The Labour leader was challenged about his party's plans, should they win next week's general election , to 'modernise, simplify, and reform' gender laws.
Sir Keir Starmer was today accused of speaking 'twaddle' over women's rights as he was quizzed about Labour's transgender reforms during a fiery radio phone-in show.
But, taking questions on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sir Keir was grilled over Labour's plans by Jane, a caller from London, who demanded protections for women's-only spaces. He once claimed it was 'not right' to say only women have a cervix, while last year he stated that stated that 99.9 per cent of women 'of course haven't got a penis'.
Sir Keir later made reference to the bitter row when Rishi Sunak joked about Labour's position on trans people when the mother of murdered teen Brianna Ghey was in Parliament 'I don't care about all of that,' she said. 'What I care about is you saying that you're going to allow men to identify as women, making GRCs easier, and then they can come into women's spaces.'
'You need to think about 51 per cent of the population who are sick of the absolute twaddle that comes out of your mouth when we ask these questions.''There are some people that do not identify with the gender they are born into, they are often traumatised by that.''I know you don't want to hear about what I have done, but we will do it in the future as well.
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