02 May 2021 at 01:02 PM. So it is awaiting moderation even after putting asterisk in. ", "WHO's Susan Michie: my politics are my business", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Susan_Michie&oldid=1128378855, Experimental psychology, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, health psychology, This page was last edited on 19 December 2022, at 20:59. Iran's Revolutionary Guard Fanatics feed on the (often ignorant and unself-aware) hostility of the West. 28 April 2021 at 07:30 PM. Susan Fiona Dorinthea Michie FBPsS FAcSS FMedSci FBA (born 19 June 1955)[1] is a British academic, clinical psychologist, and professor of health psychology, director of The Centre for Behaviour Change[2] and head of The Health Psychology Research Group,[3] all at University College London. Nigel Smith | The main methodological approaches employed - modelling, econometric research, micro-economic studies and case-study research - all face challenges of accurate and timely data and the intractability . Michie S, Rubin GJ & Amlt R. Behavioural science must be at the heart of the public health response to covid-19. For it seems an average per million COVID problem . "It is also perfectly clear that appeals to racism and refugees of another colour was playing a role in that debate." : The expert questioned the idea and the presenter. Watt Soever | I think old commie like Hobsbawm was member of Companion of Honour. We also introduce new . ), PETER HITCHENS: This green revolution will turn Britain into a Third World country, The threat of Marshmallow Totalitarianism, too soft and sweet to excite alarm : My latest conversation with Mike Graham on Talk Radio , Click here to read about him and his books, Down the Rat Hole - the sad and futile search for the perfect bar or pub. But I dont remember anyone in Conservative party ever mentioning this publicly (maybe Norman Tebbit?) From 'Noise: A Human History', Effectively, they have none, except the idea that nothing is really right or wrong in except so far as it suits them. It is partly owned by the Cabinet Office, employees and Nesta, Posted by: This is quite simply wrong. Prof Susan Michie, the director of the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London, and another member of Sage's behavioural science subcommittee, tweeted: "Allowing community. Also I doubt flights incoming from India to England have reduced one iota . [31][32] She has stated that her political positions are unrelated to her scientific advice. What was dressed up as power to the people was really just replacing one hierarchy with another much less capable one a power grab. I am also sure that in Brazil, like in the rest of the world, the deaths FROM covid-19 are being massively exaggerated as many are almost certainly deaths from other causes where the victim just happened to have a positive covid-19 test. Wait Richard- Wasnt that exactly what Deborah Birx, Null Fergusons US counterpart, show to President Trump to extend the spring 2020 US lockdown- her own stats? A row has broken out over a question Richard Madeley asked Professor Susan Michie on Good Morning Britain.After she'd questioned the wisdom of lifting the mask mandate on July 19th, he asked her whether her judgment might be influenced by her membership of the Communist Party, given the top-down, big state authoritarianism of Communist regimes, or whether her views were purely based on . Susan Michie is Professor of Health Psychology and Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behavioural Science (SPI-B): 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) James Rubin Reader in the Psychology of Emerging Health Risks, King's College London Main From the economy to culture. Mr. Peston further states that Professors Vallance and Whitty were sceptical about a Chinese-type shutdown, and that it was Dominic Cummings and Ben Warner (a Cummings ally, apparently) who, fearing the NHS would be overwhelmed, pushed for the more stringent measures which were adopted soon after. Who Really Picks the Candidates We Obediently Vote For? We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. They never question the motives of SAGE. Because they wanted it done, regardless. Thanks. 01 May 2021 at 09:42 AM. If Covid Advice to the government was a normal business product, wed be suing SAGE for multiple violations of whatever the Truthfulness in Adverstising and Fraudulent Business Practices acts are called in the UK. Nudge units appeared in various departments and even some local authorities. Buried deep in the BBC website a few weeks ago, the ONS revealed that TOTAL UK deaths in 2020 were about 7% higher than expected based on an average of the previous 10 years. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. 28 April 2021 at 11:07 AM. general approach on social restrictions would be more palatable to the long-suffering public if it was backed up by the science; even if psychology and epidemiology are two totally different subjects but there again it has never been about the science as much as the control of the masses by psychological means Ultimately, Mr. Johnson does not appear that bothered by the kind of advise he gets for as long as it suits him. The Behavioural Insights Team also known as the Nudge Unit is now a social purpose company. Undoubtedly (if the figures are to be believed) the rollout of the vaccine has been successful but writing that the whole vaccination program is a success suggests something else. Professor Susan Michie, of University College London, said she thinks the draconian restrictions should become part of people's every day routine. She doesnt want a liberal tolerant society like all Communists this is simply a front for her real wish, which is to live in a Bolshevist one, an ideology which we should never tire of repeating, has killed tens, probably hundreds of millions of peoplein the 20th century, plus of course on a lesser but still inhuman scale, leading to economic stagnation, a complete lack of freedom, huge numbers of informers and spies etc. Would this be the India whose population is fast approaching ONE POINT FIVE Billion?! Prof Michie said she was interrupted on several occasions by the presenter. Remember how she shared around SAGE a smear letter denigrating Profs. Abolition of Liberty (see also Brief History of Crime), Brief History of Crime (see also Abolition of Liberty), Broken Compass (see also Cameron Delusion), Cameron Delusion (see also Broken Compass), Conservative Party (see also Useless Tories, Tories), Death Penalty (including Capital Punishment, Execution). "Americans - especially those on the Left - were anxious too: 'When a million or more people hear the same argument and appeals, the same music, when their attention is held in the same way and at the same time, to the same stimuli, it is psychologically inevitable that they should acquire in some degree common interests, common tastes and common attitudes. Thats effectively what she is saying. SAGE Member - and Communist - Susan Michie Says We Will Need Face Masks and Social Distancing "Forever" . 