'Depoliticising' Science or 'Desciencing' Politics?

UK politics has always been a 'science free' zone. Remarkably few politicians have had University training in a science. Most didn't even do a science in secondary school. Most politician's level of understanding of how science is conducted is extremely limited. Phillip Ball is consequently right to be concerned that the current Science Secretary, Michelle Donelan, has announced plans to 'depoliticise' science. Donelan plans to issue 'guidelines' on sex and gender research, to prevent 'wokeness' creeping in (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/04/science-research-sex-gender-michelle-donelan-conservatives-conference). Sex and gender are a lot more 'fluid' that lay people generally assume. Science is a methodology that's used to make sense of our world. It has to be done by devising and carrying out unbiased tests of hypotheses (possible explanations of phenomena) as well as accurately reporting those results (this is why science fraud is so dangerous). It can't be done by following guidelines based on preconceived ideas. Most scientists study things because they are interested in the phenomenon, rather than because they have 'woke' ambitions or are working to an alternative political agenda.