Thread by @TwisterFilm

1./ Tick Tock. Is that the sound of a stone wall crumbling? @Ofcom has finally recognised it has to be impartial and is leaving @Stonewalluk's insidious Diversity Champions scheme. But let's not forget how a national regulator managed to give the distinct impression of bias.👇

https://twitter.com/JohnMcM1/status/1430488333403181056

2./ Last year at a meeting of @CommonsDCMS an MP who's grown hugely obsessed about so-called "trans rights" @mrjohnnicolson, led the head of @ofcom into a trap by comparing @ALLIANCELGB to hate groups. He asked her to comment on who the BBC should be interviewing.👇

3./ Forget for a moment it's not @dawes_melanie's job to tell BBC journalists who she thinks they should be interviewing before the fact; even if she HAD knowledge on the subject they intend to cover, which in this case she clearly doesn't. She then made an appalling admission.

4./ She acknowledged @ofcom had sought the advice on these fraught debates around gender identity of an organisation that's widely described in the media as controversial because it takes an extreme position in those same debates. Yes, none other than @stonewalluk

5./ It's worth repeating her words. "This is something we've been talking to Stonewall about: how can the broadcasters-when they do feel the need to bring balance into a debate- do this in an appropriate way." But Stonewall aren't mediators. They're partisans.

6./ They're so extreme they even expressed how "incredibly disappointed" they were when the RFU suggested height and weight limits for transwomen. Apparently broken bones and much worse are risks women must take to advance Stonewall's "inclusion". stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/…

7./ Should the BBC ask them who to interview about women's sports? Might as well ask Shell who to question about oil issues. These vested interest lobbyists take such extreme positions on gender identity that another founder Simon Callow spoke out today.👇thetimes.co.uk/article/actor-…

8./ Simon said, he felt nervous about speaking out and "I shouldn't have to fear in that way". He also described the silencing of critics of Stonewall's over-promotion of transition to young gay people as "a tyranny". @ofcom have quite clearly enabled that tryanny.

9./ That's why @ofcom must do more than remove @stonewalluk as a back seat driver in what is a national regulator. They need urgently to clarify that broadcasters have the perfect right to interview people with gender critical views in gender debates. That's what BALANCE means.

10./ "Our side" disagree strongly with hysterical outrage or bullying of civil servants. But perhaps it's time we wrote respectful letters to Ofcom to point out they really do need to apologise properly for Dame Melanie's ill-judged comments to Nicolson.👇ofcom.org.uk/complaints/get…