Sharon Davies - R4 @ 8.45*

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• According to her Twitter account

It's Nick Robinson in the studio and Martha Kearney in France so I'd assume she'll be interviewed by Robinson who is no fan of identity politics. I keep on thinking that Kearney must be sensible over this but she keeps her own counsel.

Link to listen live

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_fourfm

On now, Sharron Davies interviewed by Nick Robinson.

But Veronica Ivy (Rachel McKinnon) on first doing squeaky outrage.

Starting now. Talking to Veronica Ivy about Emily Bridges.

Thanks! Just switched on now

What's happening, am stuck in the hairdressers 😆😆

Robinson: Testosterone level are not enough, male puberty, inbuilt advantage

Ivy: The science shows opposite, no permanent advantage

Robinson: If there's no advantage, why not get rid of women's sport?

"I ask the questions, you do the answers."

If Ivy thinks living as a woman means being shrill and querelous, then Ivy in definitely in role for this interview.

...an incorrectly labelled male body....

Oh he is good.

I paraphrase ‘if there is no advantage of men over women then why do we have separate categories for men and women?’

Nick taking no shit so far. It's great

Oh that was glorious. Batshittery out there for all to hear.

How surprising that the fragrant Dr Ivy won’t answer why we have separate sex-based sport categories. Excellent persistence from Nick Robinson. I imagine it must come as a bit of a shock not to be fawned over.

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How surprising that the fragrant Dr Ivy won’t answer why we have separate sex-based sport categories. Excellent persistence from Nick Robinson. I imagine it must come as a bit of a shock not to be fawned over.

It's a "different question" dontchaknow???

Robinson: Testosterone level are not enough, male puberty, inbuilt advantage

Ivy: The science shows opposite, no permanent advantage

Robinson: If there's no advantage, why not get rid of women's sport?

Why is Nick Robinson interviewing an overweight, out of shape male who failed as a college professor and once rode in a women’s competition, before abusing multiple women online? Did he ask Ivy about those abusive tweets?

Even Phillippa York would he better, at least York was good.

Sorry that wasn’t supposed to post,

Agree with above and if we don’t fight this we will lose woman’s sport

Davies concluded with: They [transwomen] won't be excluded from sport though they'll just be excluded from a category where it's not fair.

Pmk. Heard it on in the back ground, going to listen again alongside your comments. It sounded good.

Well done Sharron. Clear, well informed and sane

Short and sharp but always good to hear her authorative voice

Well done, Nick and Sharon.

I liked the boiler egg analogy.