While expecting battle lines to be drawn between the parties as momentum starts to build towards the next general election, we can at least anticipate a broad political consensus on the importance of science as a central pillar of the UK’s knowledge economy over the next generation and beyond.
It is certainly heartening that Gordon Brown has, in set piece speeches, consistently championed the importance of science for the further economic health of the UK, and we can expect th…
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