We should set policy in science by listening to the science community, not Dominic Cummings and a little clique of scientists around him resentful of others.

Watch Mike Galsworthy explain why Boris Johnson’s famous SpAd’s blog on science is depressing and concerning:

[This piece was first published as a Twitter post and turned into the above article on 28 November 2019, with the author’s consent, with the purpose of reaching a larger audience. It has been minorly edited and corrected. | The author of the tweets writes in a personal capacity.]

(Cover: Mike Galsworthy.)