A heated exchange unfolded live on Sky News after anchor Anna Jones pressed Health and Social Care Minister Karin Smyth on Labour’s stance following a landmark Supreme Court ruling defining “woman” in UK law as biological sex.
The ruling, delivered by Lord Hodge, Lady Rose, and Lady Simler, clarified that under the Equality Act 2010, sex is binary — “a person is either a woman or a man.” The decision has ignited fierce debate across the political spectrum and newsrooms alike. Tory MP Kemi Badenoch hailed the decision, saying, “Saying ‘trans women are women’ was never true in fact, and now isn’t true in law either”, reported the Express.
