Welsh Borders Rural GP & chair of Secular Medical Forum (SMF) of National Secular Society (NSS). Wild swimming and wilder singing. All tweets my own etc.
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My new piece in @FreethinkerMag describes the damaging regulatory wilderness for non-therapeutic childhood male genital cutting. Religious privilege maintained by governments.
Non-voluntary permanent bodily changes breach children’s rights.
freethinker.co.uk/2026/10/cu…
The 26 bishops in the Lords are apparently our moral guardians, whilst consistently voting against progressive social reform. Now a(nother) CofE safeguarding scandal. Remove the Lords Spiritual bench and let bishops preach only to those who want to listen
Lord spiritual resigns following arrest, amid repeated safeguarding scandals among CofE bishops. This dysfunctional institution should be disestablished – and the bishops' bench removed.
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Vicars and priests who are told about child sex abuse during confession will be exempt from new “mandatory reporting” laws.
Make it make sense.
I’m quoted for @NatSecSoc in today’s Telegraph.
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Our council member Dr Antony Lempert writes for charity @15__Square on the latest tragic death of an infant following ritual circumcision - and the calls for urgent legal reform.
@Seculant
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#Secularism2025
May also saw us join calls for legal reform around ritual circumcision after a second man was prosecuted for severe harm to children.
You can re-read the blog by @Seculant below:
secularism.org.uk/opinion/20…
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Images from protests in Germany and England today calling for the release of Moroccan feminist and human rights defender Ibtissame Betty Lachgar, jailed for peaceful expression.
Blasphemy is not a crime. #HumanRightsDay #FreeBetty
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My @NatSecSoc blog discusses the absurd anomaly of ritual child circumcision.
secularism.org.uk/opinion/20…
Two convicted men this year is a positive small step towards protecting children from unjustifiable, unrestrained religious privilege.
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"It's time for legislators to take action. They must not be deterred by fears of offending religious sensibilities or baseless allegations of 'Islamophobia'."
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We’re quoted in Sunday @Telegraph on two Islamic charities which hosted misogynistic messages. It’s outrageous that a charity has promoted the idea that it’s ok to hit a woman who refuses sex. @DominicPenna
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62% of Brits would support a law prohibiting the #circumcision of children for non-medical reasons. Are you one of the 62%? Join our campaign 👇 secularism.org.uk/religious-…
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This really really is the chance to #VoteGreen to get Green.
We have common sense, well costed policies to help people and planet.
Adrian Ramsay, the Green candidate in Waveney Valley, says the General Election is an 'amazing opportunity' for his party. edp24.co.uk/news/24379149.gr… 👇 Full story
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Just spoke to @Matthew_Wright on LBC about the TV debate last night.
Polling consistently shows @TheGreenParty policies are most liked of all - people just don't hear from us enough.
Amazing to see the response when a diversity of voices was actually given chance to debate!
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No child should be subjected to the forced surgical removal of any part of their genitalia for non-medical reasons. Why is this such a difficult proposition?
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❝Religion should not be a roadblock to child safeguarding in healthcare. Circumcision is painful, perilous and permanent. It raises serious ethical questions.❞
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Both @gmcuk & @TheBMA claim to have no policy re: cutting boys’ normal genitals when religious parents call for it. Truth is, it is only by asserting this, that they actively exclude boys from child safeguarding and ethical norms that would otherwise apply.
In a new paper, @Seculant describes an "active and singular exclusion of young boys" from safeguarding by the failure to reform guidance on non-therapeutic circumcision.
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SALARY FACTS: MPs vs junior Doctors
2008:
MPs – £61,820
1st year doctors – £28,274
2016:
MPs – £74,962
1st year doctors – **£32,398
2023:
MPs – £86,584
1st year doctors – **£32,398
And the government have the AUDACITY to call junior doctors greedy?!
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The full paper – 'Roadblocks to reforming UK guidelines on medically unnecessary penile circumcision' – is open access and well worth a read.
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A new paper published by the Clinical Ethics Journal exposes the ethical and safeguarding contradictions from UK medical bodies when it comes to religiously motivated circumcision of male infants. Read a brief summary from the author, @Seculant, here👇
secularism.org.uk/opinion/20…
My recent ethical paper journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… on the Roadblocks to reform of UK guidelines on medically unnecessary penile circumcision is summarised in National Secular Society blog secularism.org.uk/opinion/20… Serious safeguarding concern hiding in plain sight.
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A new paper highlights barriers to reforming guidance on non-therapeutic #circumcision. Author @Seculant explains why religion is one of the biggest barriers of all👇 secularism.org.uk/opinion/20…