Saturday, May 10, 2025

US Scientists Flee Trump, MP Urges UK to Do More to Nab Them

The EU and nation states have already heralded schemes to attract top scientific talent seeking to escape the Republic of Trump. So where's Britain in the mix?

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Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency's 37 divisions--across all eight directorates--are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

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-- Science Magazine (@science.org) May 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM

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... The chair of UK Parliamentary's Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has written a letter to the Minister for Science Lord Patrick Vallance, asking for more effort to lure boffins fleeing the land of the not-so-free-anymore.

"Some universities in Europe have already begun to actively recruit researchers from the US, and countries such as Netherlands and Australia have set up funds to recruit top foreign scientists. The latter is inviting contributions from funders to support a 'national, coordinated effort' to provide a competitive relocation package for scientists leaving the US," wrote Chinyelu "Chi" Onwurah, the Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central and West.

The EU recently launched a 500 million ($566 million) plan to pull in scientists from abroad, with France pledging another 100 million ($113 million) to help, she noted.

It's like a reversal of the Brain Drain that Britain suffered from the 1960s onwards, where talented and highly educated UK nationals headed west in search of higher pay and better prospects in America. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-09 07:29 PM

So, Pres Trump's apparent goal of Make America Backward Again seems to be taking hold.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-09 07:30 PM

It's not a Republic.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-11 10:31 AM

Science and Technology is why America leads the world in high tech.

Trump is destroying American Exceptionalism, to the cheers of Republicans.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-11 10:33 AM

boffins
-just no

Chuffed
"Chuffed" is a term that's been in use since the early 20th century, originally a Northern England dialect word meaning fat, bulging or "puffed up"
-ngl I like that one

Mate
Bloke
Cheeky
-no
-no
-no

#5 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-05-11 04:25 PM

poofter
/pooft'r/
noun
offensiveBritish
noun: poofter; plural noun: poofters

a gay man.
a man who is seen as unmasculine, timid, or affected.

Origin
late 19th century: extended form of poof2.

#6 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-05-11 04:30 PM

"All British men are poofters."

#7 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-05-11 04:31 PM

"Shut up ya chuffed poofter, yer just a cheeky boffin looking for a handout grant."

#8 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-05-11 04:34 PM

It's bizarre and troubling how willingly the right has proven itself to throw away everything about the country that had made it a great place to live.

#9 | Posted by cbob at 2025-05-12 06:05 AM

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