Interview [Interview Marcus Chown]

Radio astronomer, science and technology broadcaster and political thinker Marcus Chown discusses what, if anything, the forthcoming General Election has in store for the engineering profession. MARCUS CHOWN is a man with strong opinions. But he is also a fair and equitable commentator on the state of affairs when it comes to the future of science, engineering and technology in the UK\´s political space. With a look of barely-contained exasperation he describes how he doesn\´t want to be unfair on any of the political parties vying for victory in the General Election on 7 May because, when it comes to safeguarding Britain\´s engineering future, "they\´re all without a single coherent policy in this matter, and they\´re all as bad as each other."