'Under the terms of the deal, the United Kingdom will pay in €2.6 billion per year to be an ‘associate’ member of Horizon Europe for the rest of the scheme’s current term, set to end in 2027.'
@cyrilpedia The "membership fee" that UK used to pay before #Brexit, when all the rebates were counted in, is starting to look like quite a good deal, even to the #Tories.
@cyrilpedia funny thing is it's been sold triumphantly as "bespoke" deal (as I've predicted for other things #Brexit).
But it's nonsense - the bespoke bit is in case UK scientists are less successful than expected, they will pay less in. Reason it's nonsense is that historically the exact opposite was true - UK scientists were disproportionately successful & therefore UK a net beneficiary.
All smoke and mirrors to reverse needless harm done. #ukpolitics #horizon #horizoneurope #HorizonEU #UK