Most of us can remember big byelection upsets that didn't amount to much in the long term but I think this does give the LDs a chance to reshape the landscape. The strategy of an informal anti-Tory a… (View Post)

Over-confidence in poor and un-verified models is the curse of modern scientific practice and where they determine public policy, grrr... (View Post)

We need a culture change so that all scientific inputs to important policy decisions are fully open to appraisal and the government itself sponsors a red team to attack the paper/recommendation. I'd … (View Post)

More ex scientists and engineers un parliament would be a good start. More fundamentally the whole area of policy based on scientific advice needs a big reset. Unconscious biases, group-think, ideolo… (View Post)

I know that an academic's political views should be distinguished from their political activism (as long as they themselves attempt to do so) but you do wonder about the credibility of a communist wh… (View Post)