Nicola Sturgeon is told to 'eat some humble pie' and abandon her gender reforms trends now
Nicola Sturgeon has been advised to 'eat some humble pie' and to sort out her gender reform 'mess' after recording her worst ever public support rating.
A YouGov poll showed that the First Minister's personal approval rating has fallen below 4 per cent, hinting that nationalists are starting to question her position.
The fall in support comes after the controversial decision to put transgender prisoner Isla Bryson in a female prison.
The result is the lowest rating she has received since she took over from Alex Salmon in 2014.
SNP MP Joanna Cherry called on the First Minister to back down on her controversial gender reforms.
Nicola Sturgeon (pictured) has been advised to 'eat some humble pie' and to sort her gender reform mess out
She said in a tweet: 'It's time to admit that feminist criticisms of self-ID and the [Gender Recognition Reform Bill] were right, eat some humility pie and sort this mess out before it does any more damage to the reputation of our party, parliament and the cause of Scotland's independence.'
The Gender Reform Recognition Bill removes the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria when applying for a gender recognition certificate, drops the minimum age for applications to 16 and reduces the time someone needs to live in an acquired gender first to three months for over-18s.
Ms Sturgeon has previously claimed she will attempt to overturn the UK government's veto on the bill.
But her claims that the system would pose no risk to women and single-sex spaces were undermined by the controversial case of Bryson, who now self identifies as a woman.
Joanna Cherry (pictured) called on the First Minister to back down on her controversial gender reform
Former MSP Joan McAlpine accused Ms Sturgeon of damaging the SNP's reputation over the matter.
'This ideology is a personal passion of the First Minister so she must answer for any harm done - to women, obviously, but also to her party and the cause of independence it was founded to champion, Ms McAlpine said according to The Times.
An SNP senior minister controversially said yesterday SNP members who question Ms Sturgeon's position on transgender rights should maybe consider quitting the party.
The poll follows clashes at a protest yesterday where women's rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen thanked Nicola Sturgeon for 'waking up Scotland'.
Tensions flared at Glasgow rally as activists clashed amid the row over Bryson.
Kellie-Jay Keen, also known as Posie Parker, attacked the Scottish Government over the case of transgender prisoner Isla Bryson - who raped two women while living as a man called Adam Graham - at the rally organised by Standing for Women.
At the rally against the SNP's gender recognition reform proposals, which were passed by a majority of MSPs in December but blocked by the UK Government, tensions rose as counter-protest was staged by pro-reform advocates and dubbed Cabaret Against the Hate Speech.
In one heated encounter between two opposing campaigners, one person with pink and green coloured hair tried to grab a women's rights campaigner's sign and continued screaming at the women's right protestors.
Police separated the pro-reform protestor and the two women who were driving off in the back of a rickshaw, while the person wearing a rainbow flag screamed after them telling them to 'f*** off' while first holding up their middle fingers and then lifting their shirt up to reveal their naked chest.
Standing for Women, led by Kellie-Jay Keen (pictured) also known as Posie Parker, staged a protest in Glasgow today against the Scottish Government's gender recognition reform proposals
Hundreds of campaigners for women's rights gathered in Glasgow today as they railed against the Scottish government's plans for gender self-identification north of the border
Addressing the roaring crowd in George Square today, Keen said: 'From the bottom of my heart, thank you Nicola Sturgeon!
'Nicola Sturgeon said, "oh, it will never happen" and all of us knew it was already happening - and then along came Adam "double rapist" Graham...
'I just want to thank the SNP for waking up Scotland and to all of you Scottish women and some men who have been campaigning about this for the past five years. Thank you to every one of you.'
A large police presence was visible in the city's iconic central square, keeping the large demonstration far apart from a counter rally by trans rights activists.
Attendees waved flags, danced and sang in support of the right to self-identification. Many were in fancy dress and held up their own signs, with slogans such as 'protect trans kids' and 'love is love'.
One counter protester directly took aim at Keen herself, holding a sign that read 'F*** Posie Parker'.
Bryson who Ms Keen mentioned in her speech as 'Adam "double rapist" Graham' was imprisoned in segregation at Cornton Vale women's jail near Stirling upon conviction, before being moved to a male prison after a public outcry.
Critics of the bill say their concerns about women's safety were brought into sharp focus when Sturgeon was forced to remove Bryson from Cornton Vale so soon after her bill.
The issue was compounded days later, when ministers were again forced to intervene to prevent convicted stalker Tiffany Scott, previously known as Andrew Burns, from moving to a female estate.
One women's rights protester held up a banner with pictures of Bryson and Scott, alongside recently released prisoner Katy Dolatowski, with the slogan 'two down - how many more to go? #KeepPrisonsSingleSex'
