Independent policy analysis.
Established in 2018, Murray Blackburn Mackenzie is an independent policy analysis collective, made up of Dr Kath Murray, Dr Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Lisa Mackenzie.
Based in Edinburgh, we have extensive experience in policy-making, research and communications.
Latest analysis
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Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: reflections on the first day of the judicial review of the Section 35 Order
Yesterday saw the first day of the Scottish Government’s (SG) challenge to the Section 35 Order applied by the UK Government to the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. Information...
20th September 2023
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Scottish-UK Government contact over the GRR Bill: shedding more light on the process
…the joint work on implementation went ahead. At official level there were fortnightly meetings between UK and Scottish officials as the Bill progressed through Parliament, including early work towards...
12th September 2023
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Who are the interveners in the judicial review of the UK Government’s use of Section 35?
The judicial review of the UK Government’s decision to invoke Section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 in respect of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill will be heard...
11th September 2023
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Recorded police warnings: the need for transparency and accountability
On 23 July 2023 at a public rally organised by the grassroots feminist group Women Won’t Wheesht, a transactivist punched a 54-year old woman, Julie Marshall. The assault resulted...
10th September 2023