Lisa Nandy, secretary of state for culture media and sport, has been photographed looking very pleased with herself wearing a "Protect the Dolls" t-shirt – as worn by luminaries such as Pedro Pascal, Tilda Swinton, Alan Cumming and Madonna. The "dolls" here are trans women – that is, men – who are deemed to be in need of protection from – well, they're always in need of protection of course, but just now it's from the exigencies of the Supreme Court ruling on single sex spaces:
It is not surprising that Nandy is keen to protect the dolls. Ever on the ‘right-thinking’ side of history, she has consistently denied biological reality. ‘I think transwomen are women… so I think they should be accommodated in a prison of their choosing’, she once said of a man jailed for five counts of child rape, who later claimed to be a woman. She has also been happy for men to compete in women’s sport, claiming last year that it should be up to each individual sporting body whether to allow male-bodied athletes to compete in the female category.
LGB Labour have now written her a letter:
It would be bad enough for an MP to so publicly show her disagreement with the law, but for a cabinet minister…
Starmer should be having a strong word – but of course he won't.
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