Add this to all the other Tory spend commitments & anyone with an IQ greater than 1 will realise it won't happen especially post Brexit.
Big manifesto science commitment! We will meet OECD average investment in R&D – 2.4 % of GDP – within 10 years, with longer term goal of 3%
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Show your calculations.
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The Conservatives have promised to increase funding by £2 bn a year in real terms by 2020.
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They can promise what they want but the Brexit induced economic collapse & the ban on foreign students/reseachers won't allow it to happen
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There is no ban on foreign students/researchers and there needn't be an economic collapse. See, you already knew both those things but...
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preferred to lie and embellish.
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To bad we won't be able to recruit the best anymore
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Why not?
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Nobody wants to a country to be made feel unwelcome and have to pay 2k for the privilege
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It's not unwelcoming. A scientist from Thailand should be as eligible to work here as any of our fellow Europeans.
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Equally will not come with the doubling of the cost
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More funding is always welcome but what does this mean in real terms? Does this even match what we would currently get from the EU?
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It'll be gradually increased so no, not meaningless
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Minister, this is a really big commitment by the UK 2 the UK's
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Do you know much is currently spent as a % of GDP?
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What is it now? Regardless, it's a good ambition to have, hope it's realised. Please ensure this goes to blue sky science
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What about Horizon 2020?
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Also, 10 years is such a long time it's almost meaningless. A lot can happen to a junior researcher like myself in 10 years
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