Author Archives: Christopher Lomax

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

By Christopher Lomax | Mon 3rd May 2010 - 5:15 pm

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

By Christopher Lomax | Wed 21st April 2010 - 5:45 pm

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 …