No wonder the government doesn’t want the membership of SAGE revealed... theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…
“Former chief scientific adviser Sir David King said he was ‘shocked’ to discover there were political advisers on Sage. ‘If you are giving science advice, your advice should be free of any political bias. That is just so critically important’.”
“Since the outbreak, ministers have stuck to the script that their policies are guided by scientific advice, while declining to reveal where the advice is coming from or what exactly it contains.”
And now we know why.
And now we know why.
“the inclusion of two Downing Street political advisers..will raise questions over whether the structure of the government’s scientific advisory process is free from political interference.”
I’d like to know if the the actual scientist members of SAGE protested at the compromise of their independence that the inclusion of Cummings and his Vote Leave mate Warner represented - and if not, why not?
