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Interview: Tony Blair on science

1 November 2006

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Note: This article contains the edited highlights of the interview, as published in the print edition of New Scientist. You can read the entire interview.

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On the eve of delivering a lecture on the future of British science, the prime minister Tony Blair talked to Jeremy Webb. Scientists should stop worrying about the small stuff, he says, and start to engage in public debate on the big issues.

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