The BBC’s Miriam Cates hit job doesn’t add up

This morning we witnessed BBC cant at its finest. It came in the form of an exposé of the Tory candidate Miriam Cates. This self-styled voice of conservative reason was once a trustee of a church that promoted ‘conversion therapy’ for gay people, the Beeb reports.

It spares no detail. Ms Cates’ old church carried out ‘exorcism’ rituals designed to drive out the ‘demon of homosexuality’ from those in its wicked grip, we are told. The political undertone of the Beeb’s handwringing is unmistakable: are we sure we want religious oddballs like Cates in parliament?

But here’s the thing: the BBC’s alarm at the attempted casting out of ‘gay demons’ in 21st-century Britain would carry more weight if the Beeb itself hadn’t lined up with a far more insidious and irreversible form of ‘gay correction’ in recent years.

I’m referring to the trans ideology and its promotion of medical interference into the lives of teens who, for the most part, would have grown up to be perfectly healthy gay men or lesbians.