DC’s Improbable Science has an article http://www.dcscience.net/?p=2829 titled “A handy list of dimwitted members of parliament” which starts:
An‘early day motion1 (EDM 908) has been tabled in parliament which opposes the conclusions of the science and technology committee report on the evidence for homeopathy. After two weeks it has been signed by an amazing 55 MPs. That is 8.5% of all 646 MPs. Nothing shows more clearly the scientific illiteracy that prevails in the House of Commons (and, perhaps, the results of the mass mailing of MPs by homeopaths, who are clutching at straws)..
These MPs are all people who have difficulty with the idea that pills which contain nothing can have no effect above placebo. It isn’t rocket science.
Are these MPs displaying their ignorance of the scientific process by supporting a demonstrable pseudoscience? You decide.
Here’s the current list of these MPs (republished from DC’s Improbable Science):
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Tredinnick, David |
Con |
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Simpson, Alan |
Lab |
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Russell, Bob |
LibDem |
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Pound, Stephen |
Lab |
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Dismore, Andrew |
Lab |
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Simpson, David |
Democratic unionist |
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McDonnell, John |
Lab |
|
Campbell, Gregory |
Democratic unionist |
|
Cohen, Harry |
Lab |
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Corbyn, Jeremy |
Lab |
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Drew, David |
Lab |
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Gray, James |
Con |
|
Hancock, Mike |
LibDem |
|
Hermon, Lady |
Ulster unionist |
|
Key, Robert |
Con |
|
Hemming, John |
LibDem |
|
Bone, Peter |
Con |
|
Davies, Dai |
Independent |
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Mates, Michael |
Con |
|
Dodds, Nigel |
Democratic unionist |
|
Wyatt, Derek |
Lab |
|
Sarwar, Mohammad |
Lab |
|
Hamilton, Fabian |
Lab |
|
Winterton, Nicholas |
Con |
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Davies, Philip |
Con |
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Leigh, Edward |
Con |
|
Barlow, Celia |
Lab |
|
Ellwood, Tobias |
Con |
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Leech, John |
Lib Dem |
|
Main, Anne |
Lab |
|
Robinson, Peter |
Democratic unionist |
|
McCrea, Dr William |
Democratic unionist |
|
Paisley, Ian |
Democratic unionist |
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Brady, Graham |
Con |
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Cook, Frank |
Lab |
|
Hall, Patrick |
Lab |
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Binley, Brian |
Con |
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Pugh, John |
Lib dem |
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Davey, Edward |
Lib dem |
|
Weir, Mike |
Scottish Nationalist |
|
Sharma, Virendra Kumar |
Lab |
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Abbott, Diane |
Lab |
|
Williams, Mark |
Lib dem |
|
Horam, John |
Con |
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Widdecombe, Ann |
Con |
|
Browne, Jeremy |
Lib dem |
|
Spicer, Michael |
Con |
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Maclean, David |
Con |
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McCafferty, Chris |
Lab |
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Buck, Karen |
Lab |
|
George, Andrew |
Lib Dem |
|
Vis, Rudi |
Lab |
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Walter, Robert |
Lab |
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Whittingdale, John |
Con |
|
Farron, Timothy |
Lib Dem |