Speaking the truth is now a risky business in Britain. NHS nurse Jennifer Melle was admonished by the hospital she works at in Surrey for referring to a male paedophile as “Mr”. The man, known only as Patient X, identifies as a woman. He’s also a convicted child sex offender.
And yet it was Ms Melle who found herself in hot water, because when this criminal was brought to her hospital for treatment she called him “Mr”. That sounds perfectly polite to me. Not to mention accurate. But apparently it’s a reprimandable offence to prefer reality to fantasy.
