Monday, October 25, 2010

MPs believe the funniest things

Science on the march. Picture: ShaneMcC on Flickr

A figure of 45 per cent was mentioned by Vince Cable at one point, although up to 25 per cent seems more likely, and rumours are being passed around of the possibility of further cuts to fund the decision to scrap the graduate tax proposed, also by Cable, in July.

Jokes about homeopathy from the platform got the easiest laughs, but the biggest gasp of astonishment was reserved for a description of the Science Party’s single candidate, standing in Bosworth against David Tredinnick.

It wasn’t a randomly chosen constituency. Mr Tredinnick has spoken in the House on funding for Chinese herbal medicine and astrology in the NHS, calling opposition to it racially prejudiced, and believes that surgeons won’t operate at the full moon because they

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