Let it not be said that our political representatives never say anything sensible:
Guardian Science Blog: MPs deliver their damning verdict: Homeopathy is useless and unethical
Today the Science and Technology Select Committee delivered its verdict on homeopathy and it was devastating. The committee has called for the complete withdrawal of NHS funding and official licensing of homeopathy.
Hurrah! So, of course, the funding will be withdrawn immediately…
Oh no, that's right, there's a General Election in the offing. Do you really think the government is going to withdraw funding for quack homeopathic treatment, when hundreds of thousands of idiots swear by the stuff? That's hundreds of thousands of voting idiots.
Do me a favour. Should any politican come canvassing at your door in the next couple of months, ask them about their position on NHS funding for homeopathy. Then listen to them not answering the question.
We still have some way to go.
Here's a recent YouTube clip about a woman who claims to have been cured of cancer by homeopathy. She's now a registered homeopath herself and comes out with the usual stuff about there's thousands of years of proof that it works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFm4uCxbMU0
It's truly amazing how much rubbish one person can say in a short tv news interview.