The prime minister is trying to pretend that nakedly political decisions are driven by data. But almost no one buys it, says academic David Runciman
What happened to following the science? In the spring, when Boris Johnson and his scientific advisers were proceeding in lockstep, there was no disagreement about the necessity of shutting the country down. Now the government is coming to its own conclusions about what is needed, and the scientists on the Sage advisory group have started distancing themselves from No 10’s decisions.
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