Dominic Cummings (Johnson’s top advisor)has blogged extensively about how Britain needs to be a leader in hard science and of his admiration for DARPA model. As

Dominic Cummings (Johnson’s top advisor)has blogged extensively about how Britain needs to be a leader in hard science and of his admiration for DARPA model. As Per Dan’s comment - the attraction is that it avoids/minimises the inefficiencies of the standard academic funding focus on submitting proposals and then publish or die. Cummings blog is worth a read. The content is not very political beyond a key refrain that nearly all current political structures, processes and people aren’t fit for purpose for the modern world and especially the future. For what it’s worth, I voted remain.