Yesterday, history continued to repeat itself as the Scottish gender recognition reforms were blocked by Westminster. For Scotland this is a betrayal of agreements made after their last referendum. For Rishi Sunak this victimisation of the trans community is a way of appeasing the fringe on his backbenches. As with Clause 28 in the 80s a Tory government is trying to distract from its economic failings by victimising a vulnerable minority. There was a demo outside Downing St that was noisy, colourful, and very sweary.