Backlash after unions’ trans-rights vote
On 18 February Scottish Labour Party conference voted down a motion submitted via the Scottish Labour women’s conference which had urged it to “acknowledge the principle of women’s sex-based rights” (established code words for trans exclusion). The large unions used their votes to block policy seeking to push Labour further from trans inclusion. On a card vote , 69.3% of Constituency Labour Party (CLP) delegates’ votes were for the motion. Votes are weighted equally between CLP delegates and party affiliates. The motion fell because 77% of affiliate votes were against it. The motion had urged...