Experts

When Michael Gove said "the people of this country have had enough of experts..." did he have a point? In this episode we'll do two main things: ask how the public should choose between experts, competing experts and charlatans. And we'll ask whether experts - particularly social scientists - really are neutral commentators, or whether they come with their own baggage?

Studio guests: Sir David Spiegelhalter - a statistician, and professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge. Claire Fox - Director of the Academy of Ideas. Lord Willetts - Conservative peer and former Minister of State for Universities.