Police Scotland is the first high-profile Scottish public body to withdraw from Stonewall’s controversial ‘Diversity Champions’ scheme, it has been reported. The force has not applied for the LGBT lobby group’s 2023 Workplace Equality Index, and it last paid its annual fees for the ‘Diversity Champions’ scheme in 2021. The controversial scheme, which a number of UK public bodies have left in recent years, costs organisations around £2,500 a year; rewarding them for promoting LGBT ideology inside and outside of the workplace. Former SNP Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said: “The Stonewall agenda has wreaked havoc across swathes of our society, not just policing . Several public sector organisations including the Crown Prosecution Service, the Government Equalities Office, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission, have quit Stonewall schemes in recent years.

Source: The Times February 24, 2023 22:01 UTC