Science policy pales into insignificance | Letters

Science and technology are a clear casualty of this futurephobic election campaign (Editorial, 22 May).The Conservative manifesto uses the word science just seven times and has the feeble target of 10 years to reach the OECD average investment in R&D (2.4% of GDP).• Unlike Eric Skyte (Letters, 18 May), I did not receive a letter from Mrs May. I have, however, received a compelling missive from our local Mole Valley Lib Dems, who took 39.7% of the vote this month against the Conservative