You can’t have it both ways: self

It is remarkable how often something that would never happen nevertheless keeps happening. We may now add the case of Amy George to those of Katie Dolatowski and Isla Bryson, sex offenders whose convictions have made a nonsense of the Scottish parliament's gender recognition reforms.

George, also known as Andrew Miller, pleaded guilty last week to the abduction and repeated sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl. Dolatowski was convicted of a number of crimes and, despite being a biological male, served time at Cornton Vale woman's prison. Bryson, formerly known as Adam Graham, was convicted of two charges of rape and was also initially sent to Cornton Vale.

Scottish ministers have made fools of themselves attempting to escape the inevitable, and predicted, consequences of their