Please can everyone ask the BBC why it insists on “respecting” pronouns in crime stories. You could write this easily without using any pronouns at all - if they really can’t bring themselves to be accurate and use “he”. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

“Would (BBC News (UK)) be planning to produce criteria? Or to devote a member of staff to be permanently on standby to judge whether a particular person has earned the right to self-ID?” open.substack.com/pub/seeninjour…

The Sturgeon Scale Voyeurism: Fine to ID as woman Exposure: Fine to ID as woman Taking indecent image: Fine to ID as woman Sexual touching: Fine to ID as woman Sexual assault: Fine to ID as woman Rape: Fine to ID as woman Double rape: PROBABLY FORFEITS RIGHT TO CHOOSE GENDER

Remember when booksellers and librarians, in the face of death threats, kept on displaying and selling Satanic Verses? Well today, librarians are too scared to display a book that has dared to question gender ideology. Let that sink in. thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

Worth reading

Silence on the Original Story The BBC never covered Charlotte’s original investigation. They have never run a story on the confirmed School of Sanctuary Valentine’s events. Yet they do cover the organisation extensively, though it’s more PR than journalism.

When the Stonewall podcast by Stephen Nolan and myself was shortlisted for the ARIAs, LGBTQ+ activists threatened a walkout. The organisers went to extraordinary lengths to placate them, and still do. Will get round to telling the whole story one day. Here’s another example:

“Fox was…placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life…Judge Grey said: “The comment about being a 17-yr-old in a 43-yr-old’s body is self-serving rubbish. You are a 43-yr-old self-serving male, who puts yourself & your own desires first, always” cambs.police.uk/news/cambridge…

SEEN in Journalism They’ve put the wrong word in quotes again.

Well. That was nice. 🥹

Woman of the Day Norah O'Neill born OTD in 1949 in Seattle, was the first woman cargo jet pilot, the first woman in the world to pilot a Douglas DC-8 and the first to fly passengers on a Boeing 747. She co-founded the International Society of Women Airline Pilots. She didn’t

Extraordinary interview with the Equality Network Director. EN is government funded. The claim that the Peggie tribunal “fits the hateful, dominant narrative” is particularly jaw dropping. heraldscotland.com/news/25413097.…

#thearchers well ! Henry’s a terf! He understands that men and women are equal / but physically eg in sport not.

It also makes mention of the equal treatment bench book, but that was updated last year to clarify that preferred pronouns DO NOT have to be respected in a court setting, so why are they still doing it? 5/6

BBC describes madman as a woman and doesn’t see the problem. We talk about trust in institutions - surely the BBC can see if it misreports facts it’s doomed. Calling transgender samurai killer a woman was accurate, insists BBC telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/2…

Worth reading BBC justification.

Thing is - the audience can see the BBC is taking a position here. You can see the workings. So why trust it on stuff that’s really complicate eg the Middle East? Slowly destroying the brand.

Today’s my last day on the staff of ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ after 32 years..though I’ll still be reporting Family Courts freelance & have other projects. My first proper reporting job was BBC Warsaw Correspondent in 1995 - one of a handful of women …⁦inc Caroline Wyatt⁩

Child killers: he/him Comedians: she/her

It should be noted that school mass shooters were first incel people now trans people. Detransitioners told me that trans is a direct spinoff of incel culture. Very few people address the incel crisis.