The Labour leader said he was proud of his party’s record on women’s rights, after the Harry Potter author said she would struggle to vote for…
Sir Keir Starmer has defended Labour’s track record on women’s rights, after writer JK Rowling claimed the party had “abandoned women”.
“As we do so, I’m also determined that one of the changes that we will bring about if we win the election is a reset of politics, to make sure that as we make progress, we do it in a context that brings people together, and all dialogue, all debate, is always done with respect for the views of everybody involved in those progress and in that discussion.”
Last week Ms Duffield said she had not attended election hustings while running in Canterbury because of “constant trolling”, and has spent £2,000 on bodyguards while campaigning. She continued: “For left-leaning women like us, this isn’t, and never has been, about trans people enjoying the rights of every other citizen, and being free to present and identify however they wish.
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