In one sense this was Westminster discourse at its most depressingly normal, based on jibes about not knowing how to define a woman. But this time there was a difference: an onlooker who knows better than anyone how devastating the debate can be.
In the days since the sentencing last Friday of Brianna Ghey’s teenage killers, her mother, Esther, has been an incredibly dignified and thoughtful exemplar for debates on complex issues including social media use and transgender rights.
