May 2010
10 posts
Over and out
I thought I ought to post a final message to round off the Geek the Vote campaign.
This campaign started because I felt that no party was courting the science and technology vote, but that the Liberal Democrat manifesto, plus their history on key issues put them head and shoulders above the other parties in representing us on so many important questions: research funding, independence of expert...
If science had a vote ... →
After two weeks painstakingly examining all the parties’ policies and attitudes to science issues, Martin Robbins in the Guardian agrees with Geek the Vote that the Lib Dems are the party with the most credibility. He concludes:
If I were to cast my vote based purely on science, it would be for the Liberal Democrats, for Nick Clegg and for Evan Harris.
“Liberal Democrats recognise that to recruit, retain and satisfy the career...”
– Dr Evan Harris, Lib Dem science spokesman, in a response to the Royal Academy of Engineering’s magazine Ingenia.
His full response, as well as those from the Labour and Conservative parties, are reproduced on New Scientist’s blog The S Word.
The Lib Dem science team: 50 reasons to Geek the...
Parliament is woefully lacking in expertise on issues regarding science, technology, engineering and IT.
Help to redress that balance by supporting these 50 Lib Dem candidates all of whom have backgrounds in these key areas. If you know a geek in one of the constituencies listed below, make sure they know that not only are the Lib Dems the most geek-friendly party, but also that their local...
Chemists back Lib Dems →
52% of Chemistry World readers think that the Liberal Democrats would give science the best deal after the general election (click title above for full poll results).
Geek the Vote: the flyer →
Click the title above to download the 2-sided flyer (700kB).
You can print one side, the other or even both!
There are just 3 days left until polling day - please hand these out or print them blown up and post them up and make sure all your friendly neighbourhood geeks know how many great reasons there are to Geek the Vote for the Lib Dems this Thursday.
Lib Dems defending net freedoms in European... →
Read the full article on Lib Dem Voice by Lib Dem MEP Catherine Bearder.
David Colquhoun FRS: Lib Dems are the only option →
Fellow of the Royal Society and UCL Professor of Pharmacology David Colquhoun explains why, despite having voted Labour for most of his life, the Liberal Democrats are the only option in the 2010 election. (Click title above for full post).
Science an excellent reason to ditch Labour →
Martin Robbins responds to Labour’s science survey answers in the Guardian, concluding:
The problem with Labour isn’t its previous record on science. We all make bad decisions, and so do governments, but the measure of a good government should be its ability to learn from its mistakes, and improve policy accordingly. The problem is, quite simply, that it hasn’t. And so, for...
Lib Dems to give tax breaks to video game... →
Lib Dem incumbent for Bath, Don Foster, said that tax breaks for developers in the UK video game industry would be implemented as soon as possible.