Martine Croxall’s eyes spoke louder than her words when she corrected the clumsy and unnatural use of ‘pregnant people’ on her autocue earlier this year.

As a result, the newsreader found herself slap bang in the middle of the toxic dispute over the language of ‘inclusion’. Despite being congratulated at the time by viewers who were relieved that at least one person at the BBC still knew that women give birth to the next generation, Croxall has now been censured by Corporation’s Executive Complaints Units. Her facial expression, it was ruled, expressed a ‘controversial view about trans people’.

The thought police ruled that the look on Croxhall’s face gave the ‘strong impression of expressing a personal view on a controversial matter’. Yes, it darn well did. She expressed the common-sens

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