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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Keir Starmer U-turns to say trans women are not women after Supreme Court ruling

Sir Keir Starmer no longer believes trans women are women in the wake of last week’s landmark Supreme Court ruling.

The prime minister has previously said that “trans women are women”, but asked to repeat that statement on Tuesday he pointed to the judgment, which ruled the term woman referred to biological sex, saying it had “answered that question”.

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