[The] UK will stop searching for the Dark Matter which makes up 25% of the universe, will stop developing energy-frontier experiments after the LHC, will not even participate in the next stage of two of the existing LHC experiments, and will not carry out R&D for future neutrino experiments. This is a devastation of a whole field, and there is a comparable or worse situation in nuclear physics, astronomy and astroparticle physics.

The science minister, Lord Drayson, showed every sign of being a genuine champion for science in cabinet.

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As things stand, there is no commitment from Labour to stop any of the damage they claim to have unintentionally inflicted on their own legacy.

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The conservatives have not acknowledged the special nature of the problem with STFC. The LibDems have, and have promised to say more. Both parties should be piling on the pressure on this. If Labour can’t fix this, why should we trust them to deliver any of their proposals?