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Nature 447, 1053 (28 June 2007) | doi:10.1038/4471053a; Published online 27 June 2007
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Tony Blair's era: good news, bad news
Robert May1
- Robert May was chief scientific adviser to the UK government 1995–2000 and president of the Royal Society 2000–2005.
Abstract
As Gordon Brown becomes Britain's prime minister, Robert May highlights some critical challenges in the continuing support of science.
The Blair decade has in many ways been a good one for UK researchers in science and engineering. From the outset of his premiership, Tony Blair has emphasized the importance of scientific research for understanding the natural world and our place in it, and for the practical benefits it brings.
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