That was a longer reply than that deserved. How very you :)

Seeing Canada is interesting - always thought they were more sensible. Maybe they are, but apparently excessive politeness cancels out and then some.

Plus they clearly suffer from the "complex about having a bigger more powerful neighbour" you also see in Ireland and Scotland which apparently compels them to show they're more "progressive" by really enthusiastically getting into something their "backwards" neighbour isn't as keen on.

Look at all the anti-women, transmaniac policies embraced by the UK Labour Party, the Lib Dems, the Greens, the SNP. And the nutty things said by all the women who ran against Starmer in the Labour Party leadership race recently. I wouldn't judge the entire UK based on their nuttiness.

True, but at least we're not the centre for it - they're just tagging along. It does make them look very out of touch though - it's as if a large chunk of our ruling elite identifies more with America than their own population. (On top of the obvious fact they identify more with men than women...)

But it doesn't half open up opportunities for hilarity when they have to actually justify what they're doing in public meetings and phone-ins. They can't totally avoid the British public, much as they'd like to, so they are going to get repeatedly grilled about what a woman is, and why they're teaming up with "males-in-women's rugby" groups to discuss misogyny.