What would your manifesto be?
The government is full of lawyers and philosophy graduates. very few understand science or the scientific method. This leads to legislation that doesn't adequately deal with situations where science has an insight or solution. The recent proposal for a badger kull for example had very little evidence supporting it's effectiveness but it had the go ahead for a while, until a scientist said that it would have little to no effect.
So my manifesto would lead with scientific comprehension and understanding of its methods, hence Stephen Hawkings "The Universe in a Nutshell"
The news this past month has been saturated with hate crimes and stories of rape. I can scarce begin to describe the way this makes me feel, yet I am powerless to do anything. If I were a politician however, I might have a chance to change something. Make it more difficult to get away with such crimes would be a good start. I'd do my darnedest to lower the amount of such crimes being committed (how I don't know). If methods are effective, I would put pressure on other countries to do the same. If ineffective, I would still do what I could.
The next part of my manifesto would there for be the "Sex and Power 2011" report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
So my manifesto is two books (essentially). Science and equality.
All sounds a bit kitch until you remember it's politics.
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