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There goes my whole reporting career. Oh well.

Farage hates this video of him revealing his plans to sell off the NHS. It would be a shame if it went viral again... 🫢

So, Rebecca, I assume you’re going to immediately campaign to stop these drugs being used on c/s children, who use the vast majority of them?

The show won't work. It'll collapse, or be cancelled. Essiedu (Snape) is already receiving death threats before a single episode has aired. An Italian actress has been cast as Parvati Patil, a canonically Indian character. Stanton's parents had to disable all of their daughter's social media within an hour of her casting announcement due to racism and, again, death threats. She is eleven years old and already articles dissecting her skin colour have since been written. The cast is already fracturing. Lithgow nearly quit over Rowling. Nick Frost publicly distanced himself from her views. Essiedu signed an open letter supporting trans people, while playing a character in a show exec produced by Britain's most prominent anti-trans voice. The show is also biannual, not annual. Season one arrives Christmas 2026. Deathly Hallows, if they get there, lands around 2040. John Lithgow will be 95, almost guaranteeing he'll die during filming, much like Richard Harris died aged 72 after just two films. The story itself is a now a logistical trap. A Black Snape being hung upside down by the Marauders, spending years fighting for blood purity, then dying for the cause of a white woman he loved. Those scenes cannot be written cleanly anymore. Every choice will generate a fresh brand new controversy from absolutely every angle and political sphere. This franchise requires a sustained decade of audience goodwill to function. That goodwill simply does not exist anymore, as her base is now the most vitriolic, toxic abusers, a narrative at some point (if not already, seemingly) HBO Max will have to adresss. The three child leads have not signed long-term contracts. What happens when they're 18, 19, 20, with fully formed opinions about the woman whose name is on the tin? The magic is a dead horse.

Jolyon Maugham’s daughter is now an adult and heavily embedded in activist groups that cause criminal damage. I have no doubt she is vulnerable. But so are many thousands of the children encouraged into medical transition by her father’s actions. I consider this is a matter of public interest. If I am wrong then Jolyon Maugham and his adult child can take action agaisnt me and you can donate to his crowdfunder as you feel so strongly about it.