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Science in the UK − whereto now?

Stephen A. Bustin

Published 2016 in Biomolecular Detection and Quantification

ABSTRACT

Humour in Britain is appreciated for its quirkiness and ironic self-deprecation and can sometimes seem baffling to the outside world. The outcome of the recent United Kingdom referendum where a narrow-ish majority voted to leave the European Union is certainly perplexing to most onlookers and, if its consequences were not so far-reaching, might be laughed off as an illustration of such absurd humour. One of the most farcical aspects of the vote is that no one has any idea what “Brexit” actually means no matter how often the ignorant slogan “Brexit means Brexit” is repeated. However, an immediate consequence is that the uncertainties created by the vote, and its potential impact on science, continues to be the subject of widespread, anxious and incredulous debate amongst scientists in the UK and between their many friends and collaborators in the world-wide scientific community. Objectively, it is difficult to discern a single coherent argument that can be made for Brexit, and there can be little doubt that the human, societal and financial implications of this needless debacle could be both wide reaching and damaging.

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