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    Il Regno Unito rinuncerà a oltre 250 milioni di sterline di finanziamenti previsti per progetti di fisica

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    1. RecognitionOld2763 on

      High energy physics.

      Something you do when you think you’re a major economic power. Sadly apparently the UK no longer holds this view. (Can anyone convince Modi to do something in the field to show off the development of India?)

      Which is kind of bad because although particle physics is kind of useless (for now), instrumentation developed in the process can be valuable. But then one may argue that what Britain lack is productivity so pouring money into ready-to-use fields (pharmaceutical research?) is a much better idea.

      We can only wait and see what it means.

    2. vividpup5535 on

      Not a fan of this decision. But let them cook.

      At least they’re looking into the budget, the deficit, and the interest on that.

      We should be looking at making cuts where we can afford to, where it won’t affect people’s day to day living.

    3. Intrepid_Society9783 on

      This is not really a cut as it’s just not funding future planned projects. The STFC budget is still the same and rising.

    4. CyberPunkDongTooLong on

      The British government pushes for a British person to be CERN director general… and then instantly defunds CERN.

      The UK is just a laughing stock at this point. Completely unviable for scientific research or collaboration. 

    5. Mindless_Hat_9672 on

      I guess it make more sense to allocate fund into physics project that has foreseeable commerical/social value? Scientific research is foundational to the strength of a nation…

    6. gompgo on

      No money for science and R&D but enough to waste on so many dodgy initiatives.

    7. CyberPunkDongTooLong on

      [https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/government-launches-competition-to-design-46m-queen-elizabeth-ii-memorial/5133368.article](https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/government-launches-competition-to-design-46m-queen-elizabeth-ii-memorial/5133368.article)

      This is around the same price as the cut funding for the HL-LHC.

      We can’t afford to continue doing basic scientific research that massively benefits everyone, even after already major cuts, but we can afford pointless memorials that benefit no-one.

    8. afrophysicist on

      Great decision Rachel! Keep counting those beans, I’m sure economic growth is just around the corner if you cut absolutely everything but pensions and the NHS to the bone.

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