Mick Hartley

We heard from Tavistock whistle-blower Sue Evans the other day, complaining about her treatment by the BBC. She now elaborates, at the Telegraph:

The BBC has been captured by activists who peddle trans “propaganda”, the woman who blew the whistle on the Tavistock clinic has claimed.

Sue Evans helped expose the medical centre’s use of puberty blockers on child patients, which eventually led to it being shut down.

However, she claims the BBC had been “infiltrated by activists”, saying the broadcaster was biased in its coverage of the Tavistock saga and would allow misinformation to “dominate” discussions by letting statements go unchallenged.

The problem for Evans, in a nutshell, was that it was insisted upon by BBC managers that the last word must always be with the trans activists.

“On this particular occasion, I said I would come on if I was allowed to respond to Mermaids,” she said.

A BBC staffer initially agreed to this before they were overruled by a senior producer who decided Mermaids would speak last.

After learning of the order change of guests, the junior producer texted Ms Evans: “They won’t give you ability to respond to Mermaids. It will be awful – I am so sorry.”

Apologising again some weeks later, the producer added: “I think many of us are very embarrassed at the current state of things. I am so sorry about it all.”

Speaking now about her experience, Ms Evans said: “They would always let Mermaids or Tavistock have the final say, it was a constant washout.

“It always made me look like I had been lying. I felt like I was on to be the fall guy, so they could say, ‘She’s a bigot.’ Where’s the balance?

“There’s a very serious malpractice going on in medicine. It’s very, very frustrating to feel you get edged out of the picture and be cast as out of touch.”