Why is this government so useless on women's rights, and protecting single-sex spaces? On the one hand they welcome the Supreme Court judgment, on the other they are trying to thwart it. It's cynical, and insulting. comment.press/govt-womens-...

I'm flabbergasted the two legacy-defining reforms Keir Starmer is pursuing are legalising medically-assisted suicide and slashing access to a jury trial. I've written about what it tells us about the PM. soniasodha.com/p/jurys-out

I've written about why the @mhragovuk.bsky.social decision to recuse its chief scientific officer Professor Jacob George from the puberty blocker trial is so troubling. open.substack.com/pub/soniasod...

I've written for the @the-independent.com on how difficult it's going to be to reform the SEND system without putting in additional money in the short/medium term. (It's a very similar problem to welfare reform). 👇 www.independent.co.uk/voices/send-...

It's so irresponsible and unethical to misrepresent the law like this. And eminent lawyers are quite rightly calling the Good Law Project out on it. www.thetimes.com/article/95e0...

The Good Law Project got v excited about Swift J saying may not always be direct discrimination to exclude a man who doesn't identify as female from facilities open to women & men who identify as female. Michael Foran explains why this doesn't actually matter that much. substack.com/home/post/p-...

With furious Labour MPs – and the country – baying for blood over Mandelson’s connection to Epstein, the only thing keeping the PM Starmer in post has been uncertainty over his replacement – but that could be set to change, writes @sonia-sodha.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-...

Alistair Darling and the official Treasury were always aware that investment banks had an inside track to Number 10. But the brazen nature of that inside track is rather breath-taking.

Why does Starmer oppose the death penalty on basis mistakes are made, but not assisted dying? Does he really believe vulnerable people won't get sucked into a medically-assisted suicide they shouldn't be able to consent to? My column @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...

A new wave of politicians are engaged in open race-baiting. But the appetite for hatred is more limited than they imagine ✏️ @sonia-sodha.bsky.social

My column for this week's @thenewworldmag.bsky.social is on what lies behind the rise of racism in politics - some of it is instrumental, but some of it is politicians refracting very online tropes into mainstream discourse. www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...

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Virginia Giuffre's story is so shocking, yet familiar: the same story of vulnerable girls getting abused again & again by powerful men with the Royal Family far too slow to sanction Andrew Windsor. My column for this week's @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...

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I said this was a strategic error last week and @sonia-sodha.bsky.social does an excellent job explaining why. www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...

My column in today's Times is about the home secretary's proposals to give police more powers to limit repeat protests. I'm sympathetic, but there are risks... but maybe the biggest issue is there's no legislative fix to rising levels of antisemitism. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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If Reform fail in government, Farage could end up being a gateway drug to Tommy Robinson and the far right. My column in this week's @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...

Campaigners are increasingly trying to emotionally blackmail people into using their preferred - inaccurate - euphemisms in debates like assisted dying and gender and sex. It should be resisted because they cover up real social harms. My column in today's Times www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

My column for this week’s @thenewworldmag.bsky.social is about the chilling prospect of a world with artificial wombs www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...

It's not just Farage who's borrowed from the populist playbook - on tax, Labour has too, and now it's paying the price. My column in today's Times. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Fully agree. In 2018 I raised concerns about the APPG definition. It was implied I'm an Islamophobe for disagreeing with their definition! What's depressing with Gov's current political attempt is how it will do little to address growing anti-Muslim hatred. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/islamo...

Adopting expansive definitions of Islamophobia and antisemitism is highly problematic - it risks encouraging institutions to unlawfully curb legitimate speech and distracts from the hard work of actually reducing these forms of bigotry. My column in today’s Times www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

My column for the Express on the disgusting witch burning to which NHS Fife has subjected Sandie Peggie to distract from their own unlawful conduct. Yes, people who share racist jokes in private what’s app groups of ppl they holiday with have employment rights too. www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2089...

