To clarify the "popping champagne corks" comment:
It was said in an interview last April with Lewis Goodall, a clip of which Shelagh played on her show.
Andy Burnham: While I respect the fact that the SC has issued its judgment, I also respected what the judge said who introduced it, in that he said it shouldn't be one side defeating another and I think in the last week, ten days or so since the judgment was passed that is what is happening and there's a risk...
Lewis Goodall: We saw women's groups popping champagne corks outside the court
AB: That's what I mean, that's what I'm saying
LG: So you think that has happened...they've treated it too much as a victory?
AB: Yes, the risk therefore arises of a marginalised community being even further marginalised or feeling quite anxious about things
To which Shelagh commented earlier today on her show:
...and by the way, to both Andy Burnham and to my good friend Lewis Goodall, so what that women popped a few champagne corks after they'd won a court victory? It's been a long, hard road for women to protect their single sex rights. Centuries long, but more recently decades long on this particular issue why shouldn't they pop a few champagne corks? Why not? Celebrate! Why not? They'd won something, they'd fought hard for it, they'd lost jobs, they'd lost reputations, they'd been accused of all kinds of skullduggery when all they were doing was saying 'you know that law that passed that protected women's rights and other people's rights on sex-based grounds, can we keep it?' The Supreme Court said 'yes, you can. Yes, you can keep it. It isn't changed, nothing's changed.' And just because they celebrated with a few champagne corks suddenly what are they, the witches of Eastwick??