The decisions taken by the previous Tory government and now being upheld by Wes Streeting offer a terrifying glimpse of how a minority can be almost completely disenfranchised from any say in their future.
Clinical psychologist Dr Aidan Kelly summed up how they are achieving this within healthcare.
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'In this area of healthcare, like no other, the professionals with the requisite expertise are position by their critics as having been "captured by ideology" and therefore lacking credibility.'
'Meanwhile, those without the expertise are position as "independent", which critics argue makes them better able to evaluate the evidence - despite having never worked in the field and having no understanding of its complexities'