A female nurse in Scotland became the focus of a witch hunt that shows how Britain’s institutions have become overcome by an elite ideology ✏️ @sonia-sodha.bsky.social

The erosion of access to trial by jury may well undermine the rule of law even more than the sustained underfunding of the justice system. ✏️ @sonia-sodha.bsky.social

A new cross-party commission has been created to look at the problems of social cohesion in Britain. But can it confront the most controversial issue of them all? ✏️ @sonia-sodha.bsky.social

The government failed to level with the public about the depths of Britain’s problems. It will come back to bite them, writes @sonia-sodha.bsky.social

The over-reaction to Blair's net zero intervention shows the climate debate risks curdling into net zero as a moral good v populist scapegoating of climate policies. An we need to avoid that. My column for The New World @theneweuropean.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...

Through a mix of complacency and defensiveness, UK universities have made themselves vulnerable to populist assault. They should get their house in order now. My column in today's @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

As organisations like Unison flout the Supreme Court ruling on sex & gender, leaders can’t continue to hide behind judges and regulators. They need to explain to detractors why protecting women’s rights is so important. Including Keir Starmer My column in the Times www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

On the way home from recording Question Time. Great show for you this evening - including me getting selfie-shamed for taking this photo by an audience member 😂. Tune in at 1105pm on BBC1!

I wrote this about Labour's electoral problems last November. Voters quite rightly don't like politicians who over-promise & under-deliver. And Labour told them if you vote for us everything will get magically better. It's a breeding ground for populism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is Stonewall continuing to spread lies about the law. “The ruling is not law as yet”: the Supreme Court has just told us what the law says. It is what the law always was, is, and will be unless MPs choose to legislate to allow male players to self-identify into women’s sport.

The reaction to women celebrating the For Women Scotland legal victory only serves as a reminder that while the law is the law our culture remains dead-set against women who say no. My final column for the Observer. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’ve spent the last FIVE YEARS writing about this subject with kindness and compassion but apparently I still need to school myself 🙄

Trans people have the same protections in law as other groups but men cannot opt into legal protections reserved for women however they identify, and that is how it should be. The end.

Tomorrow morning the Supreme Court will rule on what the protected characteristic of "sex" refers to in the Equality Act. Sounds technical, but it's immensely consequential. Here's a reminder of what's at stake. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tomorrow morning the Supreme Court will rule on what the protected characteristic of "sex" refers to in the Equality Act. Sounds technical, but it's immensely consequential. Here's a reminder of what's at stake. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I don't want to live in a society where people with complicated lives and vulnerabilities are seen as expendable in easing the suffering of others. But that's exactly what this assisted dying bill would achieve. My Observer column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Even unions, news organisations & charities are using NDAs to prevent former employees from speaking out about abuse, discrimination and matters of public interest relating to their former employer. Government needs to finally restrict their use. Today’s column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I've got news for Sussex University, an understanding of human sexual dimorphism & the immutability of sex, together with women's legal & political rights is not "an extreme libertarian free speech position".

The Observer view on the spring statement: Labour needs to rediscover its moral backbone, fast. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Observer view on the Sullivan review: failing to collect accurate data on sex harms us all. Just one of the harms that’s resulted from leaders capitulating to activists clinging to the minority belief system that sex is irrelevant & we all have gendered souls www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My Body Politic episode on assisted dying is being repeated on @BBCRadio4 this eve at 5pm. Featuring @kesleeman @ChelseaRoff @ProfLAppleby Nicholas Mostyn and others. Or you can listen here on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Today's column is on the immorality of cutting disability benefits at a time when almost 1 in 3 disabled people live in poverty & child poverty currently forecast to rise by 400k under a Labour government. Yes we need reform, but cuts? Just: no. www.theguardian.com/society/comm...

It's been a busy week in politics - do tune in for Week in Westminster, which I'm presenting on @bbcradio4.bsky.social at 11am. With @claire_ainsley David Willetts @bronwenmaddox @JohnnyMercerUK @ProfJaneGreen @thequentinletts @nigelmp. Edited by @edwardchivers

We need to talk about what's going on with our boys: today's column is on why young men who are struggling deserve a specific policy and cultural focus just as much as young women. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

On @thismorningitv.bsky.social this morning!

SUPER excited to be getting stuck into my proof copy of The Art of a Lie this weekend, the latest historical thriller from the fabulous @laurasrobinson.bsky.social. It’s hitting the bookstands in July! (And the first and probably only ever time there’s a novel cameo named after me 🤩💫)