Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner’s speech was a bit of a damp squib at the rowdy PinkNews awards, held at W2’s Royal Lancaster Hotel last night.
Rayner tried to make a big statement, saying Labour would enact a conversion therapy ban that is fully “trans-inclusive”, unlike the Tories. But her words were undercut by news that PM Rishi Sunak is planning exactly the same thing, which he announced almost while she was on stage. Rayner’s party have been accused of “flip-flopping” on trans rights in recent months.
