so you did not have to. And you did not have to. Perhaps it was a foregone conclusion. Yet, we at The Notional were disappointed regardless. Queue much crying, weeping and wailing. Little did we know then that it was not over yet, but at that time, with the SNP, the Greens and their quislings and fifth columnists in other parties, the future did not look green, purple or white. On that last, Humza must have been pleased.
Remember, fake news is great news.