Ash Regan in Green Terf war

A new row is dominating Holyrood’s corridors of power. What is it this time? War, famine, the never-ending ferries crisis? No, far more important: desk allocation in the Scottish parliament. Yes, it seems that the prospect of, er, being next door to Ash Regan has thrown the Scottish Greens into something of a tizzy. Following her shock defection to Alba last weekend, the onetime SNP leadership contender now has to find a new office. But the only space available is unfortunately on the same floor as her erstwhile coalition partners. Now there are reports that transgender Green staff members have raised concerns about their potential proximity to the gender critical politician. Poor dears.

Regan of course resigned as community safety minister over the Scottish Government’s botched gender reforms, to the chagrin of the self-ID brigade. She then boasted during the SNP leadership race that she wasn’t fussed that the Greens had ‘a problem’ with her policies and that she wasn’t ‘afraid to work in a minority government’.