Starmer Chameleon
Is this what he thought last week? It would be rude to ask
Kemi Badenoch had been rehearsing this version of prime minister’s questions for days. Ever since the Supreme Court gender ruling last week, she has been on a victory lap, and the final part of it was going to be the humiliation of Keir Starmer, a man whose views on this issue have, well, transitioned.
An uncharitable interpretation would be that the prime minister swings with the wind. But let’s be generous: he has always, completely consistently, wanted the matter to go away. When that meant simply keeping his party happy, he said one thing. Now he says something else. The important thing is that as of 2025 he identifies as someone who has always been gender critical, and he wants us to respect that.
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