Boris Johnson Ditches Trans "Culture War" After Advice From His Fiancee, MPs Claim
Boris Johnson ditched plans to scrap reforms that would make it easier for people to change their legal gender after being influenced by his fiancee Carrie Symonds, Tory MPs have claimed.
Although the Prime Minister was expected to declare that the Government was abandoning moves to allow trans people to change their birth certificates without a medical diagnosis, the announcement was postponed at the last minute earlier this month.
This was a blow to Cabinet Minister Liz Truss, who has been fighting a “culture war” within Whitehall to stop the rules being relaxed to allow biological males who identify as women to use female facilities such as lavatories.
As ‘Daily Mail’ reports, now MPs who supported Ms Truss’s drive have claimed privately that the Prime Minister backed away from a confrontation with trans activists on the advice of Ms Symonds – although Downing Street categorically denies it.
Mr Johnson’s predecessor, Theresa May, had backed the idea that trans people could self-identify as male or female and wanted to make it policy. She said in 2017 that “being trans is not an illness and it should not be treated as such”.
One senior source said: “Many detect the hand of Carrie in this, but for whatever reason, Boris does not appear to have an appetite for this fight at the moment. He’s got cold feet.”
A Downing Street source said: ‘This story is untrue. Ms Symonds has not discussed this issue with the Prime Minister.’
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