Starmer’s words about ‘trans women’ are too little, too late

When will Keir Starmer finally show some leadership over the most fundamental distinction in human society: the difference between men and women? The Prime Minister’s silence after the Supreme Court judgement last week had been deafening. The ruling – which stated that sex is binary – brought clarity and restored sanity; it’s a pity the same could not be said about the PM’s thinking when it comes to defining what a woman is.

When put on the spot by ITV News in an interview yesterday, and asked: ‘Do you believe a transwoman is a woman?’, Starmer could not give a straight answer.

The correct response, of course, is ‘no’ and the explanation does not require any advanced knowledge of either biology or the law.