2 w. ago LBC caller asks Kemi Badenoch brutal question on live radio as she says 'I'm sorry'

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch was confronted on live radio by a former Tory voter and LBC caller who hit out at the Conservatives' '14 years of betrayal'

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2 w. ago John Lithgow says he was surprised at backlash to being cast in Harry Potter TV series

Many have called for a boycott of future Harry Potter projects, due to JK Rowling’s gender critical views

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer hit by backlash after refusal to apologise to MP Rosie Duffield over transphobia row

The gender-critical MP resigned from Labour last September after being widely accused within her own ranks of transphobia

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2 w. ago Badenoch declines to criticise Jenrick over Reform coalition comments – UK politics live

Spokesperson for Tory leader says she agrees with colleague that ‘we need to bring centre-right voters together’Rosie Duffield, the independent MP who left Labour after the election in part because she felt her gender critical views made her unwelcome in the party (although her resignation letter focused on welfare issues), has claimed that Keir Starmer no longer arguing a trans woman is a woman shows he is a “manager rather than a leader”.Speaking on LBC, Duffield said:It’s just another sign of the prime minister’s lack of leadership skills. I’m bound to say that, he’s a manager rather than a leader. He responds and reacts rather than leads from the front, and this is what we’re seeing again from him.Nigel Farage is peddling a dangerous fantasy by claiming the UK can be self-sufficient in gas.After sixty years of drilling, the truth is the UK has already burned most of its gas. That’s down to geology, not politics, and no amount of hot air from Farage will change that. Continue rea...

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer refuses to apologise to Rosie Duffield over transphobia row

Kemi Badenoch accused the PM of ‘hounding’ the gender critical MP out of the Labour Party in a series of ugly exchanges in the Commons

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch claims PM ‘doesn’t have the balls’ to express own views

Sir Keir Starmer and Tory leader Mrs Badenoch clashed over gender issues at Prime Minister’s Questions.

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2 w. ago Starmer calls for ‘lower temperature’ in trans debate as Badenoch says he must admit he was wrong about defining women – UK politics live

PM faced questions at PMQs after No 10 spokesperson said on Tuesday he does not believe transgender women are womenRosie Duffield, the independent MP who left Labour after the election in part because she felt her gender critical views made her unwelcome in the party (although her resignation letter focused on welfare issues), has claimed that Keir Starmer no longer arguing a trans woman is a woman shows he is a “manager rather than a leader”.Speaking on LBC, Duffield said:It’s just another sign of the prime minister’s lack of leadership skills. I’m bound to say that, he’s a manager rather than a leader. He responds and reacts rather than leads from the front, and this is what we’re seeing again from him.Nigel Farage is peddling a dangerous fantasy by claiming the UK can be self-sufficient in gas.After sixty years of drilling, the truth is the UK has already burned most of its gas. That’s down to geology, not politics, and no amount of hot air from Farage will change that. Continue ...

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2 w. ago Starmer calls for ‘lower temperature’ in trans debate as Badenoch says he must admit he was wrong about defining women – PMQs live

PM faces questions in Commons after No 10 spokesperson said on Tuesday he does not believe transgender women are womenRosie Duffield, the independent MP who left Labour after the election in part because she felt her gender critical views made her unwelcome in the party (although her resignation letter focused on welfare issues), has claimed that Keir Starmer no longer arguing a trans woman is a woman shows he is a “manager rather than a leader”.Speaking on LBC, Duffield said:It’s just another sign of the prime minister’s lack of leadership skills. I’m bound to say that, he’s a manager rather than a leader. He responds and reacts rather than leads from the front, and this is what we’re seeing again from him.Nigel Farage is peddling a dangerous fantasy by claiming the UK can be self-sufficient in gas.After sixty years of drilling, the truth is the UK has already burned most of its gas. That’s down to geology, not politics, and no amount of hot air from Farage will change that. Contin...

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2 w. ago PMQs live: Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch to face off as Tory leader faces calls to sack rival

Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch will face each other in the Commons for the first time in three weeks with the transgender court ruling and Robert Jenrick's antics expected to dominate

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3 w. ago ROSIE DUFFIELD: Keir Starmer failed to speak up for me when I was bullied by the trans lobby for my gender critical views. Kemi Badenoch has called on him to apologise to me, but I doubt he ever will

A year ago this month, I asked in the Mail why Keir Starmer wouldn't speak up for me when I was being bullied and threatened by the trans lobby, writes ROSIE DUFFIELD.

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3 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer’s route to ‘common sense position’ on transgender policy

The Prime Minister has faced repeated questions over his definition of a woman in the five years since he became Labour leader.

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