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Susan Dalgety

@susandalgety.bsky.social
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Co-editor of Sunday Times bestseller The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht. Columnist at The Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News. Feminist.

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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Trump’s presidency is literally a death sentence for many in low-income countries as life-saving HIV treatment is cut. We can sit back and watch in horror, or we can act. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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For many, Trump's presidency is a death sentence. Here’s how lives can be saved
Donald Trump’s cuts to US overseas aid could, among many other effects, leave the world facing an HIV pandemic that kills millions of people. But we can all step up to help fill the gap
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Starmer’s shame: Women and children will die because of his cuts to international aid. He has betrayed the legacy of towering Labour figures like Barbara Castle Me in @TheScotsman www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Why women and children will die because of 'hard man' Keir Starmer's aid budget cut
By taking life-saving funds from the world’s most vulnerable women and children, Keir Starmer has abandoned Labour’s principles and the party’s recent manifesto pledge
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Is Scotland safe for children? Next week Scottish Parliament will decide on call for whistleblowing office so concerns about child abuse can be dealt with quickly & in confidence. No more empty promises, time for action say campaigners ✍️in @TheScotsman www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Horrific Glasgow paedophile ring shows how Scotland fails vulnerable children
Scotland needs whistleblowing office so that concerns about possible child abuse, sexual and physical, can be reported and investigated more quickly
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Are there any tax policy experts out there? Or politicians with an interest in tax and charity giving? What is the rationale for giving higher rate tax payers tax relief on their charity giving but not to those who pay basic rate. Asking as a confused basic rate tax payer 😂
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This was such a moving interview
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
@msjlindsay.bsky.social, who covered for Magi's absence at #FiLiA2023, also spoke at the online launch for the #WomenWhoWouldntWheesht, edited by @susandalgety.bsky.social & Lucy Hunter Blackburn Watch the event, inc Jenny's contribution, below: 📹 youtu.be/mvhigAzK-S0 #FiLiA4W #BurnsNight
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
As research reveals a 50-fold increase in kids with gender distress, Trump’s views on sex and gender expose how the left here failed them and women. Me in The Scotsman www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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The left must realise that Donald Trump's gender views strike a chord with voters
It’s time for UK politicians to stop blaming people who are fed up of being told they are on the wrong side of a culture war
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Male Allies Challenging Sexism (MACS) @menvsexism.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
We just posted a quick December update & announced the next topic for our discussion group. We'll be discussing 'The Women who Wouldn't Wheesht' by @susandalgety.bsky.social & Lucy Hunter-Blackburn on 27 Jan from 5:45pm GMT. More👇 menchallengingsexism.org.uk/2025/01/06/d... #MACSDiscussionGroup
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Male Allies Challenging Sexism (MACS) @menvsexism.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
We wanted to share this #Scottish petition calling on the government to make non-fatal strangulation a standalone criminal offence in #Scotland petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE... #NonFatalStrangulation #Petition @institutefas.bsky.social @susandalgety.bsky.social @filiacharity.bsky.social
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
In a few weeks time the Afghanistan MEN’S cricket team will play in ICC’s world championships, while Afghan women and girls are denied their most basic human rights. There must be a sporting boycott to help end this sex apartheid. Me ✍️ in The Scotsman www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Taliban’s shocking treatment of women shows why world must impose apartheid-style sporting boycott
Given the Taliban has banned women from taking part in sport and even speaking in public, Afghanistan’s cricket team should not be welcome at the International Cricket Council’s Men’s Champions Trophy
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie @mbmpolicy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Lucy is quoted in this article by Hannah Barnes on the arguments made by the Scottish Government in the For Women Scotland case, and the negative consequences for women. www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
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The Scottish government is ignoring women’s rights
A hearing at the Supreme Court exposed just how flawed its position on gender recognition is.
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Sturgeon’s friend Swinney has been left to clean up the mess created by her obsession with identify politics….The lanyards are fraying now…But women are still dying prematurely because of their sex. That is Nicola Sturgeon’s enduring legacy. Me in @TheScotsman www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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As SNP government contradicts itself over ‘pregnant men’, the real gender scandal goes unnoticed
Women earn less than their male counterparts, will have a smaller pension and may even be denied life-saving medicine – all because of their sex
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I met many amazing women during my trip to Ukraine earlier this year, here’s my @thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social piece about just four of them emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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I went to Ukraine and met the women holding the country together
Susan Dalgety travelled to Ukraine as a guest of Scottish charity HopeFull to find out first hand the impact of the war, particularly on women. Here she speaks to four women who are at the forefront o...
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
On Tuesday, the UK Supreme Court will consider the definition of a woman. My preview of this groundbreaking case in the Scotsman www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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How UK's highest court is about to decide what a 'woman' is
A long-running row over how to define a women is set to come to a head at the UK Supreme Court
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
“All we hope for is that sanity returns to our legislators and the ordinary, biological meaning of sex, is just that, ordinary.” @susandalgety.bsky.social writes on: How UK's highest court is about to decide what a 'woman' is. 🔗 www.scotsman.com/news/opinion... #WeKnowWhatAWomanIs
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The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht @wouldntwheesht.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
On US publication day for #WomenWhoWouldntWheesht we couldn't have asked for a better review than this. Thank-you to Ben Appel. www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-women-...
