Gender is ultimately a subject that divides Labour more than the Tories
‘This is a policy aimed at causing the Labour Party problems. But it is also one that is consistent with the actions of the Tory party in office,’ writes Katy Balls
would change the Equality Act to make clear that the protected characteristic of sex is “biological sex”– protect “the privacy and dignity of women and girls” in women-only spaces as an “election distraction”, the harsher criticism has come from Sunak’s own side.
The key focus so far has been older voters, with pensioner-friendly policies being announced. Talking about what makes a woman a woman is certainly comfortable terrain for the Tory party. In times of Conservative trouble, it’s been one of the key attack lines they like to use on Starmer. MPs will laugh at the number of interviews where the Labour leader and many of his colleagues have seemed uncomfortable and perplexed on the subject.
So this is a Tory policy aimed in part at causing the Labour Party problems. But it is also one that is consistent with the actions of the Tory party in office. Badenoch – who leads in this brief and was out today – has long been a champion of the importance of biological sex.
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