"What's the problem with a teacher doing that, [using their preferred pronouns] they're respecting who that young person is." Jacqui Smith is a former teacher, and says teachers should respect what pupils and their parents wish for them to be known as. #JeremyVine

@Jacqui_Smith1 Teachers should be doing what they are paid to do …. teach. Address students by their bloody names. It’s a load of woke nonsense

@Jacqui_Smith1 Thank god I'm past this, was bad enough doing the birds & the bees with mine, need to be feckin David Attenborough explaining it today.

@Jacqui_Smith1 I believe all this gender choice “stuff” needs to be left for adults to decide. Let kids be kids and if they need/want to explore this when they’re adults then so be it. But not when they’re just kids.

@Jacqui_Smith1 Boys and girls that’s it

@Jacqui_Smith1 My son identifies as our dog when he doesn’t want to do as he’s asked. I will inform his teacher that he is to be known as Milo and provide her with a lead and poopascoop. I’m sure she’ll be elated. He’s 8, not so long ago he had a phase of being a cat, dinosaur and a sausage 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Jacqui_Smith1 so a teacher can't stand by their belief in HUMAN BIOLOGY, but they should bow to the whims of kids and parents who clearly have too much time on their hands the worst of all are the 'they' lot #WokeAgenda #TransAgenda

@Jacqui_Smith1 Because kids take the piss, there is a kid in my nephews class(year 8) who says he self identifies as a dog, and the teacher has to conform with his wishes, much to the hilarity of the rest of the class.

@Jacqui_Smith1 Absolute nonsense

@Jacqui_Smith1 No doubt that includes when the parents don't know anything about it. Won't be long before children can say it's "breaching their human rights" forcing them to go to school #WokeNonsense #JeremyVine

@Jacqui_Smith1 There is 2 genders and if parents want to teach there kids any different there should be separate schools for these children if there not ok with male and females