Starmer Chameleon does it again. The publication of the Cass review brought about a period of reckoning for politicians previously willing to live in fantasyland — and now it’s Sir Keir who has been forced to swallow his words. After years of flip-flopping on the trans issue, the Labour leader this morning admitted that he does in fact agree with one of his most vocal MPs on women’s rights: Rosie Duffield.

A politician with a penchant for U-turns, Starmer has a long and convoluted history of changing his mind on the trans debate. Sir Keir was staunchly in favour of gender reforms and allowing trans people to self-ID as recently as 2021, even working with LGBT+ site PinkNews to release a video reiterating his support for the trans community. And, in September of that year, Starmer even went so far as to blast Duffield for saying that only women have a cervix. ‘It’s something that shouldn’t be said,’ Starmer told Andrew Marr during a BBC interview. ‘It’s not right.’

How does it feel to swallow your words, Keir? For today Starmer made a remarkable volte-face when quizzed by Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid.

SR: To get the clarity, is it right or is it wrong for Rosie Duffield to say ‘only women have a cervix’?

KS: Look, biologically, of course she’s right.

SR: So do you owe her an apology?

KS: I don’t want this to go back into this toxic place where everybody is divided…

SR: So then would you say sorry to Rosie Duffield for the way that she’d been treated?

KS: Look, Rosie Duffield and I get on very well…

Not well enough for him to apologise, apparently. When one Twitter user questioned how their friendship works if Starmer refuses to meet with and listen to his backbencher’s concerns, Duffield replied: ‘Telepathy?’ Ouch. The Labour leader will need to try harder than that…

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Starmer Chameleon does it again. The publication of the Cass review brought about a period of reckoning for politicians previously willing to live in fantasyland — and now it’s Sir Keir who has been forced to swallow his words. After years of flip-flopping on the trans issue, the Labour leader this morning admitted that he does in fact agree with one of his most vocal MPs on women’s rights: Rosie Duffield.

A politician with a penchant for U-turns, Starmer has a long and convoluted........

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