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The Fashion Central
The Fashion Central
Amelia Dimoldenberg

Labour Ministers Called Out After Years of Denying Basic Biology in Trans Debate

(Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Keir Starmer is once again under fire over his shifting stance on gender, with critics calling out what they see as a major political U-turn. After the Labour leader welcomed a Supreme Court ruling, his past comments quickly resurfaced, prompting accusations of hypocrisy.

Back in 2022, Starmer confidently stated, “Trans women are women.” But just a year later, he adjusted his wording to say a woman is an “adult female.” Then in 2024, things got even more awkward when he claimed that 99.9 per cent of women “don’t have a penis” — which, by his own maths, left one in every thousand who do.

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