Debating Allison Morris
The second-nastiest person I’ve ever shared a platform with, after Helen Webberley
I’m so sorry updates have been infrequent recently. The news remains relentless, and I simply haven’t found the time. But today I am sitting down to write an op-ed for consideration by the Belfast Telegraph, in response to a column it published last week by a journalist I had not previously heard of, Allison Morris, who reports on crime in Northern Ireland. I don’t know whether it will be published, but if it is I will send out a link. And in any case I will write more about it, here and perhaps elsewhere.
In the meantime, here’s an absolutely enraging radio appearance by me and Morris on BBC Radio Ulster on Tuesday 28th. The only other time I have experienced such rage during an interview was when I sat down with Helen Webberley for Times Radio, and at least I could prepare myself for that since I already knew how monstrous she was. I can honestly say it was worse than sitting on the same stage as Freda Wallace, despite his disgusting personal presence, boasts about his fetishes, drunkenness and ripped fishnets. And despite being less than 20 minutes long and my being dialled in rather than in the same room, as I was with Fred.
If you haven’t already listened to the interview and think your blood pressure can survive a whistlestop our through a selection of the slurs, misrepresentations and idiotic “arguments” for trans inclusion we’ve all spent years debunking, you can listen back here.
Or you can listen to it interspersed with reaction and analysis from YouTuber MJ Murphy. It’s three times longer, but significantly less enraging.
I’ll come back to this topic when I’ve filed for BelTel. Let’s see if they have the integrity to print an accurate statement of the gender-critical position and an unvarnished assessment of Morris’s terrible journalism.
Helen, I came across the You Tube version of the interview yesterday (Wednesday 29 July) and listened in then. Ms Murphy provides interesting context and reinforces some of your points. In my view Allison Morris was all over the shop, ad hominen attacks, guilt by association, whataboutery - there wasn't one weapon in the arsenal of bad faith (and bad arguments) which she didn't fail to employ. I hope that you do get some form of apology or correction in the (Belfast Telegraph) newspaper - but I'm not holding my breath. The wagons will - I believe - inevitably form a defensive circle in order protect one of their own. I would love to be proved wrong.
I did listen to the interview a couple of days ago. My god AM was awful - using various manipulations and dishonest arguments . Whilst listening it crossed my mind that AM was worse than Helen Webberley - which really takes some doing. My blood pressure couldn’t take listening to it again. I also thought the presenter was very weak and allowing AM to repeatedly talk over Helen. Helen did a brilliant job as usual confronting this wicked gender ideology