Stuff And Nonsense

Politicians and the Skeptical Voter

November 29, 2009 at 4:34 pm (government, Politics) (Alcohol, David Tredinnick, Drugs, Evidence-Based Policy, Evidencephobic, Faith Schools, Ken Livingstone, Nadine Dorries, Peter Hain, Professor Nutt, Skeptical Voter, Tony Blair)

Some politicians have rather peculiar views. Often, these views are not informed by evidence. While people will probably remember Tony Blair’s stance on faith schools, they may not recall Peter Hain on Alt Med or Ken Livingstone on MMR. There’s also Nadine Dorries and David Tredinnick. Recently, there was also the case of Alan Johnson and Professor Nutt. Elected politicians are vulnerable, as they can be voted out. This may make it worth lobbying MPs who promote pseudoscience and counterknowledge. It may also be worth looking at how MPs approach evidence in the run-up to the next election.# Read the rest of this entry »

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