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PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: The UK Supreme Court ruled that the definition of “woman” under equalities law refers to biological sex.
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👥 Who’s Involved: UK Supreme Court judges, ‘For Women Scotland,’ the Scottish government, and Lord Hodge.
📍 Where & When: UK Supreme Court, London, April 16.
💬 Key Quote: Lord Hodge stated, “The unanimous decision of this court is that the terms woman and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex.”
⚠️ Impact: The ruling could affect sex-based rights and protections across Scotland, England, and Wales, influencing services and spaces designated for women.
IN FULL:
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously determined that within the scope of equalities law, the term “woman” is defined by biological sex. This resolution finalizes a lengthy legal confrontation, which holds potential implications for how sex-based rights are enforced throughout Scotland, England, and Wales.
The decision favored the advocacy group ‘For Women Scotland,’ which contested the far left Scottish government’s position that sex-based safeguards should extend to individuals with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC), i.e. “trans-women.”
The crux of the legal debate was the proper interpretation of the 2010 Equality Act, a piece of legislation applied across Britain. Lord Hodge clarified that the central issue was the legislative definition of the terms “woman” and “sex.” According to the court, these terms are predicated on biological distinctions.
Campaigners were visibly emotional upon leaving the courtroom after the ruling. Outside, For Women Scotland co-founder Susan Smith expressed gratitude to the court, stating that spaces designated for women will continue to offer security based on biological definitions. Meanwhile, UK officials affirmed that this decision provides clarity for service providers such as hospitals and sports clubs, affirming that single-sex spaces are secured by existing law.
In contrast, Maggie Chapman, a Scottish Green MSP known for her advocacy for “trans rights,” described the ruling as troubling.
The legal challenge traces back to a 2018 Scottish bill aimed at gender balance on public boards, which included transgender people in quota considerations. The matter has been repeatedly contested in Scottish courts, with varying outcomes until now.
The ruling concludes that interpreting sex as “certificated” would create inconsistency in legal definitions and weaken existing protections, specifically for single-sex environments and groups. This clarification seeks to ensure coherence in legal protections and rights.
PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: Tulip Siddiq, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Britain’s governing Labour Party, now facing corruption charges in Bangladesh, campaigned to ban President Donald J. Trump from Britain in 2016, and campaigned for Barack Obama in 2008.
👥 Who’s Involved: Tulip Siddiq, President Donald J. Trump, former President Barack Obama, and Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission.
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📍 Where & When: British Parliament debate in January 2016; arrest warrant issued in Bangladesh, April 2025.
💬 Key Quote: “The United Kingdom should not be held to ransom by corrosive billionaire politicians,” Siddiq said of Trump in 2016.
⚠️ Impact: Siddiq’s corruption charges undermine her past criticisms of Trump, exposing contradictions in her political stance.
IN FULL:
Tulip Siddiq, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Britain’s governing Labour Party and, until recently, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Anti-Corruption Minister, is now wanted in Bangladesh on corruption charges. Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, previously covered her efforts to ban President Donald J. Trump from the United Kingdom and her campaign work for Barack Obama in 2008.
In January 2016, Siddiq took a prominent role in a parliamentary push to bar Trump from entering Britain. Speaking to the British press, Siddiq called Trump “corrosive,” dismissing contemporary reports he could pull a proposed £700 million investment in Scotland if he was banned from the country. “The United Kingdom should not be held to ransom by corrosive billionaire politicians,” she stated. “Donald Trump’s threats about withholding investment from the UK is another desperate attempt to get in the headlines, and anyone seeing his comments should reject his bigotry.”
At the time, Trump was under fire for proposing a so-called “Muslim ban” to stem Islamist terror attacks—later manifested as a ban on travel from certain known hotbeds of jihadism with insecure vetting for outbound travelers.
Not coincidentally, Bangladesh—where Siddiq’s now-ousted aunt Sheikh Hasina was Prime Minister—is overwhelmingly Muslim in composition. Siddiq’s corruption charges are linked to allegations she and her family profited from misused public funds in the country during her aunt’s 15-year rule.
In addition to campaigning against Trump traveling to Britain, Siddiq traveled to the U.S. to campaign for Barack Obama during his 2008 U.S. presidential run, according to the ‘British Bangladeshi Who’s Who’ magazine.
She backed the bid by hard-left former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn—expelled by Starmer amid an anti-Semitism scandal—but maintained a high profile following his ouster, being appointed as Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister, or Anti-Corruption Minister, when Labour regained power last July.
Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission accuses her of illegally obtaining a 7,200-square-foot plot in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone through abuse of power. The commission alleges she used forged signatures to secure a flat, qualifying her for the land deal, as part of broader investigations into her family’s dealings during Hasina’s government.
In 2016, when I ran Breitbart’s London bureau, we reported extensively on the case of Member of Parliament Tulip Siddiq, who campaigned to have Donald Trump banned from the UK.
No one else would touch it critically.
Fast forward almost a decade, and look who the law is finally… pic.twitter.com/aAVKz1zOWa
— Raheem. (@RaheemKassam) April 14, 2025
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