Scientists should use their clout to get a less bad Brexit for all

Europe’s scientific elite say a hard Brexit will damage science. They should be supporting those who face much worse consequences, says Ehsan Masood

Science banners outside the Houses of Parliament

Science is playing a prominent part in debates about Brexit

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There is little doubt that a hard Brexit will be a bad for British and European science. And when this message was conveyed this week by 29 Nobel prizewinners and six Fields medallists in a letter to UK prime minister Theresa May and European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker, you can be certain it reached its intended audience.

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Such was the concern inside the UK government that science minister Sam Gyimah took to the radio to reiterate his commitment to finding ways for scientists to …


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