Professor who stopped puberty blockers trial has withdrawn because of liking JKR tweets

Channel 4 are biased in every predicatble way on every predictable issue in recent times. I gave up watching a few years ago, and never rated Cathy Newman even before that.

It revealed he has a horse in the race.....by 'liking' tweets by JK Rowling and so on. To a trans activist that would be a clear case of 'taking sides'.

https://x.com/wingsscotland/status/2027538578117480624/photo/2
Jonathan Fennelly-Barnwell was the Deputy Director of Approvals at the Health Research Authority when the puberty blockers trial was approved. He's now the Interim Director.

Righty-ho. So a man who understands that humans are born either male of female, and who was pleased to see the SC ruling that underpins that, and who expressed his agreement with JKR on the subject, and seems to abide by the rule of of 'do no harm' has been ousted.

And presumable you, @highame, support Max Davie who is delighted at the this. Dr Max Davie who is on the record saying:
'…we need to lift the ban on puberty blockers, which has no precedent, no foundation in the evidence, no ethical justification' and
'…social transition is a highly variable and individualised process that is … fundamental to the individual identity of the young person… This is why social transition tends to be the norm. It is wanted by children and young people and their families and is found to be highly beneficial.'
No concern at all, apparently, with all the detrimental effects shown to arise by medical intervention.

dr Jonathan fennelly barnwell is repeatedly stating their views very openly and yet oddly hadn't been recused x.com/wingsscotland/status/2027538581024104925?s=46

Kiera Bell tweeted that Cathy Newman said to her outside the Royal Courts of Justice that Kiera had no sympathy for trans kids.

https://x.com/KBtheYoungOG/status/2027502330766082481?s=20

https://nitter.net/KBtheYoungOG/status/2027502330766082481#m

Akua Rheindorf is to the point
https://x.com/akuareindorf/status/2027778681209315564

With sex & gender, you either believe sex is real & it matters or you don’t. You either believe in “gender identity” or you don’t. The only people with no opinion are those who’ve never thought about it. And they are by definition unqualified to make decisions about it.

How would you know? Do you know who the team are? If so, please post the names here so that we can see what they've posted on social media over the years.

The same way I would be revealing my GC credentials. I would state anywhere, anytime, how terrific JK Rowling is. It tells you all you need to know about my beliefs, as it did with Professor George.
If one of the team stated TWAW anywhere, I would know their views. This really isn't rocket science.

What did his use of social media reveal beyond the fact that he believes in basic biological facts?

She is confused by ‘bekind’, by the idea that trans is the new issue to defend like being gay was previously, she is Channel 4’s go-to sympathetic abuse interviewer, she lacks depth of background knowledge, and can’t separate the issues.

For example does she know that some gender questioning children may even have been abuse victims so this is why they hate their own body?

must also carry out their roles in line with the civil service core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.……

Quite. This is what he was doing g.

Yes, and Channel 4 are blind to how biased they are as Transactivists.

There might well be now, though.

And still, the cat is now out of the bag......and should this trial still go ahead it will be highly controversial and everyone involved will be scrutinised to the max.

It is his use of social media that has caught him out......not his awareness of the reality of biological sex. Anyone else that is involved in this trial will now be subject to similar scrutiy, I'm sure.

Oh dear, I missed that joy - I may not wish out to read it - does that make me a bad person 🤣

It’s a shame Cathy didn’t manage to learn anything from Dr Petersen. There’s a word for people who doggedly stuck to a belief in the face of all facts otherwise.

Also don’t forget his seminal Vice article “Does liking catcalls make me a bad feminist”. Well that and being a misogynistic man, yes.

You haven’t missed anything. I think “confused” is kindness to CN.

How do you know?

I may be missing something here but I still fail to see how strongly agreeing with the objective fact that sex is immutable, (which is surely the neutral position here) is any evidence of bias?

If Prof George had made public an unfair generalisation say for example “all trans ppl kick puppies” because he saw someone do it once, that would show bias that would make him unsuitable but I fail to see how anything he said is biased. Facts are neutral.

*for avoidance of doubt I am also not saying trans ppl kick puppies nor am I accusing Prof George of doing so.

If anyone had told me 10 years ago what kind of dystopian, Orwellian, really really psycho, absolutely BATSHIT and woman-hating state Western society would regress into, I would have laughed.

Additionally Professor George acted in way that was informed by his bias. He hasn't objected

Perhaps they haven't publicly stated their views. We cannot suppose what someone thinks, that would be cognitive bias I think

Whilst that is true, there are several people involved in the study who hold the opposite views just as strongly. As far as I'm aware there haven't been calls for those people to be recused.

But scientists and lawyers have raised serious concerns about his intervention, which they said contained fundamental misunderstandings about clinical trials and medical law. George interjected five months after his colleagues at the agency had approved the trial and more than a month after it was due to begin.

I am not content (even though I agree entirely with Professor George) to see bias in any of our public bodies. It has caused so many problems for us and at one time the comments below would not have been stated because of fear. We have moved a long way. I am proud to have been a part of it but I want to see us argue from strength and not resorting to tropes as our adversaries have done. The argument is not about sex being immutable but about his strong views which they feel will and have strongly influenced him.
He has deleted the tweets, so he clearly understands.

“The tweets by Professor George give a clear indication of his personal views on the topic. He is quite at liberty to hold whatever views on gender identity he may, but what he cannot do is allow these views to affect the fulfilment of his public duty.