I’m not totally sure why I am here,” he confided. “I am interested in science but I wouldn’t say I’m knowledgeable about it.” Asked who his party’s science spokesman was he paused, furrowed his brow and reddened slightly before admitting “I don’t know”. He quickly added: “You’re not to print that.
Former Conservative Party Chairman Francis Maude at a party organised by the Telegraph to get scientists to meet the media.
Maude is running for office again in Horsham. He is contested by Lib Dem candidate Godfrey Newman. Godfrey has formerly worked as an industrial chemist, taught science at school and worked in the NHS. His wife is a consultant anaesthetist. Godfrey is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. One could safely guess that he is both interested in and knowledgeable about science. Will you be Geeking the Vote for Godfrey?
