I've just heard that three more ACMD members have resigned, after the Council met with Alan Johnson. The latest resignations represent a deepening in the crisis of confidence of scientists in the Government - in particular, in the Home Secretary. That they come after Alan Johnson met the ACMD demonstrates that he just doesn't get it when it comes to the importance of respecting the academic freedom and integrity of independent, unpaid, science advisers. Ministers are entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts.
I've just heard that three more ACMD members have resigned, after the Council met with Alan Johnson.
The latest resignations represent a deepening in the crisis of confidence of scientists in the Government - in particular, in the Home Secretary. That they come after Alan Johnson met the ACMD demonstrates that he just doesn't get it when it comes to the importance of respecting the academic freedom and integrity of independent, unpaid, science advisers.
Ministers are entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts.
We're politicians, we're better than that.
this quote from an article about Bush;-
''This is why he dispenses with people who confront him with inconvenient facts,'' Bartlett went on to say. ''He truly believes he's on a mission from God. Absolute faith like that overwhelms a need for analysis. The whole thing about faith is to believe things for which there is no empirical evidence.'' Bartlett paused, then said, ''But you can't run the world on faith.''
Seems Johnson is running on stale Blair keep to the Fen Causeway
