the conservatives say they want to update equality laws to define sex as someone s biological sex. they say current confusion over definitions cannot be allowed to continue, and updating the law would make biological sex a protected characteristic. that means it would be easier to create protected spaces for women and girls. labour say they wouldn t amend the law, and accuse the conservatives of stoking a culture war. here s alex forsyth. flanked by young footballers, the prime minister claimed today he was tackling an issue to improve the safety of women and girls. the conservatives want to change the equality act so sex would mean biological sex. they say that would make it clearer that single sex spaces, from public toilets to refuges, can be for biological women and girls only, not those born male, even they have legally changed their sex on their birth certificate. the equalities minister claims this is necessary because there has been confusion and legal challenges over
time now to digest the day s election campaigning and there s a lot to digest today here s newscast, with adam fleming and the team. chris, let me get this straight. i can t see anyone, but you can see both me and alex forsyth. that s right although that s only because i was sent a little picture of the two of you, just to remind me what you looked like. with you in your studio and alex in hers, and me in mine. hang on, we last saw each other on thursday you ve forgotten already? no, not forgotten, ijust like to be, you know, reassured. you know what, though, alex? what was that game you play where you have to lie in the dark, and then. i don t know what game you re talking to, adam. i m nervous about where you re going with it. what do you think i do when i m lying in the dark with other people? less about your weekend. no, that game when you have to, like, shout something out, but not shout over each other, but you can t see anyone else? no. what s that game? basi
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he will because the deadline is not until friday which is also my birthday, i lljust drop that in now, in case you want to send me a present i think thatjust set the kind of hares running in, the excitement buzzing, and then everyone was like, what was going on? and i mean, i, like everybody else, put in the calls and was told, 0h, we don t know. but i was also from somebody in reform ukjust said like classic farage theatre . and that s exactly what it was, and that s what he does. right, let s hear the moment, then. so this was just after 4pm on monday afternoon, and this is nigel farage doing the double, announcing that he s going to stand as a candidate in clacton, in essex, and also that he would, from that second on, live take over as leader of reform uk basically booting out richard tice, who d been doing thatjob for most of that party s existence. i ve changed my mind. it s allowed, you know! it s not always a sign of weakness. it could potentially. be a sign of stren