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I am not familiar with UK’s debt situation and am not disputing that they may need to balance the budget.

But I don’t think the 0.08% line item for scientific research is where I’d start.

Science is already deeply underfunded despite a disproportionately large impact on society in my opinion.

It's not 0.08% in isolation, A further £20 billion a year was announced recently.

All I can say is that it’s really sad how politicized science has become. Oil company propaganda has really done a number on some people.