The SNP has presided over a historic fall in school standards. They have ruled over a collapsing economy. And they are responsible for drug abuse levels that would shame the developing world.

But at least under their new proposals a child will be able to pretend to be the opposite sex from the age of 16.

That is what Nicola Sturgeon’s mad government has tried to put into law.

Of course the whole thing is a bluff. One carried out at the expense of vulnerable young people. But still a bluff. There are two reasons for it.

The first is that Sturgeon and co are forever looking for “progressive” causes to attach themselves to.

That is because they know that around the world “nationalist” movements are always seen as regressive and even right-wing.

The Scots Nats have found a clever way to counter this. While trying to break up our country and create their own little fiefdom, they constantly blow pink, green and purple smoke around themselves. All in an effort to disguise their real aims.

Their latest plot is meant to cover them in trans glory. Instead of approaching this with extreme care — as should be the way — they decided to jump all in on the issue. So as not to look like the petty and nasty little nationalists they are.

But they had a second reason to try to push this bill through as well. Which was that the SNP knew the Government in Westminster would challenge it.

On Monday the UK Government did indeed announce that it would block the Scottish bill.

After all, we are one country still, whatever Nicola Sturgeon might dream about.

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