'The non-penised have historically been treated badly by the penised and the solution is agreeing women can have penises' is one of the stupidest arguments ever made, but it's trotted out daily by people who seem to think it's up there with proving Fermat's Last Theorem.

More on writing… www.thetimes.co.uk/a…

'You, the said Galileo… have rendered yourself vehemently suspected by this Holy Office of heresy, that is, of having believed and held the doctrine that the sun is the centre of the world, and that the earth does move, and is not the centre of the world.'

When trans-identified men stop sex offending at exactly the same rate as other men, as all available statistics show they do, you might have a valid argument. In the meantime, women and girls, who make up 88% of sexual assault victims, need single sex spaces.

I've just read this comment under my interview in the @thetimes and it reminded me of one of my best friends saying, 'you can't let Strike and Robin get together.' 'Why not?' 'Because that means I can't have him.' I'm really happy someone feels that way about Robin, too.