How many of the Front Bench have science degrees, I wonder?
Having just gone through the links on Wikipedia, I can answer that one. Out of 28 front bench ministers, there is precisely one with a science degree: Vince Cable (by coincidence, the very person who'll be implementing today's cuts). Or, even more precisely, just half of Vince Cable, since he took a joint degree in Natural Sciences and Economics.
Now, if you'd asked about PPE...
Not that I totally trust this Wiki page. The link for Kenneth Clarke takes you to Kenneth Clark the art historian, for example. I also like the cause-and-effect aura that hangs over these two sentences from IDS's biography: "Duncan Smith converted to Catholicism as a teenager. He speaks Italian." If only that were all it took.
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Having just gone through the links on Wikipedia, I can answer that one. Out of 28 front bench ministers, there is precisely one with a science degree: Vince Cable (by coincidence, the very person who'll be implementing today's cuts). Or, even more precisely, just half of Vince Cable, since he took a joint degree in Natural Sciences and Economics.
Now, if you'd asked about PPE...
Not that I totally trust this Wiki page. The link for Kenneth Clarke takes you to Kenneth Clark the art historian, for example. I also like the cause-and-effect aura that hangs over these two sentences from IDS's biography: "Duncan Smith converted to Catholicism as a teenager. He speaks Italian." If only that were all it took.