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Labour must accept the Supreme Court’s ruling on the legal status of biological women — but will they?

Remember, this is the same Keir Starmer who couldn’t say whether a woman can have a penis. Now, all of a sudden, we’re meant to believe he’s leading Labour back to ‘common sense’? Please. What we’re witnessing isn’t leadership — it’s the careful calibration of cowardice.

Last week, the Supreme Court did what Parliament has so patently failed to do: it upheld reality.

In a country that prides itself on common sense, the highest judges in the land ruled that when the Equality Act says “woman,” it means adult human female — not a statement of identity, but a biological fact.

This should have ended the matter. It was, after all, a ruling not based on ideology, but law — and, frankly, one that restored a bit of sanity to a debate long overrun by activist noise. But anyone who thought this would settle things clearly underestimated the sheer fanaticism of the radical trans movement and the cowardice of its political enablers.

Because almost instantly, there was a reaction — and not one of reflection. No, there were Labour MPs muttering about how the judgment was “catastrophic,” activists defacing the statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, and protesters brandishing signs that screamed “biology is not binary,” as if shouting slogans makes facts disappear.

This isn’t progressive. It’s postmodern madness. And worse, it’s becoming dangerously mainstream.

For years, Labour has danced on a tightrope of duplicity. On one hand, it has promoted the absurd proposition that men can be women merely by saying so — citing the Gender Recognition Act 2004 as gospel. On the other, it now pretends to welcome the Supreme Court ruling, which flatly contradicts that very interpretation. You can’t have it both ways, Starmer.

Remember, this is the same Keir Starmer who couldn’t say whether a woman can have a penis. Now, all of a sudden, we’re meant to believe he’s leading Labour back to “common sense”? Please. What we’re witnessing isn’t leadership — it’s the careful calibration of cowardice.

And what of the brave Scottish women who brought this case? They’ve faced harassment, abuse, and threats. Their reward for defending the truth — and the rights of women to organise, speak and gather in their own spaces — has been vilification. From a party that still claims to champion equality, it’s a disgrace.

Let’s be clear: this judgment must stand. The law has spoken, and it reflects what most Britons already believe — that sex matters, and women-only spaces are not an optional courtesy, but a biological necessity in certain settings. Prisons. Changing rooms. Shelters. Sport. This isn’t about feelings — it’s about fairness and safety.

Labour must now answer a simple question: do you stand with women, or with those who defaced a statue of a suffragist and scream abuse at female campaigners? Silence is no longer neutrality — it’s complicity.

And let us also say this — most trans people are not the problem. The vast majority just want to live quietly, be respected, and get on with life. It is the activist class — the loudest, most aggressive, and least tolerant left — who have hijacked the conversation and damaged the very cause they claim to champion.

This is not a drill. This is a moment for moral clarity and political courage. The Supreme Court has drawn the line. Now the question is: Will Labour cross it? Or will they finally accept that, in a functioning democracy, law and truth must come before ideology and appeasement?

It’s time to choose a side Labour — because the public already has.

By Jack Lions.

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