I love Robert Webb a little bit more

Yes, precisely, Kitty. Writers do not people their imaginary universes with clones of themselves (well not unless they're spectacularly bad writers writing particularly bad fanfiction aimed exclusively at an audience of their mates on Tumblr).

Whatever the case, Webb was just the performer, not the writer. Holding him responsible for a character's opinions is as moronic as thinking Anthony Hopkins actually eats census takers.

Even if he wasn't just performing the lines and he wrote them, this is television - creativity means that characters who are not particularly likeable or PC can be created. What you do if you are easily offended is not watch or switch off not go on a bloody Twitter rampage smiting anyone you fancy for not using language the way you deem appropriate. When you do it makes you an arsehole regardless of gender.

He won't get a full attack though, will he? Because he's a man.

I like Robert. But I think he will lose courage and run away from this. I honestly don't think he could cope with a full-on TRA onslaught.

Dud you see the intro he planned to put in his book? You'll like it.

Going to have to buy How not to be a boy now.

Re the JHB row.

She said something (rather idiotic IMHO) about having got to Oxford through brains not privilege. He replied that he had got to Cambridge through brains AND privilege, and finished his tweet with the words "you thick Oxford twat".

It was supposed to be a joke about brains and Oxford/Cambridge rivalry. She didn't like it (fair enough), he apologised properly and deleted his tweet because it was being RT-ed.

(screen shots etc here www.impartialreporter.com/news/entertainment/16180835.robert-webb-apologises-to-julia-hartley-brewer-after-twitter-slur/)

I read "How not to be a Boy" in one sitting! As a mother of a small DD and DS, and a "sensitive" husband who only really came round to feminism after the birth of DD I thought this was a really important book. And I loved Peep Show! (Sorry to derail...)

As you said, boatyard!

Nothing short of complete capitulation will please them, we've all learned that.

Agree.

I don't think he should feel obliged to address trans issues. His views on gender are clear. Trans ideology is a form of religious belief: the idea of brain souls in tutus or overalls.

He said that he may have to write a blog about it or do a second version of his book. I don't think he's backtracking.

See this idiotic reply:

twitter.com/sarahbeeysian/status/1043140960299835392?s=20

Of course she got challenged on it and is now whining about "trolls".

He might roll back for a bit, as Alison Moyet did, but his card is marked & the TRAs will go after him anyway. I have no doubt he'll learn as AM did that only total and utter capitulation will do & eventually tell them to eff off.

You'll be waiting a long time Juells if you are looking for someone who is perfect.

I looked at his twitter feed late last night and sort of got the impression he was rowing back and saying he'd read up and educate himself. But it was very late, so I may have misunderstood.

I've come back to this late because something was niggling me about 'lovely' RW and I've just remembered. On a (since deleted) tweet he called Julia Hartley Brewer a ' thick Oxford twat ' after she'd said that she hadn't got into Oxford because she was privileged, but because she was clever.
So, imo anyway, not quite so lovely.

I head a radio 4 program ages ago about extremists. Very interesting, as it seems that the one thing they all share, even if they are from the opposite political spectrum- a huge gaping lack of sense of humour! Absolutely none. Takes everything very seriously and pious. I've spotted this so many times in recent days observing all the twitter pile ons, like Robert webbs.

Luffs Robert Webb, and he puts his points so clearly. I listened to him read from his book on Radio 4 (Women's Hour?) some time ago, he knows of which he speaks, as the saying goes.

Also worth following on Twitter is Richard Dreyfus, giving short shrift to the TRAs.

twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/1037382568516169728

Oh I love this! He “might have to write a blog”.

YES PLEASE ROB!

I wish Canongate (his publishers) had let him keep that Author’s Note at the beginning of HNTBAB that he’s tweeted.

frogintheTyne, yes, I noticed that too.

and the "disappointment' word - used precisely as described in another thread currently running .

Mate, I don't think Robert cares about your disappointment with him.

Oh bless. "Mum I wanted my blue cup!

I can see the folded arms and the pouty bottom lip in that one.