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GROVELLING Sir Keir Starmer has admitted the treatment of women’s rights campaigners like JK Rowling in the trans debate was “clearly wrong”.
The Supreme Court confirmed the terms “woman” and “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex”.
The landmark judgement was hailed as a “victory for common sense” by top politicians and feminist campaigners.
And the PM, who has previously said “trans women are women”, welcomed the Supreme Court ruling and said it is “time now to lower the temperature” of the transgender debate.
But Kemi Badenoch labelled Sir Keir a “weather vane who twists in the wind” as she claimed he “doesn’t have the balls” to express his views on gender.
And Harry Potter author Rowling hit out against the PM branding him a “coward”.
Now Downing Street has said the treatment of women’s rights campaigners was “clearly wrong”.
A spokesman for Sir Keir told The Telegraph some women like Rowling had not been “treated appropriately”.
They said: “t is clearly the case that some of the women who have sought this legal clarity have not been treated appropriately and that is clearly wrong, and the Prime Minister always takes an approach, whether it’s this issue or to any issue, that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect, and these debates should be conducted in that manner.
“And he has welcomed the court judgment for what it is. It’s a step forward.
“It’s a welcome step forward, and it obviously supports the Government’s position, as set out in the manifesto, to deliver single sex spaces based upon biological sex.”
At PMQs, a fired-up Ms Badenoch slammed Sir Keir for “bending the knee” to “every passing fad” as she blasted his past failure to back the protection of single-sex spaces.
She also hit out at the PM as he refused to apologise to ex-Labour MP Rosie Duffield, who was “hounded” from the party over her gender critical views.
Ms Badenoch said: “This is a question about moral courage, about doing the right thing, even when it is difficult.
“The truth is he doesn’t have the balls. The Prime Minister only tells people what they want to hear.”
Meanwhile Rowling said: “Imagine being such a coward you can only muster the courage to tell the truth once the Supreme Court has ruled on what the truth is.”
JULIE BINDEL: Cowardly Keir Starmer has fuelled trans activist bullies
By Julie Bindel
IT has taken almost a week for our Prime Minister to comment on the most important legal decision since he became PM, namely the Supreme Court’s clarification of the law, confirming that “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act means biological sex.
Sir Keir Starmer (who once claimed that one in a thousand women has a penis) was asked by a local news channel whether he believed a trans woman was a woman.
He replied: “I think the Supreme Court has answered that question.”
Pressed to say whether that meant he did not believe a trans woman is a woman, he said: “A woman is an adult female, and the court has made that absolutely clear.2
As if this man – who is a senior barrister – needed a court to tell him what a woman is.
His refusal to stand with common sense and women’s rights has given fuel to the trans activists who’ve spent the past few years bullying almost everyone into submission.
Now that the highest court in the land has confirmed what the law actually says, these extremists have taken to the streets, showing their true colours.
Protests held around the country since the legal decision have put the demonstrators’ misogyny on full display.
Rowling has been a long standing advocate for women’s group For Women Scotland, which she is also believed to have backed with funding.
She has also come under fire for comments made in the past towards trans people, with the author bravely standing firm in the face of online pressure.
In 2020, the esteemed author slammed the growing trend of replacing “biological sex” with “gender identity”.
Her stance, that declared “sex is real”, led to death threats, but also moulded her into a figurehead for the “gender-critical” movement.
Activists accused her of transphobia in 2020 when replying to an article with the headline: “Opinion: Creating a more equal post Covid-19 world for people who menstruate.”
She tweeted: “‘People who menstruate’. I’m sure there used to be a word for those people.
“Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”
Her remarks led to criticism from Potter actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, who ignored the fact her books had made them famous to launch a string of attacks.
It was Rowling’s beloved group For Women Scotland which also launched a long-running legal battle with the Scottish government over how a “woman” was defined in Scottish law.
The Scottish government had argued people with gender recognition certificates (GRCs) should be protected from sex-based discrimination, meaning a transwoman would be considered a woman.
However, campaign group For Women Scotland claimed this only applied to people born as a female.
