Guy Dampier

So the ruling is all about what constitutes a woman. And it starts with the Scottish government. So the UK has a slightly unusual system of devolved governments. So there are governments in Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland who've got powers devolved to them from the main government in Westminster.

So the ruling is all about what constitutes a woman. And it starts with the Scottish government. So the UK has a slightly unusual system of devolved governments. So there are governments in Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland who've got powers devolved to them from the main government in Westminster.

And in Scotland, the Scottish nationalist government, which is very left-wing, have been seeking to extend what they call trans rights. The most controversial part of this is that they've been pushing for a self-ID, which essentially allows somebody to declare that they are a woman and be recognised as a woman without any doctor being involved, without any surgery, without anything else at all.

And in Scotland, the Scottish nationalist government, which is very left-wing, have been seeking to extend what they call trans rights. The most controversial part of this is that they've been pushing for a self-ID, which essentially allows somebody to declare that they are a woman and be recognised as a woman without any doctor being involved, without any surgery, without anything else at all.

So that's very, very open to abuse. And we've seen some bad cases, as in the United States, of individuals using that as a cover for sexual fetishes or for other things. Now, the particular argument here was about a new law to increase the number of women on public boards. It's what Americans call affirmative action. In Britain, it's called positive action.

So that's very, very open to abuse. And we've seen some bad cases, as in the United States, of individuals using that as a cover for sexual fetishes or for other things. Now, the particular argument here was about a new law to increase the number of women on public boards. It's what Americans call affirmative action. In Britain, it's called positive action.

And it's allowed by something called the Equality Act. The Scottish government argued that this positive action should include transgender women. as long as they had a gender recognition certificate. So they would be counted as women and you would basically be allowed to hire more of them, even if they had lower standards, just to reach a 50-50 level.

And it's allowed by something called the Equality Act. The Scottish government argued that this positive action should include transgender women. as long as they had a gender recognition certificate. So they would be counted as women and you would basically be allowed to hire more of them, even if they had lower standards, just to reach a 50-50 level.

The campaign group for Women's Scotland disagreed and they said that this should be restricted only to biological women. They had a long court battle. There's been judicial reviews. They've won some things. They've lost some things. And it's finally gone all the way to the Supreme Court.

The campaign group for Women's Scotland disagreed and they said that this should be restricted only to biological women. They had a long court battle. There's been judicial reviews. They've won some things. They've lost some things. And it's finally gone all the way to the Supreme Court.

And that court has now decided that the use of sex and the use of women in the Equality Act refers to biology and to biological women, which means that transgender women are not protected against discrimination as women because they aren't women. They are still protected against discrimination as people who've undergone gender reassignment, however.

And that court has now decided that the use of sex and the use of women in the Equality Act refers to biology and to biological women, which means that transgender women are not protected against discrimination as women because they aren't women. They are still protected against discrimination as people who've undergone gender reassignment, however.

It's going to be a very far-reaching ruling. Britain, much like the United States, this has been a really contentious topic over the last few years. There's been a huge battle. And in fact, the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, was famously once unable to say whether or not a woman has a penis. He sort of flip-flopped on what he considers to be a woman. But at the same time, he's a former lawyer.

It's going to be a very far-reaching ruling. Britain, much like the United States, this has been a really contentious topic over the last few years. There's been a huge battle. And in fact, the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, was famously once unable to say whether or not a woman has a penis. He sort of flip-flopped on what he considers to be a woman. But at the same time, he's a former lawyer.

So this should hopefully be professionally clarifying. And I hope that going forward, he will now be able to confidently say that the law is clear that a woman is a biological woman. What it means in practice is that the Gender Recognition Act, which is the law in Britain that covers transgender people, is going to be pretty null because the law is now saying that sex is biological and not social.

So this should hopefully be professionally clarifying. And I hope that going forward, he will now be able to confidently say that the law is clear that a woman is a biological woman. What it means in practice is that the Gender Recognition Act, which is the law in Britain that covers transgender people, is going to be pretty null because the law is now saying that sex is biological and not social.

That said, transgender women who have a gender recognition certificate can still have all their legal documents describing their sex as female. And as I understand it, it's discriminatory to ask somebody if they have a gender recognition certificate.

That said, transgender women who have a gender recognition certificate can still have all their legal documents describing their sex as female. And as I understand it, it's discriminatory to ask somebody if they have a gender recognition certificate.

There may well be. I mean, the ruling has now gone out, and that is clarifying, but it's going to change a lot of things. So, as the Supreme Court said, Parliament is going to have to legislate to deal with those issues, including the fact that the Gender Recognition Act has now basically been superseded and will need to be amended in some way, probably.

There may well be. I mean, the ruling has now gone out, and that is clarifying, but it's going to change a lot of things. So, as the Supreme Court said, Parliament is going to have to legislate to deal with those issues, including the fact that the Gender Recognition Act has now basically been superseded and will need to be amended in some way, probably.