Sometimes the bafflegab is so extensive that the reader literally cannot tell what the reporter is saying.

Scots councillor claims he faces disciplinary hearing for calling non-binary child a boy

Well which kind of “non-binary child”?

Astoundingly, the Scottish Express doesn’t say. The result is a dense fog where a news item should be.

A Scots councillor claims he is facing potential disciplinary action for allegedly calling a non-binary child a “boy.” Controversial independent representative Alastair Redman will be hauled in front of Standards Commission chiefs next week to face accusations that he has breached the code of conduct.

The Argyll and Bute councillor was embroiled in a row in 2023 about parents complaining to a secondary school about a non-binary child allegedly gaining access to the girls’ changing rooms. The school investigated and concluded that this didn’t happen, and police probed a second allegation that the kid had placed a recording device in the same facilities.

That seems to imply that the “non-binary child” is a boy, but news stories shouldn’t be implying crucial facts about what they’re reporting on, they should report them. It’s so stupid, as well as so amateurish and hostile to the reader and generally not what they’re supposed to be doing.

And then there’s also the total submission to woo. There’s no such thing as a “non-binary child” ffs.