Lying costs the UK 3 years
One of the few sensible things won by Boris Johnson in his Brexit negotiations was membership of the EU Horizon programme.
Then he lied about the NI Protocol and threatened to tear it up, the UK as a result was suspended from Horizon. Untold damage was done to our science base and universities.
But now after the Windsor Framework, we seem to be back in, although for some reason it took months to negotiate something the UK should have joined immediately and the PM is still pondering the alternative of a go it alone UK research project.
Frankly this is an alternative that is so stupid that even this PM can’t possibly get it wrong. Although it says a lot about the pathetic hatred of everything EU related that hangs over the government that he even has to think about this one.
If only the rest of the damage that Brexit is causing could be stopped and even reversed so easily.
Economics, trade and Brexit, not necessarily in that order but the dog always comes first.
By Jonty Bloom Media