My guess is that it’s calming down because they know there’s not going to be any significant movement on trans rights.

Labour are going to tinker but not reform, the Tories have run out of legislative runway to change the Equality Act. They know this match will end as a no-score draw, so they’ll save their breath for next time.

@katiefenn though Labour have decided they're against self ID now it seems... theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

Hopefully there will be enough Sandi Toksvigs to convince them to change course?

Labour grassroots back Starmer’s new stance on gender, allies claim after poll

Members back ending of support for self-identification and broadly share views of public on gender recognition, says Labour Together group

^{Michael Savage (The Guardian)}

@benofbrown They’ve found a line that keeps the press off their backs, for now. They’ll stick to it.

The only things that might meaningfully change things:

1. Scottish Government defend GRR, and lines soften on self ID in England over time
2. A major win for or against trans rights in court changes the ball game (which paved the way for the Gender Recognition Act in 2004)
3. Hung parliament forcing Labour into coalition
4. Tories lose so badly they even lose the Official Opposition.