in scotland. it is not clear exactly when she will leave office, but as i say, she has been head of the scottish government for the last eight years. she has been making headlines in recent weeks because of a wider debate on teenagers rights, calling for a wider debate on teenagers rights, she defended plans to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex. scotland s gender recognition bill that she wanted to introduce into scotland brought her into conflict and a clash with the uk government based in westminster, which blocked scotland plus two gender recognition bill. the secretary of state for scotland alisterjack used a special order known as a section 35 order to prevent that there becoming law on the grounds it would have an adverse impact on the laws. those are laws that apply across scotland, england and wales. that was a claim disputed by the scottish government, butjust to remind you, that gender recognition bill was to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex
miles of newscasters. thank you for making this election much more interesting . well, kira, have a lovely trip to hawaii, whatever the reason is, and let s see what s going to happen on my trip to glasgow with newsnight on this episode of newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam, not in the newscast studio, but hanging out with newsnight. lovely to be here, hanging out with you. and, of course, nick. hello. right. we ll talk about what you guys are going to be doing on the special episode of newsnight in a minute. but there s been quite a big story, actually, in the election campaign today, nick. and it s to do with reform, and we should be quite precise here. so it s not a candidate from reform who said something that people are very concerned about. it s an activist who was out canvassing for them, and they were filmed undercover by channel 4 news, and they broadcast their piece on thursday night. that s right. so it was an undercover investigation by channel 4 n
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