There is very little electoral capital to be made for Labour to spend a lot of time on this issue so most people tend to avoid it.
What makes you say that?? I've seen so many women over the years on Mumsnet and offline say how gutted they are about Labour's woeful stance on gender ideology and they would happily vote for the party if it took a much stronger position on it. I think plenty more people would vote for Labour if it didn't jump onto ideological bandwagons - of which transgenderism is only one aspect.
The message does seem to be seeping in slowly, thanks to plenty of work within the party by LWD etc. As the probability of winning an election increases, the shuffling backwards is slowly taking place. But it shouldn't have taken so long for such a change to happen. The lacklustre responses hardly instill confidence that any promises made now will be properly carried out once Labour come into power.
hower let's not forget that all of the problems eg institutional capture of public sector organisations and government departments, the almost entire GID scandal and very nearly self ID have happened since 2010 - so I would say the tory party have nothing to be proud of in this area
I would say the Tory leadership, at least some of the more libertarian types, thought GRA reform was an easy win. Remember, all political parties have been intensely lobbied for years behind the scenes by gender activists, away from public scrutiny.
I'm sure those in the Tory party who were swayed by soothsayers felt that GRA reform would give them some brownie points in the way same-sex marriage did - the gender activists insisted this was a very minor thing. A thin veneer of progressive politics could improve the party's image.
However, in terms of the public sector and government departments, there seems to be a very deep rot that is extremely concerning for UK democracy. These are institutions that should be staffed by civil servants that dispense their duties based on what the democratically elected government decides to do.
Yet it seems that plenty of staff in these orgs are very left-wing and very ideologically motivated. They seem to think it's their (unelected) role to implement policies as they see fit, irrespective of what the government or the general population think or want. This is why in recent years, even though Tory government ministers have repeatedly made pronouncements that the NHS should stop using language like cervix havers, or schools shouldn't be encouraging children to 'change gender' behind parents' backs, or schools shouldn't be teaching divisive and contested propaganda around race, or the police shouldn't be focused on investigating online arguments - this stuff is still going on.
It doesn't matter if you agree or disagree with the UK government. If public sector staff don't like what is being implemented, they should leave their job. Not ignore what's being said and carry on regardless. Their personal politics is not meant to be part of their day job. They are not elected by the public and have no mandate to do whatever they like. Yet they still do. And this is a big problem - if people elect a government to do something, and the government can't implement it properly because the civil service and public sector departments just do their own thing - it's going to cause a lot of issues because eventually the public will feel democratic routes are not working and look towards other solutions.
This unaccountable elite will need to be brought to heel, but I don't see that happening any time soon. Tax payer money keeps coming in, and they continue to do what they like irrespective of whether it's a Labour or Tory government in power.