Science and Politics: An Election 2015 Special

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The Conservatives promise to train an extra 17,500 maths and physics teachers over the next five years, but aren’t they forgetting about biology and chemistry?
The Green Party are ‘pro-science’, but are calling for an immediate end to all experiments using genetically modified (GM) organisms (GMO)- where will this leave the current and future disease models?
The Labour Party would introduce a new long-term funding policy framework for science and innovation, however, being their manifesto doesn’t mention ‘agriculture’ or ‘farming’- what would become of GM foodstuffs research under a Labour government?
‘Britain will be the place to be if you want to thrive in science’, say the Liberal Democrats. But is their environmental science policy to only allow Ultra-Low Emission vehicles to use UK roads by 2040 over-ambitious?
Plaid Cymru are calling to make Wales, the UK and the EU a GMO-free zone- will this affect our food, or will it extend to biological research?
Innovation Centres in Scotland have been set up by the SNP to foster research, innovation and commercialisation, but their manifesto only mentions ‘science’ on one occasion. How do they plan to keep the pipeline of future scientists flowing?
UKIP want to rejuvenate and expand the UK coal industry and coal-fired power stations. What will this mean for air pollution and the Climate Change Act?

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