Courses are deeply infused with Critical Social Justice (CSJ) ideology, promoting gender ideology, identity politics, and ‘inclusion’ narratives regardless of whether at odds with child safeguarding that was noted by Cass.
The intent of that law was never to punish any one group, but to prevent what sociologists call ‘social contagion’ spreading amongst highly-impressionable children.
Join me in Hall 6 at 4pm on Sunday for a ConservativeHome panel on how Tories should approach the critical question of gender and safeguarding children.
Officials have been working on solutions. Some have been long promised. But it is taking too long – we need to act now. There are five things we need to do.
Children who experience discomfort with their biological sex deserve to be treated with dignity and respect and need compassionate, effective mental health care. Sadly, at the hands of health authorities, they have been pushed in only one direction.
Just as with immigration, there is a limit to what even the most combative minister can do if the legislative and institutional factors underpinning an issue are not addressed.
Badenoch called for more risk and less intervention, and described how the tide was turned against Stonewall.
In order to pacify Stonewall and its followers outraged by this apparent new outbreak of Labour flip-flopping, Labour has made two very significant, but less publicised, promises.
This is a complicated issue, not least legally, and ministers have to do their best to make sure any new rules are fit for purpose before rolling them out.
If Suella Braverman wants to restore “common-sense policing”, she should start by overhauling the Public Order Act.
Rights are about ensuring equal treatment, not coercing others into giving you or your children special treatment.
It is the tool we need to give both families and schools an incentive to engage with the urgent question of what third-party providers are peddling to young people.
We agree that clarity is required: but the pressing questions do not require a redefinition of “sex”.
Basic services – the NHS, policing, schools, road maintenance, refuse collection, you name it – have gone to rack and ruin. Life expectancy has fallen sharply. We still have, to our shame, by far the worst drug death levels in Europe.
Women bring different instincts to group decision-making. They are less inclined towards automatic loyalty and more likely to interrogate assumptions before committing to a course of action.