A vote against science

• Autores: Michael Brooks
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2971, 2014, pág. 28
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Brooks warns UKIP's strong showing in the European elections that could be the first step towards disaster for British researchers. Politics has become a strange place. In last week's European Parliament elections, many right wing parties, some of them extreme, got into their stride. The upshot is that the elected body of the European Union will be stuffed to the gunnels with people who would rather it didn't exist, but will now spend the next five years representing their constituents there. Prominent among them is Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). Already a member of the European Parliament, Farages main aim is to get the UK out of the EU. Its freedom of movement rules have caused an influx of migrant workers, which has served as the backdrop to UKIP's rise.