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TRANS ROW Rishi Sunak

declares ‘100%’ of women do
not have a penis – but Keir
Starmer says 99.9%
Jack Elsom
Published: 22:00, 13 Apr 2023 Updated: 21:45, 13 Apr 2023

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RISHI Sunak today declared that “100

per cent” of women do not have a penis.

He waded into the transgender rights

debate after Labour leader Sir Keir
Starmer had said the ?gure was only 99.9
per cent.

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PM Rishi Sunak declared that '100 per cent' of
women do not have a penis Credit: Alamy

The issue is becoming a clear dividing line

between the parties ahead of the next
election.

Mr Sunak told grassroots bible

ConservativeHome: “We should always
have compassion and understanding and
tolerance for those who are thinking
about changing their gender.

“But when it comes to these issues of

protecting women’s rights and women’s
spaces, I think the issue of biological sex is
fundamentally important.”

Meanwhile scientists questioned ONS

stats claiming 262,000 people in England
and Wales are transgender — 0.5 per cent
of the population.

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Oxford boWn Dr Michael Briggs thinks

the ?gures are exaggerated by a high
number of respondents whose ?rst
language is not English and
misunderstood the question.

Senior Conservative MP Sir John Hayes

told the Sun: “It is just about possible that
this disparity is an accurate re\ection, but
it’s just very hard to believe.

“It raises serious concerns the data is

skewed and it should not a]ect our
priorities as a result.

“The ONS must learn lessons from this”.

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An ONS spokesman said: “While the

question on gender identity was tested
thoroughly, it is possible individual
responses were a]ected by di]erent
interpretations of the question.

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“We will do more work to understand

whether that was an issue.”

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