A very frightening line is crossed when a state passes laws to allow official records to be falsified. That’s getting into Kafka territory. It removes one of the central supports of democracy, the expectation of honesty. Even while recognising that individuals may lie, actually building a lie into the structure weakens the whole thing.
Slight digression but here is a tweet thread about the misleading of the public with respect to physician associates being used instead of fully qualified doctors.
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There's also a crowd justice fundraiser by a group of anaesthetists to challenge the GMC and demand stricter regulation of these pretend doctors. Dom g a little gardening for this. It is very concerning.