This seems to me a masterful, if depressing, summary of the situation. Quite how so many (in particular of the 'liberal left') lost their sense of perspective on this is astonishing.
A stellar article, Alex, which as you rightfully need to point out, has had a gestation of a decade. During this period, which also includes the polarising factor of Brexit too, let's not forget, it seems to me and many others who stayed in your uplands, that listening to contrary opinions has been systematically exiled.
The other great yet subtle point I glean from your take of the report is whenever sentences begin "Research suggests" or "Research has been done/published" that what will follow is polemics dressed up as science.
My last thought is for those who were made irrecoverable from those clinics; ever-anonymous and no doubt still suffering.
This seems to me a masterful, if depressing, summary of the situation. Quite how so many (in particular of the 'liberal left') lost their sense of perspective on this is astonishing.
A stellar article, Alex, which as you rightfully need to point out, has had a gestation of a decade. During this period, which also includes the polarising factor of Brexit too, let's not forget, it seems to me and many others who stayed in your uplands, that listening to contrary opinions has been systematically exiled.
The other great yet subtle point I glean from your take of the report is whenever sentences begin "Research suggests" or "Research has been done/published" that what will follow is polemics dressed up as science.
My last thought is for those who were made irrecoverable from those clinics; ever-anonymous and no doubt still suffering.