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But surely the government hire the expert for his Subject Matter knowledge - and should take notice of it.
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You're the Government. You're in the poo. Do you worry more about a) the tabloids and the opposition smearing you as 'soft on crime' or b) the facts?
It's noticeable that the prize tit Chris Grayling would have done exactly the same as a prize tit Alan Johnson on this one, they're both driven by the tabloid agenda, which is currently taking aim at the perfectly sound and sensible Dr. Evan Harris MP, presumably for having the temerity to take an objective, evidence based look at things*
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...abortions.html
* and, more to the point, often adopts progressive positions opposed to the Catholic Church, which the Mail's appalling editor Paul Dacre is a prominent supporter of. The difference here is that Dr. Harris is actually elected - he's been active in recent weeks in the burgeoning movement to insert some sanity into British life around supporting science, exposing various forms of denialism, libel, freedom of speech etc. and a jolly good thing too.