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So what if Angus stood for UKIP? He's entitled to his views. How is that relevant to virus research or his scientific credentials?!

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It's not of course, it's chaff from the sort of leftists who don't believe anyone who believes in local government should be allowed to have any influence.

I don't appreciate the snide remark.

This is a politically charged topic so any strong political affilications are notable. I would've also mentioned it if he had run for lib-dems or green or any other party.

The idea this is relevant to the argument relies on a hugely convoluted and entirely unarticulated conspiracy theory of the form ... "the paper is a clever obfuscation that's not really about the stated topic but rather designed to push the political goals of ukip" but there's no plausible way that's true. It's about as relevant as saying the guy is a dog owner.

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