I don’t care if people are trans, but I do care if they try to dismantle women and our rights while in pursuit of validation.
This, absolutely.
Plus, my absolute disappointment and horror at Starmer is also down to the fact that no matter how left I am, I also don’t want to vote for someone who is a liar. Boris is a fucking liar and I don’t vote for him. I don’t want to hold my nose and vote for someone who is telling me what Starmer’s telling me, because he also is blatantly lying.
The whole ideology is based on lies and pretence. No matter who in his party he wants to appease, there’s a simple way to get around it and that’s replying: “Well Andrew, yes, only biological women have a cervix but some women identify as transmen, so to be inclusive of those people I would phrase it differently to Rosie. But she is also entitled to express her opinion without being harassed.”
[or even “identify as men”, I don’t care, as long ax it’s clear thar “identify as” is not the same thing as “actually are”.]
Truth told, job done, no denying of reality. Why can’t he do that?
The truth we all know, is that transmen are women who want to be men; they aren’t biological men or they wouldn’t be trans. Why lie and pretend you believe in the magical gender fairies who can turn straw into gold (or vice versa) just by wishing it?
We are not stupid, Keir.