Pair of conservative science authors on C-Span 2 (Book TV), on now

[LeftishBrit]

5. Possibly there is a cultural/national difference here?

In the UK, although certainly there are some left-wingers who are anti-science, there are probably rather more right-wingers who are, and this applies to a wide variety of subjects. I would say that anti-vaccination here is more a preserve of the right than the left, as are some other forms of medical paranoia. Left-wingers can be paranoid on these issues too, especially those who seek to be environmentalists without much real knowledge about environmental issues - but right-wingers are usually much worse. Possibly this is because we do have (so far!) an NHS in the UK, so that healthcare paranoia is more linked to a suspicion of government provision.

Possibly our two worst anti-science MPs are David Tredinnick and Nadine Dorries. Both very much Tories. Of the two Tredinnick is probably the nuttiest and Dorries the nastiest:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jun/26/conservatives-health-select-committee