Monoclonal antibodies came out of "curiosity driven research". The patents on them generated more income for the MRC (now absorbed into UKRI) than any other single discovery. The real probl… (View Post)

Straight out of the DOGE playbook - using a few examples representing 0.05% of spending to advocate "suspending all funding". You are a fool. (View Post)

Agreed. The scrabbling around for a bit of short term cash, irrespective of the damage, is among the reasons government dues stuff do badly (the last decade or so of defence procurement is a good exa… (View Post)

Have we discussed this ? (I think it a really bad idea, which Reform will likely pick up too.) The Conservative plan to cut the budget of UK Research and Innovation by 20%, reallocating the money to … (View Post)

I agree entirely with your attitude to Trump (and would add that his reflexive and absolute mendacity makes it impossible to trust any account that comes from the administration). But equally, any po… (View Post)