An interesting article about one of my FAVOURITE Tory MPs and classic anti-science nuts

[LeftishBrit]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/nov/08/2

[TZ]

1. You know even though they really don't look much alike

As soon as I saw her picture I thought of Christine O'Donnell. The idiot tea bagger who ran for the Delaware Senate...

[LeftishBrit]

3. Dorries has in fact explicitly expressed admiration for Sarah Palin and for the Tea Party movement.

Is O'Donnell the one who campaigned on NOT being a witch, and went out of her way to condemn masturbation? Or am I mixing her up with some other idiot?

[realisticphish]

4. that's her nt

[realisticphish]

2. sometimes

it's comforting to know that it's not just America that has The Crazy

[TZ]

5. Yeah but we have a habit of importing other countries crazies

Ken Ham, Andrew Wakefield...etc...x(

[realisticphish]

7. true nt

[charlie]

6. It was more comforting

to think that there are places we can run to.

It sucks to be disabused of that notion.

[trotsky]

8. She's a Tory?

Are you sure she's not a member of the Silly Party?

[LeftishBrit]

9. You mean the two are different?

[trotsky]

10. Touche'!

Nicely played! :)

[LeftishBrit]

11. Related to the above, you might enjoy this piece on some choice examples of parliamentary woo

http://crispian-jago.blogspot.com/2010/11/guess-who-is-britains-most-credulous-mp.html

The ineffable David Tredinnick (who among much else claimed parliamentary expenses to research the relationship between astrology and alternative medicine!) wins the contest, but Nadine Dorries is a good runner-up!