In 1968, the then director of the Italian asylum in Gorizia edited a book entitled "L'Istituzione Negata" (The negated institution). In the presentation section he wrote the words below. 10 years later psychiatric hospitals were outlawed in Italy, and remain outlawed to this day.

Non avete letteralmente la più pallida idea di cosa sia questo paese

Introducing: Marco Cavallo

Prof. Franco Basaglia, den ich auf dem Gesundheitstag in Berlin 1980 das Glück hatte begegnen zu dürfen, ist der einzige Psychiater, vor dem ich eine große Hochachtung habe. Requiescat in pace.

2/ Corollary 1: People with actual knowledge will explain their ideas, not tell you what words to use.

“RCTs or STFU” is its own form of fundamentalist dogma in medicine that is ultimately incoherent and self-serving.

If he did, then he should say he did & that it was wrong, explain why it was wrong and hurtful and apologise... how this sounds is that he thinks that it was ok because he meant no harm, which raises real concerns about his current understanding of the problem in the first place.

What's "Britain's as"? In any case obviously I wouldn't but I understand the urge, after what Boris did as prime minister