This is definitely one thing that drives me up a wall…

When politicians say “I’m not a scientist,” it is an exasperating evasion. It’s a cowardly way to avoid answering basic and important policy questions. This response raises lots of other important questions about their decision-making processes. Do they have opinions on how to best maintain our nation’s highways, bridges, and tunnels—or do they not because they’re not civil engineers? Do they refuse to talk about agriculture policy on the grounds that they’re not farmers? How do they think we should be addressing the threat of ISIS? They wouldn’t know, of course; they’re not military generals.
Source: Richard Dawkins Foundation

Haha anyone reading my blog for the first time probably thinks I have a lot of rage (I guess you could argue that) but we don’t expect our elected leaders to be experts in everything however they should defer to the expert opinions when making a judgement call. If one is truly uninformed about climate change then ask scientists what their thoughts are as they’re the experts and you’ll quickly find that the overwhelming majority feel that it’s an urgent matter that needs to be dealt with immediately!

It’s disgusting and absolutely unacceptable for politicians to fake ignorance on such important matters.