First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon is interviewed on gender recognition act, levelling up funding announcing and the David Goodwillie Raith Rovers situation.

Nicola Sturgeon visits the Scottish Opera; Part 2 of 2SCOTLAND: Glasgow: Scottish Opera:INTNicola Sturgeon MSP (First Minister) interview SOTQ: ON GENDER RECOGNITION ACT- I'm not going to comment on court action / the court action is related to census questions / completely inappropriate for me to comment on that / I'm a lifelong feminist to my fingertips / it's really important we protect and enhance the lives of trans people / do not believe rights of women and trans people need be in conflict, I will argue that case as long as I have ability to do so / a lot of people use trans agenda to spread transphobia / I will continue to make the case for women's rights but also for protecting the rights of trans peopleQ: ON LEVELLING UP FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT- I think when the media has suggested that Michael Gove has said it's not very good, should tell us everything / rehashed money / attempt by beleaguered Westminster government with an utterly discredited Prime Minister to distract people's attention / we'll look carefully at what it means for Scotland, had a discussion with Gove last night about some of the implications / this is part of the agenda of the Westminster government, to spend money over the head of Scottish Parliament / I always welcome money for Scotland but the decisions we're talking about should be for democratically elected Scottish Parliament to take / not decisions muscled in on by Westminster governments for partisan political reasonsQ: ON GOODWILLIE SITUATION AND WHETHER SPFL SHOULD STEP IN- Yes I think that would be appropriate / footballers are role models / responsibility on football clubs for positive role models / we're talking about a football player who in a civil court was found to have raped a woman / never expressed any real remorse / sends a really damaging message / while we talk about the importance of tackling sexual violence we've got an awful long way to go / hope Raith Rovers reflect very carefully on grou...
Nicola Sturgeon visits the Scottish Opera; Part 2 of 2SCOTLAND: Glasgow: Scottish Opera:INTNicola Sturgeon MSP (First Minister) interview SOTQ: ON GENDER RECOGNITION ACT- I'm not going to comment on court action / the court action is related to census questions / completely inappropriate for me to comment on that / I'm a lifelong feminist to my fingertips / it's really important we protect and enhance the lives of trans people / do not believe rights of women and trans people need be in conflict, I will argue that case as long as I have ability to do so / a lot of people use trans agenda to spread transphobia / I will continue to make the case for women's rights but also for protecting the rights of trans peopleQ: ON LEVELLING UP FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT- I think when the media has suggested that Michael Gove has said it's not very good, should tell us everything / rehashed money / attempt by beleaguered Westminster government with an utterly discredited Prime Minister to distract people's attention / we'll look carefully at what it means for Scotland, had a discussion with Gove last night about some of the implications / this is part of the agenda of the Westminster government, to spend money over the head of Scottish Parliament / I always welcome money for Scotland but the decisions we're talking about should be for democratically elected Scottish Parliament to take / not decisions muscled in on by Westminster governments for partisan political reasonsQ: ON GOODWILLIE SITUATION AND WHETHER SPFL SHOULD STEP IN- Yes I think that would be appropriate / footballers are role models / responsibility on football clubs for positive role models / we're talking about a football player who in a civil court was found to have raped a woman / never expressed any real remorse / sends a really damaging message / while we talk about the importance of tackling sexual violence we've got an awful long way to go / hope Raith Rovers reflect very carefully on grou...
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