Let's face it though. British science was already headed in a downward spiral before Brexit. Decreasing student positions, postdoc positions, selling off sha

Let's face it though. British science was already headed in a downward spiral before Brexit. Decreasing student positions, postdoc positions, selling off shares in research partnerships and observatories, and more. EU consortia were already planning for the UK to be an unreliable partner. Plus, anyone who was capable of applying for research jobs on an international level found the salaries quite pathetic. This whole progression was sadly, not unexpected.