Show us leadership on trans rights and puberty blockers

AMBITIOUS Wes Streeting is doing a good job of presenting himself as a voice of reason in this crackpot Labour government.

- Sam Lister Deputy Editor

Nurse Sandie Peggie says trans judgment 'falls short'

The Health Secretary has gone to war with junior doctors over their eye-watering demands for a 26% pay rise, just one year after securing a 29% hike.

When schemers in No.10 briefed to the press that he was a plotter trying to destabilise the government, Streeting toured the television studios sounding eminently reasonable, just a loyal colleague who had fallen victim to unfair smears.

But slipped out amid all the chaos and noise last month was a written statement from Streeting setting out how 226 children will be used to trial puberty blockers. Children as young as 10 will be experimented on with one group given the drugs for two years, while another will receive them after a one-year delay.

The Conservatives say it is “grotesque” and described the plan as “state-sanctioned chemical castration”. Children with autism and neurological disorders will not be banned from taking part. The drugs were originally developed for children going through puberty early, but then started to be prescribed to youngsters who believed they were born in the wrong body.