I can only assume that the British government truly hates astronomy. I'm so furious there isn't much I can say at the moment.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....k_under_threat

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There is a growing tendancy to think of Man as a rational, thinking being, which is absurd.- Marvin the Martian.

It's gotten to the point where careful investigation is needed just to tell parody from reality. I think that means reality is broken.- Noclevername.

They now have an former treasurer as Prime Minister....

There is a shortfall of 80 Million pounds in the science technologies facilities budget... I wonder how much the UK spends on pollies going on overseas fact finding missions.... perhaps they could use telescopes to find facts instead.

In the UK at least, science is dead. Welcome to the new stone age

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The meek will inherit the earth ... the rest of us will go to the stars.