In 2022, Mr Starmer told The Times: “A woman is a female adult, and in addition to that trans women are women, and that is not just my view — that is actually the law.”
Sir Keir Starmer no longer believes trans women are women in the wake of last week’s landmark Supreme Court ruling. The prime minister has previously said that “trans women are women”, but asked to repeat that statement on Tuesday he pointed to the judgment, which ruled the term woman referred to biological sex, saying it had “answered that question”. Downing Street later confirmed the U-turn.
Starmer’s spokesperson told The Independent “no” when asked if “trans women are women” — a phrase he previously championed in lockstep with the progressive left. The interview marks a major political reversal for Labour’s leader, who previously said that “trans women are women” and framed that view as consistent with British law.
