Airstrip One is facing an epidemic of thoughtcrime. Not only did a former Church of England vicar call a transvestite a “bloke,” Tory Deputy Chairwoman Rachel Maclean has accurately but politically incorrectly referred to one as a “man who wears a wig”:

West Mercia Police put Rachel Maclean’s comments on file following a complaint about her language by Melissa Poulton, who is standing as a Green Party candidate at the next election.

Maclean’s remarks are officially deemed a “Non Crime Hate Incident.”

She is now trying to appeal against the decision and get her name wiped from police records. Although people who have NCHIs recorded against them do not receive criminal records, their personal information can be stored on police files in serious cases and disclosed during vetting if they are applying for sensitive jobs.

Even if she could get the police to remove the incident from her file, the Internet is written in indelible ink. Maclean may be a high-ranking political figure, but she will forever be a thought criminal for not pretending this guy is a woman:

As Helen Joyce of Sex Matters notes,

‘The expansion of what constitutes “hate” to include using polite, accurate words like “man” and “male” for transwomen is just the latest way to shut up women who dare to talk publicly about matters that concern them, and to try to frighten other women into staying silent.’

Maclean’s actual crime:

She told the Mail last week that she would continue to speak up for women’s rights and would refuse to ‘deny reality’.

Denying reality is mandatory under moonbat rule. 2 + 2 = 5, because Big Brother says so.

On a tip from Wiggins.