Thank you to @guardian colleagues @severincarrell @davidtpegg @lawrencefelic @PaulLewis @robevansgdn @david_conn @harryfoxdavies & @Kate_M_Proctor for getting this story out. Huge kudos to you & huge thanks
From the very start, the scientific community has been asking: what science? What data? Which scientists? Whose advice? The lack of transparency has been deeply deeply troubling. And this is not science. It’s politics. 
What happens next, if & how the government is actually held to account for this - not just for the inclusion of Cummings but for its decision to cover it up, for its ongoing failure to provide transparency about how it is making decisions - is critical to who we are as a country
For last month, I’ve worked with @allthecitizens to give scientists a platform to demand answers to these qs. This is Prof @AllysonPollock demanding to know why membership of SAGE is a secret. Well now we know
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ASK QUESTIONS. March 12: when govt changed its strategy from containment to delay based on unknown evidence. This is what set my alarm bells ringing. I was pilloried for it. Watch for the incoming spin this Sunday. We must demand evidence, transparency, data, facts: science
