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Who the hell is Tom Harwood?

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TurquoiseBaubles · 04/01/2022 13:07

because he's really being ratioed on Twitter

twitter.com/tomhfh and twitter.com/tomhfh/status/1478035571146727425 in particular

He seems to have waded in on the trans/schools row. He isn't listening to the many, many replies and is doubling down in the weirdest way.

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Saucery · 04/01/2022 13:13

From a quick look at Wikipedia, a privileged twonk who has made a career out of Arguing The Toss/A Load Of Old Toss.

RepentMotherfucker · 04/01/2022 13:14

Isn't he a posh twat libertarian right type 'commentator'? He was on a news things a few years ago where they all turned on someone GC IIRC? Maybe the one where that awful Conservative MP from Sussex made a fool of himself. Sorry this isn't more specific Grin

Abitofalark · 04/01/2022 13:19

Is he the one on GB News who had on that outspoken woman on behalf of women and single-sex spaces - I forget her name, is it Posie? He argued against her and afterwards said something she'd said was provocative - I didn't catch what that something was.

CatsOperatingInGangs · 04/01/2022 13:20

Judging by his interview with Posie today, he’s very unprofessional and not very bright.

Datun · 04/01/2022 13:27

This 'you can't tell boys from girls or men from women' is really, really creepy.

Quite apart from the fact that of course you bloody can, it's saying that these people will not be respecting women's boundaries, but you won't be able to tell.

It's such an admission. And they don't see it.

NeedsCharging · 04/01/2022 13:30

Tim not nice but dim springs to mind.

NewYearSue · 04/01/2022 13:31

I switch him off. Dozy young commentator with little life experience. But then I'm too old to take most people in journalism/ on TV seriously now!

FOJN · 04/01/2022 13:33

Young trans girls are indistinguishable from their non-trans friends.

His point is worded in a strange way. Is he referring to "non-trans" males or females, he'd be right in one of those instances!

Either way it's good to see someone respond with a Magdalen Bern's "fuck off you wanker". I'm all out of energy and inclination for reasoned debate on this issue so I leave it to those with the patience for it.

rogdmum · 04/01/2022 13:38

What a cross little face he had all the way through that interview.

shewillhaveherway · 04/01/2022 13:43

He used to be at the Spectator I was relieved when he left - he has made numerous such statements in the past.

PronounssheRa · 04/01/2022 13:50

Over privileged, over confident but incredibly stupid.

RoyalCorgi · 04/01/2022 13:51

Either way it's good to see someone respond with a Magdalen Bern's "fuck off you wanker". I'm all out of energy and inclination for reasoned debate on this issue so I leave it to those with the patience for it.

I increasingly feel like that too.

This bloke stands out a bit because for the most part the libertarian right have been allies in this debate. So he must be exceptionally contrarian/misogynistic/stupid (delete as appropriate).

RoyalCorgi · 04/01/2022 13:54

I love this reply and intend to use it:

"That's because gender reassignment surgery can only remove male genitalia, not male entitlement."

PronounssheRa · 04/01/2022 13:56

It's a worry that we have a generation of people who claim they can't tell a person's sex without checking genitals. Approaching someone to ask them out must be very awkward.

Or, Tom is lying and he knows damn well sex can be distinguished within seconds

bishophaha · 04/01/2022 13:58

In what way is a child indistinguishable from one of their friends?
What an odd, untrue thing to say.

Alltheprettyseahorses · 04/01/2022 14:02

I believe he's someone wanting to boost GB News' twitter interactions. I have a lot of contempt for the way obscure blue tickers make the odd controversial comment for a bit of profile-boosting attention so while I may argue the toss with 1-follower troll accounts, I always block the blue ticks.

Saucery · 04/01/2022 14:31

Exceptionally contrarian. My money’s on this one. It’s all just a game, a debate to people like him.

RepentMotherfucker · 04/01/2022 14:36

Surely 'I am whatever I say I am' is the ultimate libertarian stance?

MsGrumpytrousers · 04/01/2022 14:49

@RoyalCorgi

I love this reply and intend to use it:

"That's because gender reassignment surgery can only remove male genitalia, not male entitlement."

Ooh, was that one of Posie's lines? Definitely worth using again!

Tom seems to be the standard-issue male misgynist wanker. All the usual crap.

Appledrop · 04/01/2022 14:50

He's been at it again........

twitter.com/tomhfh/status/1478341489390403584

Snoozer11 · 04/01/2022 14:54

A rich boy who had appeared on BBC's Question Time before he had even graduated.

I understand he also has some interesting "kinks" that often need to be hushed up.

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TurquoiseBaubles · 04/01/2022 15:06

[quote Appledrop]He's been at it again........

twitter.com/tomhfh/status/1478341489390403584[/quote]
Yes, he's posted about 20 threads about the issue over the last week, all of which have significantly more comments than likes.

It's really weird - I can only think he doesn't actually read any of his replies.

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TurquoiseBaubles · 04/01/2022 15:07

But now I'm thinking that maybe he actually gets it and is just being ironic [baffled]

twitter.com/tomhfh/status/1478353207407562755

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WalkOnGildedSplinters · 04/01/2022 15:08

I’m not sure I’ve seen such an unprofessional interview before.

JoodyBlue · 04/01/2022 15:08

Have to say that Kellie was superb in that interview though and the female co-presenter was good at tempering the bloke, even though he talked over her and had to have the final say.