Page 3 | Radio 1 DJ and noted jurist Greg James has given his verdict

UninformedOfficer · 2025-09-29T18:30:46+00:00

I bought Greg James’ new book, hoping for some entertaining fluff along similar lines to his likeable breakfast show persona. In a chapter on ‘not growing up’ he is talking about accepting new ideas and then - of course - weighs in on the FWS Supreme Court decision. “It’s a backwards step and another reminder that we all have to try and understand the world as it changes”. I honestly can’t believe he thought it was worth wasting the paper to print this. Is it too much to ask that people who don’t have the slightest bit of understanding about something could just shut up about it?

RedToothBrush · 30/09/2025 17:36

He's old enough to be grandad...

RedToothBrush · 30/09/2025 17:34

Greg James is 39.

He's desperate to prove he's not ready to be pensioned off from R1 and put out to pasture at R2.

He's trying to prove how down with the kids he is.

Trouble is Gen Alpha think this is so Gen Z.

PennyAnnLane · 30/09/2025 14:59

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 30/09/2025 14:35

Sigh. That reminds me of this quote.

“Lifelong feminists are not suddenly refusing to recognise a new kind of woman, they are recognising all too well an age-old kind of man.”

That’s brilliant!

Happytap · 30/09/2025 14:42

Well that's saved me buying it! Such a shame as I love his breakfast show but this is seriously off putting

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 30/09/2025 14:35

Sigh. That reminds me of this quote.

“Lifelong feminists are not suddenly refusing to recognise a new kind of woman, they are recognising all too well an age-old kind of man.”

SinnerBoy · 30/09/2025 13:28

TotallyUnapologeticOmnivore · 30/09/2025 09:24

Is there a link between being called Greg and a certain combination of arrogance and stupidity? Just wondering, that's all.

Pervy 2 gees?

ScupperedbytheSea · 30/09/2025 09:30

PersistentRain · 30/09/2025 08:59

He lives in a world where this doesn’t affect him in the slightest, and thinks it’s just ‘kind’.
we have a friend who is similar, he also only has boys.

I can absolutely promise you that if either of them were single and looking for a relationship it wouldn’t be with a transwoman, because they don’t really think they are women.

Yes it's depressing isn't it. All these straight men insisting 'trans women are women' would never consider having a romantic relationship with someone who has, or had, a penis.

And it's never 'trans men are men' is it? Where are the gay male allies demanding that? Because similarly, many of them would be horrified about the idea of being with someone who has, or had, a vagina.

TotallyUnapologeticOmnivore · 30/09/2025 09:24

Is there a link between being called Greg and a certain combination of arrogance and stupidity? Just wondering, that's all.

Chersfrozenface · 30/09/2025 09:04

Slightly off topic but I'd like to say how much the thread title made me laugh.

PersistentRain · 30/09/2025 08:59

He lives in a world where this doesn’t affect him in the slightest, and thinks it’s just ‘kind’.
we have a friend who is similar, he also only has boys.

I can absolutely promise you that if either of them were single and looking for a relationship it wouldn’t be with a transwoman, because they don’t really think they are women.

AnneLovesGilbert · 30/09/2025 08:57

He’s on the wrong side of history and it’ll always be there in black and white. What a silly thing to do.

PennyAnnLane · 30/09/2025 08:55

So by his logic if I know myself to be Greg James then I should rock up to the BBC and demand they let me present a radio show and collect his salary?

Deeprug · 30/09/2025 08:42

Greg James is very entertaining and empathetic. He is warm and great with his listeners. He has a caring nature and does not try to be all yoof. I really, really like him. However, this is just awful and these opinions really do put me off people, usually due to the arrogance and stupidity of their beliefs. I wonder if I will continue to listen knowing that he despises me.

Whatisthisdamnednonsense · 30/09/2025 06:16

I’m waaaay too old to listen to Radio 1 any more and so have never heard of this extremely erudite individual but the very fact that he’s used the F word to sound down with the kidz means he’s not worth listening to.

Can you take the book back and get a refund???

Thissickbeat · 29/09/2025 22:42

TheCurious0range · 29/09/2025 19:31

You can almost smell the white, wealthy, male privilege

He always gives off that vibe to me IMO. He's tall, white, male, chatty and rich. At no point does he have to care about what affects vulnerable girls and women.

He's long overdue being replaced at Breakfast. Although I think a senior R1 manager bought a baby so he won't care about women either.

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UninformedOfficer · 29/09/2025 22:28

tobee · 29/09/2025 21:36

He's an absolute bozo though so no real surprise

The sad thing is, I think he's really good at his job. I bought his book because I enjoy his show.

But, like Emma Watson, he is ignorant of how ignorant he is.

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CarefulN0w · 29/09/2025 22:27

GJ went to an all boys school known for sport, & especially rugby. He’s probably never had to consider the needs of women & girls.

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UninformedOfficer · 29/09/2025 22:25

breakfastdinnerandtea · 29/09/2025 21:18

Do any of these people stop and think “why have so many women made this the hill to die on?”

Why yes, yes they do. They stop and think this and then it comes to them: "Because they are old and not very cool. And some of them are called Karen".

Quite simple really.

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UninformedOfficer · 29/09/2025 22:24

EyesOpening · 29/09/2025 21:12

"instead of .... asking themselves some probing questions, they decide it's the hill they're willing to die on."
It's been quite some time before I read her essay but didn't she say that she'd spent a couple of years or so, researching what it was all about? It would seem that it is Greg who needs to ask himself some probing questions.
You'd think that we were demanding all males had to wear certain clothes all the time and were only allowed to do certain jobs etc rather than stay out of the scant few things set aside to help women navigate a world that has been designed against them.

Yes. The blithe assumption "I'm going to wade in while knowing nothing so that's probably what everybody else does too."

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tobee · 29/09/2025 21:36

He's an absolute bozo though so no real surprise

timesublimelysilencesthewhys · 29/09/2025 21:29

Its misogyny of old dressed up as a new progressive movement.

I suspect James expresses most of the rules of misogyny somewhere in his book, but he definitely believe "Men are whatever men say they are and women are whatever men say they are" here.

Hes implying its a new, youth movement and JKR is just too old and stubborn to understand it. Conveniently forgetting that there has always been transvestites, and many of the men he supports are a lot older and more stuck into their (fetishistic) ways than the women he critises.

breakfastdinnerandtea · 29/09/2025 21:18

Do any of these people stop and think “why have so many women made this the hill to die on?”

EyesOpening · 29/09/2025 21:12

"instead of .... asking themselves some probing questions, they decide it's the hill they're willing to die on."
It's been quite some time before I read her essay but didn't she say that she'd spent a couple of years or so, researching what it was all about? It would seem that it is Greg who needs to ask himself some probing questions.
You'd think that we were demanding all males had to wear certain clothes all the time and were only allowed to do certain jobs etc rather than stay out of the scant few things set aside to help women navigate a world that has been designed against them.

Robertplantgoddess · 29/09/2025 21:11

What an absolute cockwomble. Probably wouldn't have paid full price but wouldn't even buy it for 1p now.

JanesLittleGirl · 29/09/2025 21:06

And to think that I used to regard him as a vacuous, intellectual lightweight who couldn't think his way out of a wet paper bag.