That would mean pretty much all of Twitter could be arrested!!!
Which is what James Kirkup is saying:
^Since the investigation is ongoing and some of the details remain unclear, I will say no about this for now, other than to repeat the core fact of the case:
A British police force is investigating a journalist because of words that she published.^
James Kirkup's main interest is the democratic process. He is both a researcher and a journalist. He is widely read by those associated with the law making process and very well regarded.
Susie Green picked the wrong person to pursue. The main push back will come from journalists who wont want existing law to gag journalists. And from people of faith, who want to speak about their core values within a liberal society.
So not about trans, other than along the way quite a lot of people will be shocked by what happened to the young Jackie Green, and react quite differently to the way they reacted to the glossy drama.
I think Susie's advisers, and I wonder if Teli is active here, now realise this so have decided to withdraw.
On the timings mentioned by Sky, I wonder if Mermaids and friends have wanted a test case, and persuaded WYP, who presumably they advise or train, that one was needed. The Helen Islan one failed so this one, which perhaps was waiting for a precedent to be set by the first, was revived.
I wonder what will be attempted next? A private libel prosecution, perhaps, against someone unknown and unconnected? Though how much better for them if they could set a legal precedent that had had transphobia as a crime, and the resulting ability to search through a couple of years of someone's Twitter in the hope of finding something compromising.