MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy · Edinburgh · joined 28 Aug 2019
Edinburgh-based policy analysis collective, with a background in policy-making, research & communications. By @kathmurray1 @LucyHunterB & @lnmackenzie1
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@mbmpolicy Excellent, about time the spotlight was focused on Jane Gordon!
Her muddled thinking will walk Police Scotland into legal action and continued public disdain and distrust.
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The Scottish Police Authority should ask to see all the advice it has received and question the failure to publish it all.
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In today's @TheScotsman article, Police Scotland reiterate that its transgender search guidance was: 'developed following extensive advice from our legal team and Independent Human Rights Advisor, as well as engagement with relevant business areas and staff associations.'
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In defending its decisions, Police Scotland has been particularly keen to highlight that it has commissioned independent advice on human rights. Its reluctance to be open about the content of that advice leaves its own officers and the wider public in the dark.
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While Police Scotland has taken significant steps to undo the institutional damage resulting from its attachment to gender identity ideology, it has still not drawn a clear line on this issue.
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The recent case of Adam/Eve Shaw further illustrates how Police Scotland continues to misuse the language of human rights to justify decisions that favour gender identity claims over other considerations, including public trust.
https://t.co/RpqyCcVp1m
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In January 2026, the SPA (as the contracting authority for PS) awarded Ms Gordon a further flexible contract with a £1 million ceiling (excluding VAT) as a Professional Services Human Rights Advisor. We could not find a record of her previous contracts.
https://t.co/f3MkB5rrmR
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Police Scotland has also refused to disclose Ms Gordon’s ‘extensive’ advice in respect of its interim transgender search policy.
It remains unclear what advice caused a PS spokesperson to recently insist that ‘human rights’ require a male suspect to be described as a ‘woman’.
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The apparent instability of Police Scotland’s position on human rights is compounded by a lack of transparency. Police Scotland has repeatedly highlighted the contribution of its independent human rights advisor Jane Gordon. The Paton Review states: https://t.co/TyqqmJ3Aan
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However, Police Scotland refused to release Ms Gordon's widely referenced 'Baseline Assessment of Human Rights'. It only did so after an appeal to the Information Commissioner.
https://t.co/HlyhALBZRK
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Police Scotland invoked human rights in the context of the Paton Review, which led to a stronger emphasis on biological sex. However, it also did so when making policy based on gender identity. https://t.co/RNqkrPFTUr
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Meanwhile, under its interim transgender search guidance, PS allows trans-identified suspects to be strip-searched by an officer of the opposite sex with the officer's nominal 'consent'. We think this will disproportionately disadvantage female officers.
https://t.co/eTr6Z2gag1
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This contradicts a statement made by Chief Constable Jo Farrell in November 2025 when giving evidence to the Public Petitions Committee (on our petition to accurately record the sex of suspects in cases of rape). The Chief Constable told the Committee: https://t.co/DlV1tBx7Vb htt
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In a recent case involving a man who identifies as a woman, Police Scotland said: ‘A 30-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in connection with culpable and reckless conduct.’ PS defended this approach with reference to human rights and privacy. https://t.co/2eJ7qocnhd
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Our analysis is also reported in today's @TheScotsman
https://t.co/gkJ4HiQ43N
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NEW: Our latest blog looks at how Police Scotland has invoked the language of human rights to defend its shifting decision-making on sex and gender identity, and highlights a lack of transparency over the advice it is receiving. https://t.co/kmsD9WkziK
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UPDATE: This blog shares our most recent exchanges with Amnesty International UK. We continue to seek a direct, unreserved apology from AIUK, more clarity about past events and about how AIUK is addressing the failures it has acknowleged here. https://t.co/emDGuUDx7u
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The Scottish Government has published the results of its consultation on proposed revisions to the 2017 Stop and Search Code of Practice. This includes changes to rules on strip-searching. Our response is published here. https://t.co/YQvPBgrPq8
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We are quoted in this Scotsman article by @CatrionaStewart about the Willow Project in Edinburgh. https://t.co/4t8PUGirae
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NEW: 'From Freddos to Frank’s Law: An Assessment of the Scottish Parliament Public Petitions System'.
Our latest paper is published in @ScottishAffairs. It covers public engagement, how the Public Petitions Committee works, transparency, and data gaps.
https://t.co/lQ77a3E1Fn h
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@mbmpolicy Spectacular response. Best in breed. We need awards for this
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NEW: Our latest blog provides an update on the now withdrawn Amnesty International UK report 'A Growing Threat'. We trace how AIUK responded to the unfolding controversy and show why it cannot be dismissed as an isolated, unrepresentative incident. https://t.co/WnNe8orglZ
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Face aux comptes de taille comparable
22 posts des 90 derniers jours, à côté de la tranche de 10K–100K abonnés. diffusé bien au-delà de son propre public, et ce public réagit.
Vues médianes1 018ce compte924médiane pour 10K–100K
Portée, %8.97%ce compte3.62%médiane pour 10K–100K
Engagement, %6.01%ce compte1.52%médiane pour 10K–100K
| Indicateur | Ce compte | Médiane pour 10K–100K | Rapport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vues médianes par post | 1 018 | 924 | 1.10× |
| Portée (vues ÷ abonnés) | 8.97% | 3.62% | 2.48× |
| Taux d'engagement | 6.01% | 1.52% | 3.95× |
Autres comptes de cette tranche → Comparer avec un autre compte → Comment ces repères sont établis →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
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634
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532
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424
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Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
6.14%15 Sep
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5.88%
8.24%
7.89%
8.68%
8.27%
6.45%
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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.
What the audience does
Likes70.3%1 528 in total
Reposts22.0%478 in total
Replies1.6%35 in total
Quotes0.9%19 in total
Bookmarks5.2%112 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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