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Jun 17Liked by Ursula Edgington, PhD

And yet it's the welfare bludgers that are the problem

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Jun 17Liked by Ursula Edgington, PhD

You didn’t mention the Medical Board or Optometrist Board or any other of the “health profession” regulatory boards who have HUGE control on those professions

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The difficulty is, legally these entities are ‘statutory bodies’ - slightly different in terms of funding and Board members. Similarly captured though.

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Jun 18Liked by Ursula Edgington, PhD

Similarly captured and have immense power over their registered members

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Yup. That’s why i resigned all mine.

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Jun 17Liked by Ursula Edgington, PhD

If you sacked half the people employed by the Govt the country would run smoother and need less taxes, but who is to determine which half? Set up another commission!!!

It is like a medusa, cut one head off and two more grow to replace it!

"Blow it up start again", as the song "Tobacco Road" said

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGuZY6NVXqU

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Hello Ursula. Is there a downloadable version of this substack anywhere? I'd like to share it with my friends but they do not have the app

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