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Originally Posted by MTVN

SAGE have been the single biggest influence of government policy over the last 15 months so I don't see why their members political views should be immune from scrutiny, not sure the same courtesy would be extended if a SAGE member was part of a hard right movement

FYI the Communist Party of Britain subscribes to Marxist-Leninism, the ideology that Stalin was the father of and which led Soviet policy for most of the USSRs existence

Not about being immune from scrutiny, it’s about “gotcha” entrapment arguments and their place in a professional interview or half decent debate.

That being; They have no place. She was right to ignore the aggressive demand-based questioning.