So why is Brown spitting out his dummy and insisting that there will be a three line whip for Labour MPs on the Embryo Bill?
Well the inimitable Melanie argues: "Part of the answer must lie in the intense pressure from scientists who, in the Godlike belief that they can eradicate disease and misery from the world, constantly push to be in the forefront of medical research regardless of any adverse consequences for society."
As usual, she is almost certainly right.
It is quite amazing that so many today should worship pop stars, actors, the unjustly famous - and of course - scientists.
Scientists are generally clever, nice and responsible people but not always and not by definition. They are as morally lacking as anybody else. It needs to be noted that they are also often wrong on scientific matters.
Time to step back and start obeying the first commandment!
