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Old 27-02-2023, 18:28   #4880
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Re: Britain outside the EU
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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
Looks like the DUP will accept the deal
I'm not sure of your source but the BBC says the DUP has not decided yet as it needs to look at the detail. (5.17pm)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-64779415

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As well as the deal itself, another good bit of news is that we're closer to rejoining the Horizon Europe science programme which the UK was a net beneficiary of.

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"This Windsor Framework is good news for scientists and researchers in the European Union and in the UK, because of course the moment we have finished this agreement – so it's an agreement in principle – the moment it's implemented I’m happy to start immediately, right now, the work on an association agreement, which is the precondition to join Horizon Europe, so good news for all those who are working in research and science."

It's not unqualified good news of course. As von der Leyen made clear, EU won't invite us to re-join Horizon (and other important scientific collaborations: Euratom on nuclear technology and Copernicus for Earth observation) until a deal is finalised.

It's also not clear on what terms we might rejoin, and whether those terms will be as favourable as they were to the UK pre-Brexit. But there’s now a genuine prospect of progress.

"It is more than two years since the Government agreed association to Horizon Europe, Euratom and Copernicus – two years of delays that have damaged science across Europe. These schemes support outstanding international collaboration, and the sooner we join them, the better for everyone," said Sir Adrian Smith, President of the UK's Royal Society.
6.17pm. https://news.sky.com/story/politics-...rough-12593360

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
It looks a pretty good deal to be honest. Can’t really see any reasonable objections aside from people who want nothing to deal with the EU no matter what
Agreed.

I don't know if it weakens Johnson's claim to have got Brexit done if Sunak had to sort this aspect out though.
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