R4 World at One: Janice Turner and Helen Belcher

[MsBeaujangles]

Going to discuss whether there have been attempts to silence debate re the GRA

• [Titled edited by MNHQ at OP's request]

Janice Turner and Helen Belcher apparently.

Oooh.

Helen Belcher accused Janice Turner of causing suicides of transgender people (no evidence to back it up of course).

Team Janice.

Starting to be discussed more. Great praise of Janice in this clip from Newsnight

twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1053406945003036672

I imagine Belcher will studiously avoid the suicide thing because I don't think it would take much to tip Janice into taking legal action. But then again, Belcher might not be able to help themselves.

Belcher is parliamentary candidate for the Lib Dems by the way.

Doesn't talk about anything other than trans usually.

To have Jasmin Alibhai-Brown saying she doesn't write about this issue because she is scared is really chilling. The other reviewer agreed with her too.

Just started.

Sorry, made another thread in haste

Hi hipster I have just commented on your thread.

Baby plugged onto boob.

Me tuned in to beeb.

To have Jasmin Alibhai-Brown saying she doesn't write about this issue because she is scared is really chilling.

Quite, especially as YAB isn’t usually afraid to tackle the thornier issues.

👀

Am listening.

To have Jasmin Alibhai-Brown saying she doesn't write about this issue because she is scared is really chilling. The other reviewer agreed with her too.

What's going on here? If they agree with Janice Turner, as Yasmin Alibai-Brown clearly said she did, why not write about it? She has made her position clear from saying she agrees with her, so she will be on the TRA hit-list now already, so what has she to lose now by taking part in the debate?

What sort of country are we living in where journalists are afraid to write about an important issue which is the subject of a government consultation?

Where did yasmin a b say she was scared to write about it?

Where did yasmin a b say she was scared to write about it?

On newsnight
twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1053406945003036672

Janice is good.

Finally. The suicide issue.

Listening now...

You're free to be as you wish anyway.

Good point about rights verses freedoms.

ROGD

Janice is awesome (Yorkshirewoman, just sayin')

Janice speaks really well.

Belcher is back tracking

She is awesome.

Did Helen just interpret the q about silencing of women as being silencing of trans people?

And yet is quoting suicide rates again