And for those who say “sure, the practice of science is political but the scientific method is not,” the scientific method can be political too. How we define the scientific method, who gets to define it, what gets published, who gets published etc are all influenced by politics.

Anyone saying that, for example, the Cass review isn't the scientific method politicized should be treated with caution at best

Just because the scientific method is one of the best methods humans have to uncover truths, doesn’t mean that it isn’t affected by politics. It is very much so.