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How long till Davey works out he can either back the judgement. which he said again he did on Today, or say the equality act needs changing - the guidance in fact is just following the law which the Supreme Court made clear.
He can't do both logically. :
Lib Dems embroiled in new trans rights row as leader Ed Davey says he backs conference vote on scrapping protection for women-only spaces
Lib Dem activists warned that the vote was 'a Trojan horse for removing women’s rights to single-sex spaces'.
But asked if he wanted the motion to pass, Sir Ed told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'I do – I'll be voting for it if I'm in the hall.'
He added: 'The Supreme Court created something that we didn't expect.
'We've been working out how to make sure it's implemented properly and we've been waiting for this guidance – it's taken a long time.
'And we think, talking to businesses, they don't think it's clear enough or helpful enough. So we're responding to what other people are saying.'
But his support prompted a backlash from women's rights campaigners.
Dr Zoe Hollowood, who chairs the campaign group Liberal Voice for Women, said: 'It seems Ed plans to abandon the commitment he made to women in our 2024 manifesto that the party would uphold the Equality Act.
'The theme for this conference is ''We care, we fight''. What women will take from his support for the motion is that Ed does not care about our rights and is wholly unwilling to fight for them.
'This motion is a Trojan horse for removing women’s rights to single-sex spaces.
'Ed Davey told the BBC that the guidance supporting the Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of sex in the Equality Act lacks clarity and is not fit for purpose.
'The issue is not that the guidance is unclear - it is very clear. The issue is that organisations who want loopholes to allow some males into female spaces cannot find them.'
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16147987/Lib-Dems-trans-rights-row-Ed-Davey.html?
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EdwardJDavey repeated on r4today that ‘we accept the SC judgment’.
He said he’s voting for motion cos it’s only about the guidance being ‘unclear & not fit for purpose’. But in asserting ’TWAW’ the motion is directly contrary to SC judgment which affirmed sex is biological.
If women are not prevented from speaking they point out the flaws in the motion which is anti women's rights. Expect fireworks previous times the TAs have attempted to stop anyone supporting reality from speaking.
The debate on the 2026 motion will take place at around 5.10pm on Monday, the night before Sir Ed’s speech.
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