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| Stephen McDermott |
In June Weeks before the UK media’s annual silly season was due to kick off, news outlets reported a bizarre tale that seemed like the type of scoop normally seen during the long, arid weeks of August.
A classroom controversy had apparently erupted in Rye college in East Sussex, recorded in a secret video that was posted to TikTok.
The surreptitious recording purported to contain footage of two teenage pupils telling another girl that she could not identify as a cat, before the pair were called “despicable” by their teacher for not respecting the girl’s preference.
“If you don’t like it, you need to go to a different school,” the teacher supposedly said.
The story was seized upon by outlets including The Sun, the Daily Telegraph, and the Daily Mail, and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer were soon being asked about the incident.
Women and equalities minister Kemi Badenoch even demanded that the school be investigated over the teacher’s alleged remarks – despite the Rye College issuing a statement saying that none of its pupils identified “as a cat or any other animal”.
A classroom controversy had apparently erupted in Rye college in East Sussex, recorded in a secret video that was posted to TikTok.
The surreptitious recording purported to contain footage of two teenage pupils telling another girl that she could not identify as a cat, before the pair were called “despicable” by their teacher for not respecting the girl’s preference.
“If you don’t like it, you need to go to a different school,” the teacher supposedly said.
The story was seized upon by outlets including The Sun, the Daily Telegraph, and the Daily Mail, and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer were soon being asked about the incident.
Women and equalities minister Kemi Badenoch even demanded that the school be investigated over the teacher’s alleged remarks – despite the Rye College issuing a statement saying that none of its pupils identified “as a cat or any other animal”.
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