{"id":2233039,"date":"2024-04-29T18:56:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/truth-has-toppled-another-woke-scottish-leader\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T19:02:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T23:02:33","slug":"truth-has-toppled-another-woke-scottish-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/truth-has-toppled-another-woke-scottish-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Another woke Scottish leader falls due to truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftruth-has-toppled-another-woke-scottish-leader%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233039&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Humza Yousaf, a\u2062 &#8220;woke&#8221; Scottish \u200cleader, rose to power with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-the-fight-against-critical-race-theory-has-only-just-begun\/\" title=\"GOP: The Fight Against Critical Race Theory Has Only Just Begun\">radical gender ideology<\/a> but \u200dfaced backlash and resignation due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-pushes-the-limits-of-green-policies\/\" title=\"NYC pushes green policies to the max.\">controversial\u2062 policies<\/a> and a health crisis among children. The government&#8217;s pivot on puberty blockers triggered a political turmoil, culminating in the dissolution of\u200b the governing alliance and Humza&#8217;s abrupt exit. Humza Yousaf, a &#8220;woke&#8221; Scottish leader, initially gained power advocating radical \u2064gender ideology but \u2063ultimately resigned\u2063 amidst controversy surrounding policies \u200caffecting\u200d children&#8217;s health.\u2062 The government&#8217;s shift on puberty blockers sparked political chaos, leading\u200c to the collapse of the ruling coalition and Yousaf&#8217;s sudden departure.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gender ideology is a fickle friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just ask Humza Yousaf. The Scottish premier used his \u201cwoke\u201d credentials to ascend to power last year in a battle against more \u201ccommon-sense\u201d candidates \u2013 espousing an agenda to extoll trans-ideology as the highest driving value, and bulldozing anyone who raised concerns as a \u201chateful\u201d bigot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He won the top spot in governance. But what brings you up can tear you down twice as fast \u2013 so indicated by his resignation today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yousaf\u2019s leadership of Scotland may have been bolstered by ideological\u202fadages that made for exciting soundbites. Indeed, his profile gained him\u202fsupport from the ultra-left Green Party, who governed alongside his Scottish National\u202fParty in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impossible-gop-picked-up-seats-in-house-picked-up-state-legislatures-picked-up-governorship-held-the-senate-but-sniffy-joe-won-not-a-chance\/\" title=\"IMPOSSIBLE: GOP Picked Up Seats in House, Picked Up State Legislatures, Picked Up Governorship, Held the Senate -- But Sniffy Joe Won?... NOT A CHANCE\">power-sharing agreement<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One policy platform became more wildly unhinged than the next \u2013 from chilling conversations around the family dinner table about gender; to forbidding parents from objecting to their child cross-dressing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet every deceitful piece of lip service to an ideology founded on the claim that men can become women at will, will eventually hit the curb of reality. And when respected and established pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass released her high-profile, U.K. government-commissioned review of children\u2019s \u201cgender services,\u201d she\u202fconclusively unveiled the distinct medical threat posed to children buying into the lie that their bodies are \u201cwrong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Scottish government had a conundrum to deal with. Cass\u2019s review revealed an uncomfortable truth \u2014 that rather than merely allowing children\u202f\u201ctime to think\u201d\u202fby delaying the onset of puberty, the vast majority of those treated with puberty blockers continued on a journey to cross-sex hormones. A conveyor belt of bodily confusion puts vulnerable young people at risk of serious and irreversible mutilation, as well as destroying fertility, among other\u202flife-altering <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">consequences.\u202fBrain maturation may also be \u201ctemporarily or permanently disrupted\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">by puberty blockers, according to Cass\u2019s findings. The impact of puberty blockers on mental health has not been fully explored, and some female patients experienced worsening depression or anxiety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By affirming the belief that their bodies are \u201cwrong,\u201d the cheerful, rainbow-coloured party line of the Scottish government was going to destroy a troubled generation of youngsters whose lives had barely begun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an act of sheer necessity, Scottish authorities peddled back their extreme ideological drive a few weeks ago, pausing the distribution of puberty blockers to under-18s. But gender ideology isn\u2019t a genie that can be shoved back into the bottle. This decision, paired with a further announcement scrapping unrealistic climate targets to reduce emissions by 75% by 2030, was enough to send the leftist alliance into a tailspin. Within days, the government SNP-Green pact broke apart, a motion of no confidence was filed, and Humza, jumping before he was pushed, was out on his ear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s incredible that Humza found himself in this trap, considering the circumstances under which his predecessor left office. Nicola Sturgeon, who governed our country for almost a decade, also became a victim of her own puritanical virtue-signaling. Sturgeon clung so tightly to the mantras of modern sexual orthodoxy that she championed a policy of self-ID, which would have allowed any male in Scotland to access female-only changing rooms or rape crisis centers with little difficulty. When confronted with the reality that this could mean sending convicted double-rapists into women\u2019s prison blocks, she had no ledge of common reason to grasp hold of to protect women\u2019s basic safety. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her departure swiftly ensued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWoke\u201d is an unforgiving and judgmental religion. It yields no grace for its most powerful adherents. Yet even this beast is no match for the power of truth. After two car crash leaderships, it\u2019s time for a re-enlightenment in Scotland \u2014 a rediscovery of what it means to govern on the basis of reality. The Scottish people are neither blind nor docile. Women have spoken up, parents have voiced their concerns, and for too long, all who objected to the toxic ideology were branded \u201cbigots.\u201d It\u2019s time for a government that hears and reflects the people. It\u2019s time for a leader who upholds and safeguards the basic rights of women and children, and ends the madness that manipulates vulnerable people into rejecting their own bodies. The rest of the world, too, can learn from our sorry tale. This might be the government\u202fthat \u201cwoke\u201d broke; but we have every opportunity, at this juncture, to rise as the country that broke \u201cwoke.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lois McLatchie Miller (@LoisMcLatch) is a Scottish commentator and Senior Legal Communications Officer for Alliance Defending Freedom UK.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gender ideology, a slippery ally, tested Humza Yousaf. The Scottish leader rode on &#8220;woke&#8221; values to victory, promoting trans-ideology fervently and labeling dissenters as bigots. 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