I found the trans debate quite challenging, but talking to people, and listening to people when they are not shouting, what really struck me, what I have learned from feminism, is there are people who are marginalised and people who are treated badly. The feminism movement is big enough, and if someone believes they are born a man but are a woman, we have space.

Sometimes people say ‘What about women’s shortlists?’ There’s going to be a whole load of men turning up in dresses.Really?

You know, leaders have a good sense of their local parties, they will decide who they are going to have on their shortlist and they will have a good idea of people who are genuinely struggling with their identity and people who can contribute to parliament and be a good representative.

I think we need to be a little more relaxed about it and I think it’s desperately sad to see the way in which it’s become so aggressive. We need to step down a little bit.