Rosa Prince, Columnist

Labour’s Failings Allowed the Right to Win the Gender Wars

Keir Starmer now has an opportunity for a reset — and to champion the rights of both women and transgender people.

April 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM UTC

Rosa Prince is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering UK politics and policy. She was formerly an editor and writer at Politico and the Daily Telegraph, and is the author of "Comrade Corbyn" and "Theresa May: The Enigmatic Prime Minister."

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Article 29 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that: “In the exercise of his [sic] rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others …”

As a leading human rights lawyer before entering politics, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer ought to have been well-versed in this fundamental concept — that we should be free to live as we please, except where our actions would prevent others from doing so.