It does have a similar vibe to when Liz Truzz killed the Queen

Didn’t he send another cardinal to lecture Vance?

I think this is because the US doesn’t like to be held to any standards that aren’t under its complete control. They are going to have to get used to that as their share of global power wanes

Exactly.

There are lots of people in this thread who aren’t familiar enough with how the UK system works (understandably, because it’s not a UK community). A lot of those people have jumped to the wrong conclusion.

It makes me wonder how often I get the wrong end of the stick when it comes to US/international politics etc.

Yeah it’s going to be a legal mess for a while and I do sympathise with people who are affected. Something for parliament(s) to sort out.

The courts in the UK are not politicised like in the US.

“Judges say the “concept of sex is binary” while cautioning that the landmark ruling should not be seen as victory of one side over another”

They interpret the law as it’s written (I.e. about sex, not gender), so to change this you would need a new law. It’s not supposed to be a moral judgement.