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Mr Forst questioned what the GMC was trying to achieve "by depriving him from the very possibility to be a doctor".

He said it would be "punishing him for a second time, for having taken action to address what the GMC itself calls 'one of the greatest threats to human health'".

A GMC spokesperson said it was "committed to doing what we can to tackle climate change" but it was for Parliament to determine whether UK law relating to protests needed to change.

The guidance for doctors, the GMC added, was they were allowed "personal political opinions" but a custodial sentence would lead to a referral to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.

The GMC has appealed the tribunal's decision to the High Court and said it was "deeply uncomfortable with the victim-blaming narrative from the tribunal and considered the determination lacked a proper assessment of the seriousness of the misconduct".