There's a deepening in the crisis of confidence of scientists says Harris
Tue, 10 Nov 2009
“By clumsily and unfairly sacking David Nutt, Alan Johnson has been rewarded with five resignations in protest. That takes a certain kind of ineptitude," said the Liberal Democrat Science Spokesman.
Commenting on news that there have been three more resignations from the Government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, in the wake of the sacking of its Chair, Professor David Nutt, Dr Evan Harris MP said:
“The latest resignations represent a deepening in the crisis of confidence of scientists in the Government – in particular, in the Home Secretary.
“The fact the resignations come after Alan Johnson met the ACMD demonstrates 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. The cost of the failure of the Home Secretary to understand the lessons of the BSE Inquiry will be poor policy – unless the Prime Minister acts decisively to bring the Home Office and rest of Government into line with established good practice.
“By clumsily and unfairly sacking David Nutt, Alan Johnson has been rewarded with five resignations in protest. That takes a certain kind of ineptitude.”
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