Westminster Skeptics promote an evidence-based approach and critical thinking in the areas of policy, media, and legal reform.
We have packed and lively meetings once or twice a month in a big pub in Westminster, just by St James Tube station.
Less than a year old, we already have attracted attention from the BBC, the British Medical Journal, and the blogosphere. Our launch was covered by BBC Newsnight.
All welcome; no need to book; £2 per head.
Hon. President: Dr Evan Harris
Hon. Patrons: Dr Petra Boynton, Dr Belinda Brooks-Gordon, Joanne Cash, Nick Cohen, Prof David Colquhoun FRS, Prof Brian Cox, Wendy Grossman, Dr Brooke Magnanti, Suzanne Moore, and Dr Simon Singh
(Responsibility for inviting speakers and proposing topics rests entirely with the Convenor, and not the President or the Patrons. Westminster Skeptics have no corporate view on any subject.)
Convenor: David Allen Green
Previous meetings have included:
Dr Simon Singh, Dr Ben Goldacre, Dr Peter Wilmshurst, and Nick Cohen on libel reform
Dr Evan Harris MP and Prof David Nutt on evidence-based policy-making
Prof Brian Cox on science policy
Dr Petra Boynton on sex and the media
Brian Deer on MMR and research fraud
Dr Brooke Magnanti (Belle du Jour) on Biometrics and Identification
Guido Fawkes, Slugger O'Toole, Conservative Home, and Liberal Conspiracy on political blogging
Martin Robbins and Gimpy on science blogging
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When?
Monday, September 13 at 7:00PM
Where?
Who?
Heather Brooke
What's the talk about?
Award winning freedom of information campaigner and author Heather Brooke comes to Westminster Skeptics.Website http://heatherbrooke.org/