Rally for Science

"No one should approach the temple of science with the soul of a money changer." ~Thomas Browne

Just thought I would drop by briefly to mention the Science is Vital protest this Saturday in London. If you're one of the many coming to support science then I'll see you there! Look out for a big sign and a bunch of physicists shouting geeky slogans -please feel free to say hi if you like. We're a very friendly bunch. If you don't know about it however, or have decided against coming, please (re)consider. Science is so important and we are in danger of falling behind the rest of the world if we don't start giving it the funding it needs. Also I need a job when I leave university. Will you do it for me??

At the moment the UK science budget is just over £3billion for everything. And I mean everything, from stem cells to astrophysics. Losing money from the budget means that many jobs in science will go, our economic return from science will decrease and that our research will simply not be able to compete with many foreign countries any more. Many of our best scientists have already gone abroad because foreign governments are setting more stock by their scientific research than the UK. I think it's time to show David Willetts, Vince Cable and little Georgy Osbourne (bless his cottons) that cutting the science budget is simply false economy. Science needs to be saved.

The rally will start outside the treasury on King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH at 2pm. If you really can't come then I forgive you, but at least make sure you add your name to the petition or write to your mp asking them not to cut the budget. There's no reason we can't stop these cuts if we all get behind science in this country! I'm even giving up my Saturday lie-in for this cause and I'll have you know that for a student, that's really something.