Encouraging from the Labour front bench, after all the rumours of a rebellion in the ranks:
Trans women should use toilets according to their biological sex, the equalities minister has said.
Which, for trans women, is male.
In response to the UK Supreme Court's ruling that a woman is legally defined by biological sex, Bridget Phillipson stopped short of explicitly saying trans women should use the men's toilets.
But she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The ruling was clear that provisions and services should be accessed on the basis of biological sex."
Pushed further for clarification on whether a trans woman should use the men's or women's toilets she repeated: "The ruling is clear."
So saying she "stopped short of explicitly saying trans women should use the men's toilets" is inserting doubt where there really doesn't seem to be any. "The ruling is clear".
Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the ruling in his first comments on the matter, saying it gave "much needed clarity".
The prime minister told the BBC: "I'm really pleased the court has clarified the position.
"We can move on from there. [I] think that has been very helpful."
Added. But…
I am not grateful to Starmer because he now has to publicly admit he knows trans women (blokes) are NOT women. He added fuel to the fire that burned so many of us. @RosieDuffield1 is a fine public servant, and should have been treated as the asset she clearly was, but instead was…
— Julie Bindel (@bindelj) April 22, 2025
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…"but instead was monstered by Labour blue-fringes, and Starmer did NOTHING to defend or protect her."
Mick Hartley 
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