Author Archives: Christopher Lomax

Opinion: The Lib Dems are now the only party of science

Not that the press seem to have noticed, but international science journal Nature has just reported that one of the 22 prominent scientists who put his name to a letter to the Independent may not vote for them. Why is this relevant?

In 2001 and 2005 Labour won the science vote by a walkover. Nature’s survey reveals that this is no longer the case.

To scientists and engineers, the solution to the financial crisis is clear. Science, maths, engineering and technology must be at the heart of the project to rebuild our economy. A paradigm shift is needed inside …

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Opinion: The opposite of a heated debate

For four years now I’ve steered clear of blogs and online forums. If you look at the kind of people who seem to spend their time posting at the bottom of the BBC websites, you’ll perhaps share my sense that those are the places where the freaks hang out.

I only started looking at this site a few days ago, but I haven’t see any of that sort of thing here yet. I’ve always thought that this party is where the calm and sensible debate is had. It doesn’t surprise me one bit that Nick Clegg did well in that style of …

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  • AlexB
    When you listened to his incoherent ramblings on the last televised debate, you wonder what he is going to be like mentally when he's 82 in four years time. Wor...
  • Jenny Barnes
    Maybe it was a case of the lesser of two evils still being too evil to vote for....
  • John Waller
    Patrick Cockburn writes a scary article in the iNews today. Well worth reading. The 2020s look increasingly like the 1930s, the so-called “devil’s decad...
  • Alison C
    Good post. Also congrats on being chair of nalc....
  • Nigel Jones
    I think Ed has made the right start for our reaction to Trump. Tim Farron has commented that we need a STRONG relationship with the USA, but that depends what i...