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Originally Posted by Pierre
I think he was right to be sacked, he was employed to give his opnion, his opinion does not have to followed. he home secretary is the person elected by the people to make these decisions - not some jumped up "expert"
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His scientific opinion. Alan Johnson is within his rights to ignore his guy and he is also within his rights to fire him on the grounds that advisers are not elected therefore not in a position to dictate policy. However the issue is why his advice was ignored, if it's because Alan Johnson has evidence to counter this guys expertise then fine. If it's because popular opinion has outweighed scientific reason then it is not fine.