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EPISODE · Apr 23, 2025 · 26 MIN

Supreme Court 'biological women' fall-out

from The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson · host DC Thomson

We look at the fall-out from the Supreme Court ruling on women being defined by their biological sex in equalities law. What does it mean in practice? And how are politicians and activists responding? One MSP, the newly elected Dundee University rector Maggie Chapman, is at the centre of a backlash for calling the court “bigoted”. We also discuss whether John Swinney’s “summit” on tackling the far-right can achieve its aims. And we wonder if the people of Torry in Aberdeen will be delighted that Michael Gove has decided to use the name in his title at the House of Lords.

We look at the fall-out from the Supreme Court ruling on women being defined by their biological sex in equalities law. What does it mean in practice? And how are politicians and activists responding? One MSP, the newly elected Dundee University rector Maggie Chapman, is at the centre of a backlash for calling the court “bigoted”. We also discuss whether John Swinney’s “summit” on tackling the far-right can achieve its aims. And we wonder if the people of Torry in Aberdeen will be delighted that Michael Gove has decided to use the name in his title at the House of Lords.

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We look at the fall-out from the Supreme Court ruling on women being defined by their biological sex in equalities law. What does it mean in practice? And how are politicians and activists responding? One MSP, the newly elected Dundee University...

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