Who is Julia-Hartley Brewer? British TV personality criticized for using Greta Thunberg’s autism as insult

Julia-Hartley Brewer has received severe criticism over using the term “autistic” as an insult against the 19-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg.

In a contentious move, the 54-year-old TalkTV personality supported Andrew Tate during Tate’s Twitter argument with environmental activist Thunberg. Here’s what she tweeted:

Also Read | Greta Thunberg’s savage response to Andrew Tate’s trolling: ‘Small d**k energy’

Who is Julia-Hartley Brewer?

Julia Hartley-Brewer was born on May 2, 1968.

Hartley-Brewer was educated at Oldfield Girls’ Comprehensive School in Bath and Woodhouse Sixth Form College in Finchley, north London. She graduated from Magdalen College in Oxford with a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE). Later, she attended Cardiff University’s School of Journalism where she pursued a diploma in journalism.

Hartley-Brewer began her career in journalism at the East London Advertiser in Bethnal Green. She later worked for the London Evening Standard as a news reporter and political correspondent before joining The Guardian, where she remained until September 2000.

Also Read | Andrew Tate: Net worth, girlfriend Naghel Georgiana Manuela, career and more

After that, she worked for the Sunday Express as a political correspondent, political editor from 2001 to 2007, and assistant editor (politics), where she also contributed a weekly opinion piece. In February 2011, she resigned from the Sunday Express.

Every Prime Minister Needs a Willie, a documentary about the history of British Deputy Prime Ministers, and The Worst Job in Politics, a documentary about the history of the Leader of the Opposition, were two political documentaries she presented and narrated for the television networks BBC Two and BBC Four in 2006.

Also Read | Who is Alexandra Eckersley, daughter of MLB Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley?

As of right now, Hartley-Brewer is featured on Talkradio, a talk radio station that debuted on March 21, 2016. From March 2016 to January 15, 2018, she hosted the weekday mid-morning show before switching to the weekday breakfast show. The Julia Hartley-Brewer Show, a one-on-one interview programme with guests, debuted on YouTube in September 2019 under the Talkradio brand.

Hartley-Brewer had long been a proponent of Brexit during the campaign in 2016. She tweeted about the climate crisis in September 2014: “I am not a flat earther. If there were any evidence that man is affecting climate change, I would accept that fact. There isn’t.”

Hartley-Brewer recently made news after she tried to insult activist Greta Thunberg by using the term “autistic” as a derogatory term. She later deleted the tweet after backlash but also defended her stance.