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NewsColony GUY ADAMS: Ex-science tsar Sir David King told us to switch to diesel This has been a busy old crisis for Sir David King, the former chief scientific adviser to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, who has rolled back the years to turn himself once more into a staple of the nation’s TV and radio news schedules.  The sprightly 80-year-old, who gained fame as the face of the Labour government’s response to the 2001 foot-and-mouth epidemic, is suddenly back as an expert ‘talking head’ willing to share his boundless wisdom with the great British public. Barely a day goes by without Sir David explaining, in a clipped South African accent, exactly what he thinks Boris Johnson – and by extension the scientists on the Sage panel who advise him on public health policy – have been getting so very wrong.  Without exception, his take has been critical of the Government, sometimes highly so. And inevitably, his remarks have been amplified endlessly by its political opponents....