BBC News Midlands puts down its brioche for a moment to fret about transphobic comment shock-horror.
“Without a shadow of a doubt it is a transphobic comment.”
Bromsgrove’s @TheGreenParty candidate @melissampgp condemns Tory Deputy Chairman @redditchrachel for social media remarks about her transgender identity. #PoliticsMidlands begins at 10am on BBC1… pic.twitter.com/MpAT5H1eZw
— BBC News Midlands (@bbcmtd) December 10, 2023
“Melissa Poulton” used to be Matthew Viner.
In what universe does your journalist think it unworthy of mention that, until very recently, Green Party candidate Melissa Poulton was a Conservative Party candidate called Matthew Viner. When Grant Shapps changed his name, the media were all over it. What’s the difference? pic.twitter.com/UaNuQ3zqjI
— Simon Edge (@simonjedge) December 10, 2023
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