volver please give me one example of them being an effective opposition and to have made a difference? I certainly can’t find one.
Kier Starmer in theDM:
Harry Potter author JK Rowling - who has been vocal on her views on transgender people and biological sex - said earlier this month that the Labour leader could 'no longer be counted on to defend women's rights'.
It came after Starmer told The Times* 'trans women are women'* according to statute in the UK, and called for a more 'considered, respectful, tolerant debate' about gender.
He insisted he and his party have been defending the rights of women for a 'long, long time'.
'I spent a lot of my working life dealing with violence against women and girls first-hand, and I know from that experience just how important it is to fight for women and fight for equality,' he said.
'We have had legislation in this country which makes it clear that, in some circumstances, particularly at the moment under the law when you've gone through a process, you can be recognised in the gender of your choosing - that's been the position for over a decade now.'
Starmer said the law needs 'reform', adding: 'But I equally - I want to be really clear about this - I am an advocate of safe spaces for women.'
Labour frontbenchers Yvette Cooper and Anneliese Dodds both struggled to answer questions on the issue this month.
Shadow home secretary Ms Cooper refused three times to define what a woman is and told Times Radio she was 'not going to get into rabbit holes on this'.
Ms Dodds, Labour's shadow minister for women and equalities, was asked the same question on BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour and said there were 'different definitions legally' and added: 'I think it does depend what the context is, surely.'
He also refused to deny that women can have penises for heaven’s sake!
