The
rich and powerful have a tighter control over our
society, government and its foreign policy, both political parties, business and finance, the health industry, the educational system, the
media, and the courts than ever before.
If Goldacre really wants to stick his neck out, why doesn't he try arguing against a
rich, powerful, bullying Climate - Change establishment which includes all three British main political parties, the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal
Society, the Prince of Wales, the Prime Minister, the President of the USA, the EU, the UN, most schools and universities, the BBC, most of the print
media, the Australian Government, the New Zealand Government, CNBC, ABC, the New York Times, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, most of the rest of the City, the wind farm industry, all the Big Oil companies, any number of
rich charitable foundations, the Church of England and so on?
If scammers start spoofing law
society websites, then I think Omar's reference to
rich media will be one of the public's (and the profession's) few defences.