Re: prisons, you just have to look at the numbers to understand potential problems caused by self ID.
95% of the prison population is male. 20% is in prison for sexual offences. Of the 5% female prison population only 3% are in prison for sexual offences. The number of men in prison just for sexual offences is many times larger than the entire female prison population.
The two populations just aren’t comparable, and the categorisation and resources in women’s prisons reflect this. It’s obvious why even a relatively small transfer from the male estate would be a problem.
However every party except the Conservatives seem to have been drawn into supporting a policy suggested by people who vaguely suggest we should just get rid of prisons when flaws are pointed out.
Starmer isn’t charismatic, but he was supposed to be a safe pair of hands. If that is true he needs to grapple with this problem and stand up for Rosie Duffield. Otherwise he is just as stymied as Cameron ever was by ‘swivel eyed loons’.