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Being of the receiving end of the psychological fear campaign it was instrumental to me in recognising I was being manipulated and it actually caused me to turn the corner and finally accept that the whole covid campaign was an exercise in inciting fear and hysteria on the populations. Those posters glued to the walls of every building in every city was like something out of 1984 and Big Brother who was trying to control all of our lives. For me it was a step too far.

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Me thinks these 'nudgers' doth protest too much. As for Reicher saying he's "...never been quite clear what 'behavioural scientist' means...." As a Professor at St Andrews University, in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience, is he unaware of the universities offering degrees in Behavioural Science? For example, Glasgow, Stirling, Durham, and LSE, whose opener is, 'The MSc Behavioural Science programme.....teaches you how to use behavioural science to change human behaviour in corporate and public environments.'

Now, isn't that what the government sanctioned BIT and SPI-B to advise them on? Change the public's behaviour through fear? Thus, out walking, many people I passed by would jump into the road to make sure there was the requisite 6' between us, despite my reassuring them they were perfectly safe out in the fresh air.....not so so on the road. There are many other examples we must all know, which illustrate the impact of these behavioural scientists.

Some people's behaviour has been changed forever but not so as it enhances their mental well-being. Such people are 'lost' or 'hidden' in the millions of us living in these islands....statistical blips, not relevant to the data mass. ( just like those injured by the novel therapy interventions... possibly a few thousand fatalities, many thousands injured - behavioural science employed to maximise uptake of a jab, which did not do what 'they' said it would do).

I imagine the BIT and its off shoots might be busy dipping in to their 'behavioural tool box' to work out how to change public awareness of what was carried out by the State to the public's detriment. The Hallett Inquiry already shows 'them' in operation to diffuse negative perceptions of the 'collateral damage' - a term which doesn't really encapsulate the tragedies experienced by family, friends, neighbours.

'They' are all busy absolving themselves of responsibility, passing the buck, legends in their own mucky murky worlds.

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