“Trans ideologists are spreading cod science,” Webb has said in a new interview that Turner’s comments “made sense to me at the time”.In the article, Turner claimed Mermaids is “so out of step with NHS best practice,” saying that the NHS encourages “watchful waiting” with children while Mermaids opts for an “affirmation” model.She went on to write that such a model means that “any child who declares that they are trans must be treated as such without examining any possible underlying issues, such as frequently undiagnosed autism, depression or sexual abuse.”“I can’t even really remember what [Turner’s] specific objections were but they made sense to me at the time, and I retweeted it approvingly,” Webb has now said on the NPR.