SNP First Minister John Swinney has been criticised for his response to a quesdtion on gender, with opposition politicians saying it was “confusing”. He was accused of “standing in the middle of the road” by the Alba party, while women’s groups accused him og failing to safeguard women and girls. The new First Minister took over from Humza Yousaf earlier this month. Asked by BBC Scotland what a woman is, Swinney responded: “I believe a woman is an adult female born as a woman and I also accept that transgender women are defined as women.” At another point in the interview, when discussing Scot…