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The Women Who Wouldn’t Shut Up
A review of Susan Dalgety and Lucy Hunter Blackburn’s ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
First US review of The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht by Ben Appel. open.substack.com/pub/colinwri...
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The Women Who Wouldn’t Shut Up
A review of Susan Dalgety and Lucy Hunter Blackburn’s ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Good morning America! Bestseller The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht is out! Find out how a small group of determined women won the battle to protect their sex-based rights from gender identity theory, then get a copy! It's a great primer. Hurry - it’s selling out fast online amazon.com/Women-Who-Woul…
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
A Woman’s Place is on Bluesky 🦋 Our starter pack. Please dm/tag us to be added #DefendingWomensSpaces #WPUKIcons go.bsky.app/RcHraGi
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Sonia Sodha @sonia-sodha.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Labour needs to do more on child poverty, and urgently - wrote about this a few weeks ago www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bringing an end to child poverty really ought to be an economic no-brainer | Sonia Sodha
Growing up poor blights children’s lives, and results in lower work and health outcomes that cost the exchequer long term
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Rahila Gupta @rahilag.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Announcing mine and Beatrix Campbell's joint birthing efforts, due next year.
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The bestseller, The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht, which tells the story of how women stopped self ID becoming law in Scotland, is published in USA on Tuesday (19th). www.amazon.com/Women-Who-Wo...
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The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht: Dalgety, Susan, Blackburn, Lucy Hunter: 9781408720707: Amazon.com: Books
The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht [Dalgety, Susan, Blackburn, Lucy Hunter] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I spent last week in Ukraine. I am still processing everything I learned and the wonderful people I met. Here’s a piece I wrote in the Scotsman today www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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How a night in Kyiv bomb shelter brought home that if Ukraine falls, nowhere in Europe will be safe
Susan Dalgety joined Scottish charity HopeFull in Ukraine where it gives pizzas to refugees and others living in the shadow of Vladimir Putin’s war
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Welcome to the front of the class @alison640.bsky.social 😹
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I have just returned from a week in Ukraine. Astonishing country. The most inspiring people. #SlavaUkraini
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Checking in to see if this platform has got a little less po-faced…
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
📢 #FiLiARaiseOurVoices – Writing Women's History Join @susannajrustin.bsky.social, @susandalgety.bsky.social & Lucy Hunter Blackburn, with Chair @johannlamont.bsky.social, to discuss their books as a fundraiser for our #Kakuma sisters 📅 Fri 15 November Glasgow 🎫 buytickets.at/filia1/1399049
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Warning: This SNP government is harmful to our young people www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Warning: This SNP government is harmful to young people
Primary school children are being encouraged to believe that they can change sex, while the Scottish Government is encouraging the donation of eggs, a potentially dangerous medical procedure, for IVF ...
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
From Kentucky to Afghanistan the war against women rages on www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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How US Christian right is waging Taliban-style war on women
Donald Trump and a coalition of right-wing Christians are attacking women’s rights in a way that echoes the extreme misogyny of the Taliban in Afghanistan
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Lisa Mackenzie @lisamackenzie.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
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The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht @wouldntwheesht.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
Contributor to WWWW, Jenny Lindsay, reflects on Friday's event in a wider context. "I strongly believe that it is a feminist, liberal, democratic movement, that supports other women internationally, that gets a ‘win’ that will endure." jennylindsaywriter.substack.com/p/this-isnt-...
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This Isn't Over Yet
Reflections on The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht Fringe event
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 24/08/2024
Thanks to a small Scottish charity 19 courageous women have escaped the barbaric Taliban regime, but when is the international community going to show the same courage and stand up for the women of Afghanistan. I ✍️in The Scotsman www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Why the international community must show the same courage as this small Scottish charity - Susan Dalgety
The Taliban may try to silence the voices of women and girls, but the international community must not be allowed to ignore them too
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The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht @wouldntwheesht.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
We had a great time today in conversation about The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht, with Tess White MSP, at our first-ever, sell-out event, held jointly with For Women Scotland, and joined by some of our wonderful contributors. The book festival fringe starts here...
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The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht @wouldntwheesht.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
"As the editors of the book — which traces the five years leading to the surprise resignation of Nicola Sturgeon in February 2023 — we were determined to showcase the solidarity among women across parties and, more remarkably, across Scotland’s constitutional divide" thecritic.co.uk/keir-starmer...
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Keir Starmer cannot ignore us | Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Susan Dalgety | The Critic Magazine
When Morgan McSweeney, Labour’s campaign manager was plotting his general election grid, it is clear he did not include women’s rights as an issue that might disrupt his carefully calibrated “Change”…
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
JD Vance believes post menopausal are only good for babysitting. As Kamala Harris (59) climbs in the polls he might just be about to find out what else we can do. My column in The Scotsman, Scotland’s national newspaper www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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What was that about post-menopausal women, JD Vance?
The ‘weird’ Republican vice-presidential candidate needs to wise up to the ways of the older woman, writes Susan Dalgety.
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