Bozza's Boffins Bung

Despite the black ingratitude of mere experts whose names were quoted in the Sewell report even though they recited a lot of statistics and things rather than joining in the racial rah-rah, Her Majesty's Government has belatedly pledged a bit of Maundy money to prevent further collapse of scientific research in the UK. The Johnson administration had condescended to remain in Horizon Europe, the biggest collaborative research programme in the world, even though it may weill involve collaboration with beastly Nazi-Soviet wogs in a programme of research; but there was some doubt as to whether the Government would contribute to the cost rather than cutting all those ivory-tower research funds to pay for the glamour of the membership card. One of the Government's favourite efficientising measures is to pledge the same money several times over; but apparently it has been borne in upon the Johnson cranium that the beastly Euro-wogs have not yet attained this advanced level of economic planning. Of course, given the Government's libertarian instincts in matters of mere veracity it would be unscientific to celebrate too soon; but university leaders have prudently confined themselves to grovelling effusions of gratitude for the promised crumbs.