She said: “If people are talking about trying to deliver greater dignity and respect for that tiny, tiny proportion of the population who are trans – I didn’t spend much time quantitatively on that, but do I regret trying to reduce stigma and discrimination and trauma and heartache for that tiny number of people in our society?
Mr Farage has been a key ally of the US president, having spoken at rallies in America in support of him, with Reform UK unofficially aligned with Mr Trump’s party and seeing poll numbers suggest multiple MSPs could be sent to Holyrood by the party following next year’s election.
The world will be on a “rocky path” if politicians “kowtow” to the likes of Donald Trump and Nigel Farage, former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.
Speaking to community radio station Glad Radio, she said politicians in the UK have a “choice” to make regarding fending off the threat of Mr Farage’s Reform UK and its surging poll ratings – to copy them or be an alternative.
“If we don’t stand up for all of that, if we don’t be very mindful of the power of China and Russia and the changing dynamics in the world, if we don’t absolutely get to grips with the climate crisis, then the world we’re going to bequeath to those that come after us is not one that I would have ever wanted to contemplate.
