Tag Archives: homeopathy

Huppert v Tredinnick: the EDM homeopathy smackdown

By Iain Roberts | Published 9th August 2010 - 10:20 am

The last couple of months saw a battle emerging between science geek MP Julian Huppert and homeopathy fan David Tredinnick, and one of the battlegrounds was the Early Day Motion – those petitions that only MPs can start or sign.

Five times, David Tredinnick put down an EDM such as 284 (BMA ANNUAL REPRESENTATIVE MEETING MOTIONS ON HOMEOPATHY) or 285 (EFFECT OF HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES ON BREAST CANCER CELLS), in each case singing the praises of homeopathy or lauding some study that generated a positive result. Five times Julian Huppert launched an amendment to the EDM pointing out what he saw …

Posted in Parliament | Also tagged david tredinnick, early day motions, julian huppert | 7 Comments

What’s the Liberal Democrat position on homeopathy?

By The Voice | Published 11th March 2010 - 9:20 pm

As the issue has been debated several times recently on this site, here’s the latest statement of the party’s position:

A recent report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee examined the provision of homeopathy through the NHS and called for funding by the NHS to be stopped. The Committee did recognise that many users derive benefit from its use and did not argue that such treatments should be banned.

The Liberal Democrats believe that, as a basic principle, individuals should have maximum freedom about how they choose to get treated, so long as the therapy is safe. When it

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Posted in News | Also tagged james graham | 106 Comments

Daily View 2×2: 28 February, featuring Luciana Berger, homeopathy, Ethiopia and more

By Mark Pack | Published 28th February 2010 - 9:00 am

It’s Sunday. It’s 9am. It’s time for the latest news from Ethiopia, but first the blogs from the UK. Today we also have a special Luciana Berger update (never let it be said she’s going for the quiet competent candidate approach).

It’s also good to note that Liberal Democrat MPs have not been remiss in keeping up with the latest Twitter craze. Step forward and take a bow, Mr Rennie.

2 Must-Read Blog Posts

What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here’s are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator:

Chris Huhne says the Electoral Commission investigation into Bearwood Corporate Services Limited should now come to a conclusion: Steve Beasant reports on Chris Huhne’s letter to the Electoral Commission asking it to make a ruling ahead of the general election
What the Lib Dem policy on homeopathy is not: James Graham on the party policy that was quickly withdrawn

Spotted any other great posts in the last day from blogs that aren’t on the aggregator? Do post up a comment sharing them with us all.

2 Big Stories

The opposition: weak organization, lack of preparedness, appallingly low finances

Posted in Daily View | Also tagged ethiopia, luciana berger, willie rennie | 3 Comments

Evidence-based policy – MPs call for an end to homeopathy on the NHS

By Prateek Buch | Published 24th February 2010 - 12:50 pm

It isn’t often that Members of Parliament are praised, vilified as they are over their expenses, point-scoring and deference to vested interests. Yet this week has seen a moment of real clarity in Westminster, a true demonstration of how our elected leaders can exercise critical thinking and formulate policy based on objective, rational evidence – and all this over some tiny sugar pills.

Monday saw the publication of Evidence Check: Homeopathy, a report by the House of Commons Science and Technology committee (full report available as a PDF here). This report followed months of taking …

Posted in News, Op-eds | Also tagged ben goldacre, edzard ernst, evan harris, NHS, phil willis, placebo | 43 Comments

YouTube ‘cos we want to: Obama, Miliband and Mitchell & Webb

By Stephen Tall | Published 11th July 2009 - 5:30 pm

Welcome to the weekend edition of our new LDV feature rounding up some of the best/worst/most curious political videos doing the rounds.

First up, everyone’s seen that picture of Presidents Obama and Sarkozy, supposedly showing the two world leaders leering at a 17-year-old junior G8 delegate. In reality, the truth is a little less demeaning and dramatic. Here’s the video footage of the same incident:

(Hat-tip: The Times’s Comment Central).

Second up, here’s a brief clip of a couple of MPs engaging in what is known as Parliamentary wit. It’s not actually that funny a quip, nor is it that well-delivered – but it is quite brief:

Posted in YouTube | Also tagged barack obama, ed miliband, green party, greg clark, mitchell and webb | 6 Comments

Tag Archives: homeopathy

Huppert v Tredinnick: the EDM homeopathy smackdown

What’s the Liberal Democrat position on homeopathy?

Daily View 2×2: 28 February, featuring Luciana Berger, homeopathy, Ethiopia and more

2 Must-Read Blog Posts

2 Big Stories

Evidence-based policy – MPs call for an end to homeopathy on the NHS

YouTube ‘cos we want to: Obama, Miliband and Mitchell & Webb

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