Current Affairs EU In or Out

[orly]

The funding, while not insignificant, is not the main thing though, it's the access to talent, and the collaborative opportunities presented by Horizon. While Patel has said about having an easy visa for researchers, we'll see how big a hurdle having any visa requirements at all versus free movement represents, plus how being a satellite to Horizon rather than a fully fledged member.

Actually on this point I think you'll be pleasantly surprised as to what 2021 onwards looks like. I think access to talent will be ok.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Actually on this point I think you'll be pleasantly surprised as to what 2021 onwards looks like. I think access to talent will be ok.

As I say, it's a psychological issue imo. With free movement, it created an environment whereby EU nationals were seen as equals. With a visa, no matter how 'easy' it is to get, that environment isn't there. It's not as welcoming an environment at all.

 

[peteblue]

The funding, while not insignificant, is not the main thing though, it's the access to talent, and the collaborative opportunities presented by Horizon. While Patel has said about having an easy visa for researchers, we'll see how big a hurdle having any visa requirements at all versus free movement represents, plus how being a satellite to Horizon rather than a fully fledged member.

I agree that access to talent is a big issue, though I still find it hard to believe how small a % of funding came from the EU, and to which of course we contributed via our membership fee......

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I agree that access to talent is a big issue, though I still find it hard to believe how small a % of funding came from the EU, and to which of course we contributed via our membership fee......

I think the UK has secured around 13% of the total Horizon funding over the past funding period, so it's not so much that we haven't got our share, but rather that the budget itself isn't 'that' large.

 

[summerisle]

There'll be lorries all over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow, just you'll wait and see

 

[roydo]

There'll be lorries all over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow, just you'll wait and see

But good old British lorry parks over looking good old British beauty spots.

Taking back control is sweet, eh??

 

[mill]

And onto the slippery slope we step...

Czech government may terminate healthcare treaty with Britain - Prague, Czech Republic

A 1976 agreement over healthcare costs would go back into force due to Brexit

news.expats.cz

This doesn’t make sense. Surely it’s other country’s migrants that are putting a burden on our health services and not the other way around.

 

[mill]

We will just carry on. The economic impact of leaving the EU is a speck of dust compared to what we already have to deal with because of the virus....

You see this is what people will have you believe. But it’s dependent on time horizon really.

The shorter term impact of Covid are fairly large but almost entirely temporary. It was have accelerated some secular trends but generally trends that would happen anyway.

The longer term impacts are much less severe relative to brexit.

Covid will only exacerbate the longer term effects and be a head wind for relative to other countries as we come out of this period.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

This doesn’t make sense. Surely it’s other country’s migrants that are putting a burden on our health services and not the other way around.

Naturally.

 

[orly]

There'll be lorries all over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow, just you'll wait and see

You've even stolen the rewritten poem from the comments section lol

 

[summerisle]

You've even stolen the rewritten poem from the comments section lol

Nope, it immediately came to mind, but I'm bound to say that, aren't I ?

 

[nsno-chris]

There'll be lorries all over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow, just you'll wait and see

that’s an awful article btw

 

[Bruce Wayne]

 

[Bruce Wayne]

New points-based immigration system will lead to care crisis

If the UK loses the highly skilled and experienced migrant workers who currently prop up the sector, a major crisis could emerge.

theconversation.com

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Looking to move to Portugal to work in new year has just become a load more complicated.