'The welfare of children should be the central concern.'

Asked about the Cass report into gender care, Prof Sir Chris Whitty tells #R4Today the 'vitriolic' debate around children's gender care needs to 'calm right down'.

BBC Radio 4 Today The 'both sides of the debate are as bad as each other' angle is akin to an abusive partner deflecting the blame from their actions. 'She made me do it' rings from 'but the debate was toxic', after women were vilified, attacked and deplatformed. Shoddy journalism BBC Radio 4 Today