Vote of no confidence

About a thousand letters of protest have been sent to the relevant minister by our colleagues from all over the world who recognize that this museum is the world centre for taxonomic expertise (Hansard) 111 (148), col. 18; 1990); Mr Tam Dalyell MP has several times objected to the plan in parliament...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1990-10, Vol.347 (6292), p.419-419
Main Authors: PATTERSON, COLIN, JEFFERIES, R. P. S, SATTLER, K, WHEATCROFT, P, GLUTTON-BROCK, JULIET, HUMPHRIES, C. J, HILL, C. R, GREENWOOD, P. H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
correspondence
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
Museums
Natural history
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Scientists
Taxonomy
Threatened species
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Summary:About a thousand letters of protest have been sent to the relevant minister by our colleagues from all over the world who recognize that this museum is the world centre for taxonomic expertise (Hansard) 111 (148), col. 18; 1990); Mr Tam Dalyell MP has several times objected to the plan in parliament (Hansard 174 (118), cols. 77-81, 1990; Hansard 174 (126), cols. 1084-1092, 1990; Hansard 175 (135), cols. 1025, 1075-1077, 1990); there have been two days of strikes; and there has been a storm of press comment, nearly all of it critical of the plan and including a swingeing leading article in Nature (346, 397; 1990). [...]our prizewinning design team is still threatened with extinction. [...]the director's main response to the letters of protest is blandly to point out their usefulness in the search for funding, since they demonstrate that the taxonomic community of the whole world is interested in the fate of the Natural History Museum (Museums Journal 90 (8), 8; August 1990). Colin Patterson (Chairman), R. P. S. Jefferies (Secretary), K. Sattler , P. Wheatcroft, (Branch Chair), Juliet CluttonBrock, C. J. Humphries, C. R. Hill, P. H. Greenwood Science Defence Committee, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5RD, UK
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/347419a0