3 weeks Ago By Alexandra Bullard
Sky News anchor Anna Jones grilled the Health and Social Care Minister Karin Smyth during a live interview after the Supreme Court ruled that "woman" in UK law refers to biological sex in a massive ruling. Yesterday, Lord Hodge, Lady Rose, and Lady Simler said, "The definition of sex in the Equality Act 2010 makes clear that the concept of sex is binary, a person is either a woman or a man." The Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch praised the "victory" at court, saying: "Saying 'trans women are women' was never true in fact, and now isn't true in law either.
" The ruling has now sparked widespread debate on live news channels, with Labour ministers being quizzed if they "welcome the ruling." Anna asked Karin if Prime Minister Keir Starmer should offer an apology to MP Rosie Duffield after she wasn't supported for campaigning for women's rights. Karin then awkwardly avoided the question, saying that she was supported as a Labour candidate during the election, left the Labour Party to be an independent MP, and Keir Starmer "changed the Labour Party on a number of issues.
" Anna then returned to the question and and said, "But she [Rosie] was ostracised by the party...
" before Karin interrupted and said, "But that's her view. That's her opinion. She's entitled to it.
" Anna then apologised for interrupting again and said, "Sorry, but she said that only women have a cervix. When Keir was asked if he agreed in 2021, he said, 'Well, it's something that shouldn't be said – it's not right.'" Karin then hesitated and said, "Before the election, he said that wasn't the right thing to say.
He cleared that up. That's why our manifesto was very clear. He changed the Labour Party.
" Many famous figures and journalists have reacted to the new ruling. Former Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan has shared his reaction with a major announcement. Taking to X, he wrote, "As the ludicrous woke war on what a woman is finally ends in crushing and unequivocal legal defeat, a reminder that my new book is coming soon.
.." Moreover, Harry Potter author JK Rowling has also shared her reaction.
She posted on X, "It took three extraordinary, tenacious Scottish women with an army behind them to get this case heard by the Supreme Court, and, in winning, they’ve protected the rights of women and girls across the UK. @ForWomenScot, I’m so proud to know you." [sic].
