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Monday 27 September 2021

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Labour conference: Not right to say only women have a cervix, says Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer says it is "not right" to say only women have a cervix amid a row involving one of his MPs.

Rosie Duffield came under fire after supporting online criticism of a tweet, which referred to "individuals with a cervix" to be inclusive of trans men.

The incident was called transphobic by trans rights supporters - but Labour MP Ms Duffield rejects the claim.

Asked about the row, Sir Keir said claiming only women have cervixes was "something that shouldn't be said".

So that's free speech up the spout. It's a rock and a hard place position for Sir Keir, because he knows that nobody actually misunderstands the situation. In which case there are two questions. What is his political ambition and is it a worthy ambition for a principled man? 

The answer to the second question is 'no'. 

3 comments:

DiscoveredJoys said...

"Tell me Mr Smith when you undergo gender reassignment therapy, and become Miss Smith, do you want to have one cervix or go for the SuperTrans option and have two?"

Andy5759 said...

Let me get this right, I'm trying to get it clear in my mind. If a female woman accused another female woman of flashing her penis, would the court be able to state the obvious?

A K Haart said...

DJ - maybe the SuperTrans option would offer somewhere to store the old bits just in case.

Andy - possibly not, although a crusty oblique comment or two could be just as good.