For a long time, Ms Sturgeon's position has been unassailable. Joanna Cherry is the MP for Edinburgh South West and the SNP Front bench Spokesperson for Justice and Home Affairs [1][3], She served as a Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Government from 2003 to 2008, and as an Advocate Depute and Senior Advocate Depute from 2008 until 2011. Vivian deals with a range of cases on behalf of constituents, including issues with benefits, immigration, child maintenance and employment rights. The whole row has chiefly been interesting because of how unusual it is. "The party has consistently ignored the dozens of complaints filed against him by women and there would be mass resignations if he got through vetting.”. 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As for Ms Cherry, the fact she would rather Scotland were independent aside, her Edinburgh South West seat is at risk of being abolished at the next election after a Westminster boundary review. It was the MP's complaints of being abused on social media which led to the Sunday Herald article, with the employee involved saying that they "couldn't stay silent anymore" when they saw the "hypocritical" posts. Some ministers see the current system - which requires transgender people to produce medical reports and satisfy a panel that they have gender dysphoria - as intrusive and outdated. South of Scotland MSP Ms McAlpine is one of a list of female SNP politicians to urge caution over self-ID plans amid fears women in female-only spaces could be put at risk from predators. Promoted by Peter Murrell on behalf of the Scottish National Party, both at Gordon Lamb House, "On Edinburgh Southern, he has every right to put his papers forward, and I'll have nothing to do with his vetting as I have an obvious conflict of interest. She has been a leading voice in the campaign to keep the Human Rights Act and to stay in the European Convention on Human Rights. As the eldest child of an Irish mother and a Scottish father, she was brought up as a Catholic, educated in an Edinburgh convent school and then struggled to reconcile her faith with her sexuality. 7 Henderson called for SNP colleagues including Joanna Cherry to be axed by the party Her case Cherry v Advocate General for Scotland, together with a case brought in England and Wales by Gina Miller, was ultimately successful in the Supreme Court, resulting in the quashing of the prorogation on 24 September 2019. She is ranked by the Legal 500 as one of the leading QCs in Scotland. Minister Robert Jenrick did not rule out closing pubs and restaurants in the worst-affected areas. Joanna co-authored the textbook “Mental Health and Scots Law in Practice’. View our online Press Pack. Cherry cited several abusive tweets, that were not removed swiftly by Twitter, something the company's head of UK government, public policy and philanthropy, Katy Minshall, described as "absolutely an undesirable situation". These are external links and will open in a new window. It was a minor rebuke, but a rebuke nonetheless. “The scheme operates on the basis of absolute confidentiality. Prestwick Airport talking to other potential buyers after sale fell through, Nicola Sturgeon's lies to Salmond inquiry show greater contempt for voters than Margaret Ferrier's Covid breach – Murdo Fraser. Joanna Cherry and the SNP have both been approached for comment. Ms Cherry has certainly chosen to cast it that way, talking about "politically motivated smears", which she says "arise from SNP infighting". [33], "Cherry, Joanna Catherine, (born 18 March 1966), QC (Scot.) He told how he grew up in the seat and said: "We need a local candidate who can fight for Edinburgh Southern. This email address is being protected from spambots. What c**ts.". Joanna is a member of the Exiting EU Select Committee in the House of Commons and the Joint Committee on Human Rights. Email us at scoop@thesun.co.uk or call 0141 420 5300, Police lock down Glasgow street after disturbance, Celebrity chef Nick Nairn says 'close schools not restaurants' in lockdown blast, Full list of new restrictions as Sturgeon confirms mini-lockdown, Scots bar flogging £1.50 pints and half price food deal before lockdown closure, Edinburgh teen 'stabbed several times' after knife gang storm flat in murder bid, ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No.