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In October 2003, a series of largely unfavorable GM articles in the media followed the results of Farm Scale Evaluations of three GM crops. The group co-ordinated a letter to the ''Times'' written by [[Derek Burke]] of its Advisory Council and signed by 113 other scientists, complaining that the government had failed to make had remained silent instead of making the case for genetic engineering . "Genetic engineering of plants has been reduced to a matter of consumer preference; the public has been misinformed; and the efforts of scientists to communicate about genetic engineering have been misused," they complained. [http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,1075117,00.html] [http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,1075102,00.html]. Tony Blair subsequently told the Commons that he had not ruled out the commercialisation of GM crops in Britain [http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo031110/text/31110w04.htm#31110w04.html_sbhd1]. The group has also planted a variety of pro-GM stories in the media, including the [[Broom's Barn]] trials. The trust shared the same phone number as [[Global Futures]] [http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2003/12/09/invasion-of-the-entryists/], and is related through this organisation and common personnel, to the libertarian [[Institute of Ideas]] and the [[LM group]]. The domain name senseaboutscience.org.uk was registered by [[Rob Lyons]], the web master of right wing e-zine [[Spiked Online]], edited by the prominent LM partisan [[Mick Hume]].