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To think James Murray, the new Health Secretary, should know what a woman is? "I think a woman is an adult female and a trans woman"

38 replies

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 15/05/2026 12:49

Seems a key skill for a health secretary..

"I think a woman is an adult female and a trans woman"

https://x.com/WomenOScotland/status/2055065692395987161

Women o' Scotland (@WomenOScotland) on X

Starmer’s just appointed James Murray as the new Health Secretary the man now running the entire NHS. And this is how he defines a woman when a actual woman challenges him: Woman: “Do you think it’s a bit strange that you’re a man telling me, a woman,...

https://x.com/WomenOScotland/status/2055065692395987161

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WaryCrow · 15/05/2026 14:49

Irememberwhenitwasallfieldsroundhere · 15/05/2026 14:21

Oh FFS here we go a fucking gain

Yep. It would much easier if we all just used the definition that the human race has used for tens of millennia wouldn’t it.

TL:DR the women are the ones not overfilling prisons, the ones suffering the sexual crimes of the others, and being paid a damn sight less for more valuable work,

That was supposed to be a full stop on the end, but I can think of another: the ones specifically banned from inheriting titles and estates even if they do “change sex” to become transmen.

Irememberwhenitwasallfieldsroundhere · 15/05/2026 14:21

Oh FFS here we go a fucking gain

Additup · 15/05/2026 14:20

MmeDubois7 · 15/05/2026 13:27

Don't get me started on Harriet Harman

Harriet Har-them as she us known in our house 😁

NotmeMother · 15/05/2026 13:43

At this point, I feel like Starmer is punishing women before he gets pushed out...bastard!

Ablondiebutagoody · 15/05/2026 13:40

This guy is the worst kind of politician. No spark, no opinion, but very skilled in robotically trotting out the party line. I can see why Starmer likes him.

Verv · 15/05/2026 13:38

Did anybody seriously expect anything less?

SilenceInside · 15/05/2026 13:37

He should probably also know the difference between "and" and "or"....

INeedAnotherName · 15/05/2026 13:34

Oh for fucks sake. Really??

Labour are really scraping the intelligence barrel with their recent appointments. Can't wait for this pathetic bunch of idiots to go, from Starmer downwards 😠 And I'm speaking as someone who voted Labour until Corbyn.

Meadowfinch · 15/05/2026 13:33

Whataflippincircus · 15/05/2026 13:30

He clearly is completely deluded as the only real criteria to be a transwoman, is to be a man.

This.

Does Labour really not have anyone with any common sense?

I can't stand Reform but I can't wait to be rid of this Labour govt. They are embarrassing in their hypocrisy.

Whataflippincircus · 15/05/2026 13:30

He clearly is completely deluded as the only real criteria to be a transwoman, is to be a man.

MmeDubois7 · 15/05/2026 13:27

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 15/05/2026 13:07

Good job Starmer is listening to what half the electorate care about.

Don't get me started on Harriet Harman

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 15/05/2026 13:07

MmeDubois7 · 15/05/2026 12:52

Yip. Yanbu. Should not be HS if doesn't know basic biology.

Good job Starmer is listening to what half the electorate care about.

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MmeDubois7 · 15/05/2026 12:52

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 15/05/2026 12:49

Seems a key skill for a health secretary..

"I think a woman is an adult female and a trans woman"

https://x.com/WomenOScotland/status/2055065692395987161

Yip. Yanbu. Should not be HS if doesn't know basic biology.