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sabreW4K3 ( sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al )  to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 year ago

Starmer U-turns on previous position on trans women after gender ruling

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Starmer U-turns on previous position on trans women after gender ruling

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sabreW4K3 ( sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al )  to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 year ago
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The Prime Minister has U-turned on his previous position on whether trans women are women
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  • flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc) ( flamingos@feddit.uk ) 
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    His new comments came as Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson said the ruling means transgender women should use male toilets.

    The SC ruling didn’t even say that trans people had to be excluded from single-sex spaces, only that they could. This is the same shit they pulled with the Cass Review, which didn’t call for puberty blockers to be banned, but they always assert that it did.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 ( Emperor@feddit.uk ) 
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      The SC ruling didn’t even say that trans people had to be excluded from single-sex spaces, only that they could.

      This is Lord Sumption’s take on it and he reckons the ruling has been misinterpreted. As a former Supreme Court judge, I’m happy to go along with that as he is an expert on interpreting and writing such judgements.

      The speed with which some people have jumped on this and given their own, apparently wrong, reading of the law is worrying. Especially as one of them is Baroness Falkner who is threatening to write up “guidance” based on her misunderstanding of the judgement. Almost seems… opportunistic.

  • LuckingFurker (Any/All) ( LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    Starmer doesn’t have a position on anything, he waits for everyone else to give their opinion and then picks the one he thinks is most popular

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      Isn’t that most politicians?

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        To one extent or another, Starmer is just so blatant with it

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    Idk how to be okay anymore. Its just one thing after another. All the momentum I thought we had in society toward proper trans rights seems to have died.

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    No, he didn’t make a u-turn. Kid Starver - ever the opportunist - only uses the moment to reveal his complete lack of morals and convictions yet again.

  • katy ✨ ( cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    meanwhile not a single member of labour or the gender critical movement have mentioned a word about nicola murray, who was lauded by multiple mps and followed by several gender criticals - including jk rowling.

    she just was found guilty of decades of child abuse.

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