Sorry is the hardest word

Ruth Hunt laughably describes herself now as “someone who has always been working in the middle ground, trying to build consensus”

Helen Joyce

OF THE APHORISMS ATTRIBUTED TO THE Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu none is more famous than that you should build a golden bridge over which your enemies can retreat. If they are backed into a corner, the idea goes, their only way out will be through you. But if running away is easy and tempting, winning may not require wading through rivers of blood. For some who profess the trans neo-religion, the Cass Report, published in April, looks like a golden bridge. Distinguished paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass said nothing in it that critics of gender clinics’ reckless experimentation haven’t been saying for years. But she said it in a government-commissioned report and demonstrated the near-total lack of an evidence base. Just two of 103 academic papers that fit the criteria for…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2024

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