Peter Cochrane: Experts, damn experts

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The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak should concentrate some people’s minds about the importance of experts, argues Professor Peter Cochrane

During a TV interview in 2017 politician Michael Gove famously asserted that, "The British people have had enough of experts"1. It would appear that the current government was of this mind as they ...

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