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Robin Ince resigns from The Infinite Monkey Cage

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leshirondelles · 21/07/2026 07:58

The odious Robin Ince has resigned from The Infinite Monkey Cage because of his trans views. He says he would have been pushed if he didn’t jump. Neither he nor the show will be much missed, both being self absorbed and pompous. But does this mean the tide is finally turning at the BBC?

Robin Ince resigns from The Infinite Monkey Cage
Robin Ince resigns from The Infinite Monkey Cage
Robin Ince resigns from The Infinite Monkey Cage
Robin Ince resigns from The Infinite Monkey Cage
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Igneococcus · 21/07/2026 08:31

leshirondelles · 21/07/2026 08:26

He posted this two days ago with a self-pitying post about how he was betrayed.

What does he actually do since his resignation? Probably just trying to remind people that he is still around.

ICantStomachWhelks · 21/07/2026 08:30

Yes, that was him mulling over something that had happened a while ago.

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leshirondelles · 21/07/2026 08:26

He posted this two days ago with a self-pitying post about how he was betrayed.

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MyThreeWords · 21/07/2026 08:22

Can't remember whether it was actually the Infinite Monkey Cage or a previous iteration of this chatty/comedy/science show, but there was a long long period when it was blokes only, and so smug and systematic in its unconscious refusal to notice that there was such a thing as female scientists that it felt very actively sexist.

I think it is quite possible that Ince's stance on the trans issue is strongly related to that 'bloke bubble' aspect of his sexism.

For some men, a smug insistence on their rationalism (for example espousing a particular form of atheism that preens itself on its scientism) is very bound up in ultra-blokish sexism. These men see themselves as progressive and anti-sexist so need to find ways of making their sexism acceptable to their self-image.

MagpiePi · 21/07/2026 08:19

It did seem hypocritical of him to work on a show that was about scientific facts and I always wondered how he squared it in his mind.

He was smug twat though.

Dadalus · 21/07/2026 08:13

I also thought this happened a year or two ago.

Shedmistress · 21/07/2026 08:11

Good god, falling on his sword for the transes. What a dramatic hero.

Igneococcus · 21/07/2026 08:06

I thought he already had resigned?

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