Private, endowment and British funds can make up for the EU.
Getting out from under EU regulations and negotiating as a free agent is a better deal for most Brits.
[ edit: must have touched a nerve. +1 to -4 in an instant. ]
If private endowment wanted to fund those researchers - they would have already done so, since they respond to market forces and not on charity towards North Wales.
The reason why the EU was providing funding was because market forces were unwilling to.
I don't doubt there are funds in the UK, but so far it's been far more common to rely on the EU for projects that require a longer or more nebulous time horizon, with little or no payback.
Well, for example all the bad stuff TTIP will bring the rest of Europe? Everybody here is pissed about TTIP. Now the Brits vote to get into a position to do something about such undemocratic bs and suddenly they are the bad guys? I see the pro-EU marketing campaign in which all the smart, rich and famous people that you should want to be like, say pro EU things, is working well. Even among the intellectual HN crowd.
All this anti UK sentiment is caused by fear mongering from the pro-EU lobby. The Brits are our friends, but just like the Russians, they don't dance to the tune of the power hungry EU bureaucrats and the propaganda machine is suddenly aimed in their direction.
wrong_variable|9 years ago
The reason why the EU was providing funding was because market forces were unwilling to.
creshal|9 years ago
Ah, yes. Private charities providing public services, the driving force behind the rise of communism in the 19th century.
> Getting out from under EU regulations and negotiating as a free agent is a better deal for most Brits.
People keep saying that, but why? Britain is now in a much worse negotiation position than before.
niccolop|9 years ago
You only need to look at startup funding:
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/06/24/2167618/the-risk-to-uk...
And you realize there will be repercussions for funding and endowments too.
peteretep|9 years ago
alan_cx|9 years ago
teekert|9 years ago
All this anti UK sentiment is caused by fear mongering from the pro-EU lobby. The Brits are our friends, but just like the Russians, they don't dance to the tune of the power hungry EU bureaucrats and the propaganda machine is suddenly aimed in their direction.
throwaway-hn123|9 years ago
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sctb|9 years ago