Brookstein has been at the centre of several controversies for his opinions on the Twitter social network . In July 2013 , he defended child murderer Jon Venables against media scrutiny . On 23 May 2017 , after the Manchester Arena bombing , he sparked outrage by suggesting that Theresa May could have been behind the terror attack as a distraction after a difficult day of Tory campaigning . On 29 August 2018 , responding to a news story about the increase of self-harm amongst teenage girls , he suggested that bullying " stupid kids " was an alternative to self-harm . Brookstein temporarily deactivated his Twitter account following this incident
Manchester Arena bombing
Manchester Arena bombing
Steve Brookstein