The General Medical Council (GMC) is in overdrive, with medical professionals being erased from the register for ‘wrongspeak’. Yet this is not a new phenomenon. If we delve into the history of how our existing ‘medical monopoly’ was established, it is an all too familiar disturbing playbook of censorship, corruption and subversion of ethics that spans over 130 years in the making.
Censorship
An Open letter to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service
A recent open letter was sent top the GMC about the current witch hunt against outspoken and ethical doctors. The MPTS is the other arm of this.
Peer Review:
Peer review is a system used by scientists and clinicians to decide which primary research or secondary (review/commentary) content is worthy of being published. In theory it is a process of cumulative, collective knowledge that through publications is cascaded from experts to readers. But in practice things are not always what they seem!
The Witch Hunt continues
The current situation of self-censorship amongst doctors combined with GMC overreach, risks serious ongoing harms to patients and must not continue.
The Academic Whistleblower
According to Dr Elliott, a bioethicist at the University of Minnesota, “individuals don’t stumble into whistleblowing; rather, they are reluctant casualties of a corrupted system.”
Governments always know what’s best for us
” In every sphere of daily life, our thoughts and actions are being manipulated, often covertly, so as to align them with what the state’s technocrats have deemed to be in our best interests; openness and transparent attempts at persuasion are no longer deemed necessary.” Does this describe Britain today?
A further letter to the GMC
Eighty-five doctors and health professional urge the GMC to close investigations of vexatious complaints.
An open letter to Professor MacEwen at the GMC
time to put your words into practice and end the witch hunt against doctors Open letter to GMC: 28th June 2024 Professor Dame Carrie MacEwen, Chair, General Medical Council Mr Charlie Massey, CEO, General Medical Council Professor Philip Banfield, chairman of council, British Medical Association Dr Jeanette Dickson, Chair of Council, Academy of Medical Royal […]
Kafka-NHS
In June 2021, Dr. Sam White, a general practitioner, released a video calling out harmful covid policy. From a scientific perspective every word he said was entirely defensible. Moreover it is clear that he was speaking from an ethical position of wanting to protect his patients from harm. He pulled no punches in addressing the most prominent issues that were causing harm – lack of treatment for the frail, inappropriate gene therapies and masking. In interviews, in 2022, he called the situation a war between good and evil. In doing so he unleashed a torrent of anger among those in a position of power over him, which, three years on, continues to harm him.
Gove’s Ministry of Truth Reporting for Duty
For those paying attention to the rising tide of totalitarianism here in the UK, the latest from The Ministry of Truth, AKA HM Government should really make your blood run cold. Michael Gove has now overseen the redefining of extremism.
NUDGE DENIALISM: Why are the state’s psychological experts distancing themselves from behavioural science?
The state’s reliance on behavioural science strategies – ‘nudges’ – to facilitate the public’s compliance with covid restrictions has been widely documented. The many psychologists and behavioural scientists advising the government during the covid event (such as those in the SAGE subgroup, SPI-B, and the Behavioural Insight Team, BIT ) have, reasonably, been assumed to hold a significant degree of responsibility for using these methods of persuasion in communication campaigns
‘Controlled Spontaneity’: government plan for future psychological manipulation of its people
As we enter into a new year, HART continues to retain faith in ordinary people’s ability to resist – and ultimately reject – the march of authoritarianism, and to frustrate the ‘expert’ technocrats’ systematic attempts to influence our thoughts, speech, and behaviour.
The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Remote Control
Dr Mike Yeadon was unable to attend the event, but had provided a pre-recorded testimony. As it transpired, his address could not be played due to ‘technical difficulties’. It arrived safely on a laptop, but Andrew Bridgen announced that we were not able to hear it because ‘the television had been muted and they did not have the remote control’. As ‘the dog ate my homework’ excuses go, this one was pretty poor. Couldn’t one of the many people there to help have popped out to ask a staffer to find a remote?
Thou Shalt Not Question Big Pharma
Maryanne Demasi presented a depressing historical account of the reach of Big Pharma in an era well before covid when she was speaking at the recent Australians for Science and Freedom conference at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. Maryanne is an investigative journalist with a background of health research and has been a regular writer for the BMJ.
First, Do Harm: A Sorry Tale in the Daily Mail
The sordid state of the medical system here in the UK is laid bare in excruciating detail in a recent Daily Mail article which chooses to perpetuate myths and disinformation rather than engage in genuine reporting.
Censorship & Force are back in vogue
Four items have arisen this week as far apart as Canada, Brazil and England. A conspiracy theorist might ask, “Who is pulling the strings?”
Interpreting BBC Dialect(ic)s
The BBC – the UK’s state broadcaster – has a little-known motto that still adorns the organisation’s coat of arms: “Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation”. There is circumstantial evidence to suggest that this phrase was inspired by a quotation from the Old Testament: “Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more” (Micah 4:3).
Why tell the inconvenient truth?
Creating a social media profile and broadcasting to the world is not for everyone. Speaking the truth to your family, your friends and your colleagues is a fine place to start. In fact those conversations are worth many times more than communication through any screen.
