[jackjone]

Originally Posted by Stuart

So you are suggesting we gamble with our research budgets? After all, you are saying we should remove our access to a MASSIVE source of funding for research, and we should hope we get access to others.

The problem is the Leave campaign appears to be asking us to go it alone. This is something we as a country haven't done in hundreds of years. Remember, before the EU, we had the British Commonwealth and before that we had the Empire. All three have (or had) massive resources. The Empire and the Commonwealth are now gone, so we don't have access to their resources. If we leave the EU, we lose access to theirs. Not only that, but we potentially end up competing with them. It's been argued that we are the 5th largest economy in the world. We are, if we have access to those resources. Without, we could be just a tiny little island somewhere west of Europe.

Of course, I suspect you don't like my post as it suggests we might actually get something BACK for our investment in the EU.