29 April 2021 at 05:11 PM. The interview took place before it was announced all remaining Covid restrictions would be scrapped in England including the legal requirement for those who test positive for the virus to self isolate. Well said Sally except that's just the point. The results of your proposed action for such measures are almost always impossible to measure for an ordinary person so even when it is clear that the overall action was catastrophic in outcome you can conceal it by deflecting blame and creating excuses for why it all went wrong. When has there even been, and how could there ever be, an equal society? However, it only allows scheme members to jump NHS queue. It smells rotten and like nothing I have encountered in normal private business consulting. [9], In July 2022, Michie was appointed chair of the WHOs Behavioural Advisory Group. Science, by the way, is completely subservient to ideology in dialectical materialism. I feel this to be most profound. They believe in democracy if and when it suits them. She told The National afterwards she had been on many programmes on BBC Scotland over the past two years and she was always been treated with courtesy and asked intelligent questions. BIT was created in 10 Downing Street in 2010 as the world's first government institution dedicated to the application of behavioural sciences to policy."-. Posted by: The ghost | 28 April 2021 at 07:30 PM In the week before the Indian covid pandemic became the main news story, The World at One on Radio 4 20th April (from 18 min in) reported that 900 a day were flying into the UK from India, and on one flight to Hong Kong 49 passengers had tested positive. The social justice ideological position held among Michie and her colleagues that greater social equality is desirable is not a scientific view but a political view and it is in fact essential that proper representation of voices in favour of the common desire for freedom of choice appears on such committees where mixed scientific and ideological advice is given. Banning private systems is unfair but but fairly regulating their profitability is the real nut we have to crack. You cannot assume that these people are as selfless as to pursue some form of purist ideology that will cause them harm or inconvenience in exchange for upholding their alleged principles. Prof Susan Michie, who sits on a sub-group for the. "That's 4,000,000 million deaths a year, maybe, in Brazil in a NORMAL year". Yes there are a lot of people dying, possibly even as a result of contracting covid 19, but there are still considerably more who die every day in India from perfectly treatable issues as simple as clean water availability or a lack of an effective health system. Agree with you on all this. Exactly. Categories: Communist Party 2:42 A veteran Communist Party of Britain member has been appointed chair of a World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) What a worrying development. Posted by: She is always so good at finding positivity in everything! And I think that the kind of articles you referred to are a really disturbing kind of McCarthyite witch hunting, which I dont think should have any place in a liberal tolerant society. You might want to check your figures there, Jaggers. Dominic Cummings will be giving testimony to M.P.s on 26 May regarding this and, no doubt, other matters. But is there diversity on these WHO committees? [9] Her later career interests have been in designing and evaluating methods of behavioural change, especially in relation to wellbeing and health improvement. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can contact the editor here. (Referring to India). Lets treat her accordingly. The Metropolitan liberal elite Lords it over us in every aspect of our lives. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. And so did Mao during the Cultural Revolution- and interestingly he has been praised by Michie, whom lamented the subsequent reforms made by his successor Deng which actually helped the Chinese people somewhat compared to Maos grave disaster. Especially given the current circumstances. [16], Michie was elected a Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 2001,[9] the Academy of Social Sciences in 2010,[9] the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2017,[9] the British Academy in 2021,[17] the European Health Psychology Society, and the US Society of Behavioral Medicine and Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. In 1989, she joined the Royal Free School of Medicines Health Psychology Unit as a senior research fellow in clinical health psychology. Email Address:(Not displayed with comment. These ideologues are relentless. Steve balmforth | Later in the same interview, Professor Michie admitted that all of her colleagues on SPI-B, the UK government behavioural science committee, shared an ideological commitment to a more equal society: we never talk about each others politics. Big thumbs, tiny keyboard, miniscule screen! That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with. New medical guidelines for trans patients are too political, Communist British scientist dubbed Stalins nanny who wanted face masks and social distancing FOREVER is given top job at World Health Organization,, . Unless you have some spare capacity in the system, it will always be so. During the Covid PsyOps (SPI-B) I took the time to read the minutes of SAGE meetings that were released. Steve Balmforth (30 April 2021 at 03:23 PM) makes a good point about statistics taken out of context not telling the real story. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. She continued her clinical work, consultancy and research at the Royal Free Hospitals Occupational Health and Safety Unit part-time. Another example of double standard. Cohesion policy after Brexit: the economic, social and institutional challenges - Volume 46 Issue 4. . The cynicism and preposterousness of the WHOs new political directives of allegedly mitigating inequality is shown in the fact that no other policy has done more to exacerbate inequality than the WHOs lockdowns and vaccine mandates. But hang on a cotton picking minute. After all, did we really vote in a government to scare the living daylights out of us into a meek submission - or did we actually vote in and trust that our government would be competent enough to make its citizens feel safe and secure? My own experience and study shows that equality is usually bought at the expense of liberty and a free society and this is not a trade-off many people (and certainly not most) wish to take. The Nazis murdered fewer people than communism continues to do, and its outlawed in the UK. Its SAGE behavioural scientists at work.". 28 April 2021 at 07:46 PM. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Right from the very start of this pandemic we have had a series of dodgy statistics, figures being stated without sensible context, scientists being miss quoted, briefings with hastily presented slides, whos X and Y axes were not even on the TV shot, but the steep curve increase said it all! . And I think that the kind of articles you referred to are a really disturbing kind of McCarthyite witch hunting, which I dont think should have any place in a liberal tolerant society. 29 April 2021 at 03:22 PM. They want pubs and local workers shut down except if they are passing by the neighbourhood looking for a cold one and a photo opportunity. 379k members in the ukpolitics community. 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