Former Government Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance Joins Tony Blair’s Think Tank

Former government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has joined Sir Tony Blair’s think tank, assuming the role of a strategic councillor. Widely known to the British public as former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s co-host of the televised COVID-19 press conferences, Sir Patrick provided scientific context to the information shared by the government during the pandemic. His five-year term as chief scientific adviser to the government ended in April last year. On Monday, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) announced that Sir Patrick joined the think tank to provide “strategic advice” and “practical solutions to challenges client governments face.”...