Image: The Conservative Party (Martyn Wheatley CCHQ, Parsons Media) [CC BY 2.0], via Flickr
Science minister accused of having “zero evidence” for sex and gender claims and misunderstanding research
Academics have been left dismayed after science secretary Michelle Donelan promised to end what she termed the “creep of wokeism” in science.
In a strongly worded speech to the Conservative Party conference on 3 October, Donelan told delegates that scientific research is at risk of being harmed as she claimed “university bureaucrats” are telling researchers they cannot ask “legitimate research questions about biological sex”.
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