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Letter: Political contradictions

Published 20 July 2002

From Mike Clayton

Steve Fuller highlights a number of contradictions in Tony Blair’s position on science (22 June, p 46). I fear he missed the most obvious one: the British Prime Minister’s support for science and rationality on the one hand, and for a school that teaches creationism as a credible alternative to evolution on the other.

Ultimately, I suspect, he’ll go where the votes are. It reminds me of the politician who once said: “We’ve turned around 360 degrees on that one”.

Tatsfield, Surrey

Issue no. 2352 published 20 July 2002

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