Overview

• An audio from a University of Westminster event shows Tim Roca calling critics of trans rights “swivel-eyed” and “not very well people.”
• Roca described the Supreme Court’s ruling defining womanhood by biological sex as “very depressing” and said it undermined protections for trans people.
• He labelled Parliament a “toxic cesspit,” accusing fellow MPs of being driven by “fear, envy and greed.”
• Campaigner James Esses passed the recording to The Telegraph, triggering widespread coverage; Roca has not yet issued a formal response.
• Labour’s push to install a gender-critical campaigner as Equality and Human Rights Commission chair has intensified cross-bench conflict over trans rights policy.