Budget 2008 surprise rescue plan for science allocation

Nah, only kidding.

9 Responses to “Budget 2008 surprise rescue plan for science allocation”

  1. Tony Says:

    Oooh, you are mean!

  2. bigdaddy Says:

    evil !
    For a second then I thought the government actually gave a **** about the future of astronomy.

  3. Dave Says:

    Unkind!

  4. Alex M Says:

    …the sadest part is that this is genuinely funny.

  5. KOMbat17 Says:

    No, that would be the sadist part.

  6. David Says:

    It turns out that there is less need for the chancellor to be a darling and chip in with a few bob. The winning bid for the Lovell telescope was a shade under £1e7, so that’s a good chunk of this years shortfall sorted.

    Next problem, please!

  7. Stuart Says:

    Out of interest, does anyone know why the Diamond website front page has no mention of the STFC? They haven’t even included a logo.

  8. andyxl Says:

    Hmm. That is surprising. STFC does get featured in the About Us/Who are we

  9. Tony Says:

    Perhaps they don’t want to encourage raids from the Astronomer Liberation Front.

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