Robert Webb has been questioned on his criticism of transgender children's charity Mermaids. The Peep Show star, 48, previously retweeted an article in 2018 by columnist Janice Turner for The Times, entitled 'Trans ideologists are spreading cod science'.
In the piece, Turner criticised the charity Mermaids, which seeks to support transgender children and teens. She had argued in her piece that "Mermaids is so out of step with NHS best practice." Turner claimed that clinicians at the Gender Identity Development Service are "in perpetual conflict with the charity" in her criticism.
She argued: "The NHS protocol for children is 'watchful waiting' but Mermaids pushes for the US 'affirmation' model in which any child who declares that they