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Year: 2015

4Homeopathy – The Homeopaths Strike Back

16th November, 2015 Andy L 30

Before you begin, if your irony meter is switched on, then to avoid damage, please turn it off now. For the Society of Homeopaths have […]

Write to Your MP Today about the Quack Saatchi Bill.

12th October, 2015 Andy L 0

The Stop the Saatchi Bill Alliance are making an urgent call to action for people to write to their MPs about the resurrected Saatchi Bill. […]

Chris Heaton-Harris MP Resurrects Lord Saatchi’s Zombie Quacks’ Charter.

16th September, 2015 Andy L 6

Lord Saatchi has been trying for a number of years now to introduce a law that would drive a coach and horses through well established […]

Disaster for British Homeopathic Association after Judicial Review fails over Provision of Homeopathy on NHS

30th August, 2015 Andy L 40

Like many parts of the NHS, Lothian Health Board had recently made the sensible decision to stop funding homeopathy. It made this decision after an extensive […]

Professional Standards Authority Speaking at Quack Autism Conference.

25th August, 2015 Andy L 107

Just what is Christine Braithwaite of the Professional Standards Authority doing speaking at a homeopaths’ conference on treating children with autism with sugar pills? The Society of […]

Libel Case: A Statement. Steve Paris & Angel Garden vs Andy Lewis & Melanie Byng

14th July, 2015 Andy L 0

Three years ago, in February 2012, Angel Garden tried to leave a comment on my first post on Steiner Schools. That comment was held up […]

Theresa May Exempts Homeopathy from Farcical Psychoactive Substances Bill

2nd June, 2015 Andy L 11

The Home Secretary, Theresa May, is to introduce new legislation banning any substance that might be considered a ‘legal high’. In her Psychoactive Substances Bill, any […]

Maurice Saatchi’s Zombie Quack Bill To Be Rushed Through Parliament.

29th May, 2015 Andy L 3

Lord Saatchi’s so-called “Medical Innovation Bill” which has the aim of removing patient right’s to sue doctors if they use unproven treatments in ways that […]

Big Legal Blow for NHS Homeopathy

13th April, 2015 Andy L 30

That the NHS spends money on homeopathy is a red flag to many thinking people. If the publicly funded health service is to operare efficiently […]

The Professional Standards Authority is a Threat to Public Health

12th March, 2015 Andy L 24

The Professional Standards Authority has published a report about how it has performed with its Accredited Registers Programme. This scheme has been trying to provide […]

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  • PATHWAYS: A Trial Built on Missing Data, Pseudoscience, and Quiet Cruelty25th November, 2025
  • The Irresistible Demise of Bristol Waldorf School.19th November, 2025
  • Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?28th February, 2025
  • The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case10th September, 2024
  • What would an ethical clinical trial into puberty blockers look like?15th July, 2024

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What Every Parent Should Know About Steiner-Waldorf Schools

2nd November, 2012 483

You may know my feelings about Steiner/Waldorf Schools*. Most importantly, that prospective parents are not being told about the occult foundations of the Steiner philosophy. […]

What Doctors Don’t Tell You – A Publishing Sensation

4th October, 2012 336

Hot on the heels of the new killer magazine What Doctors Don’t Tell You we are seeing an explosion of new titles trying to mimic […]

Why is Homeopathy Successful?

13th January, 2012 224

Just before Christmas, Lia Burkeman and Stephanie Kramer, wrote an article for Urban Times that asked the question, “Homeopathy: Can it be a Success Story?” To […]

On the The Reckless Physicking of Amateur Females.

16th November, 2010 35

It would appear to be important for homeopaths to show how the rich, blue blooded and famous are supporters of homeopathy. One might suggest that […]

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The Futility of Finding Physical Explanations for Homeopathy

10th October, 2010 52

From the very first decades of homeopathy’s existence in the early 19th Century, mainstream scientists have dismissed its claims for one simple reason: the extremely […]

Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 2

16th April, 2024 4

Continued from Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1 The Myths (Part 1) … Myth 1: 98% of […]

Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1

14th April, 2024 29

It has now been just little under a week since the publication of the long anticipated NHS independent review of gender identity services for children […]

Brighton Sceptics and the Reece’s Pieces

22nd November, 2023 0

from the twitter thread. Let me tell you about “Reece’s Pieces”. So, Brighton Skeptics were to hold a talk in January between Hannah Barnes and […]

The Muddling of the American Mind – Part II

22nd March, 2023 17

Apologies for the delay on publshing Part II. The weight of muddle proved too much for me at times! But I thought I must publish […]

The Muddling of the American Mind: Part I

23rd July, 2022 76

In a recent blog post on the web site Science Based Medicine, Steven Novella asks the question “What does the science actually say about biological […]

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