BBC butterflies
by Reith Hancock, Artillery Row:
Gender ideology has now become firmly embedded in much of public life.
That perennial sci-fi favourite The Midwich Cuckoos has been reimagined for 2022, and is currently playing on Sky TV with actress Keeley Hawes taking the lead role as a psychotherapist who begins to realise that something strange is happening in her town. Based on the 1957 novel by John Wyndham, it tells the story of how a mysterious event results in the birth of a group of children with strange powers. The children think and act alike, appearing not to possess any individuality, or empathy for anybody outside their small group.
Part of the original novel’s power lies in how it charts the growing fear of townsfolk as they slowly deduce that those who appear to be the most innocent — and the most powerless — are actually terrifying monsters who they have unwittingly nurtured, and who now want to rule over them.
Which brings us to the cuckoos in the BBC’s nest. On Wednesday, the Stephen Nolan programme on BBC Radio Ulster revealed that despite the assurances of the Director General, the value of impartiality — which is vital to the existence of BBC News — was being openly challenged by an organisation that had been invited in by the Corporation’s own Diversity & Inclusion team. An anonymous new member of staff related to the Nolan programme how in a training session conducted by Trans organisation Global Butterflies, attendees were told to be “Allies” by helping to sway opinion, using their influence to affect politicians and other influencers, for example in the media and public life.
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