Ministers ‘setting scientists up to be fall guys’ over coronavirus, former government adviser says

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Ministers ‘setting scientists up to be fall guys’ over coronavirus, former government adviser says
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Sir David King says scientific advisers are not free to speak their minds

“When ministers and the prime minister say that they are simply following the science advice all the time, we the public don’t have any check on that.”

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