And Burnham's critique of this argument is actually correct. When you pull back the state you end up with an *abundance* of what the market wants to supply (gas power, high value property, nuclear waste) and a *scarcity* of what you need (affordable housing, clean power, a decent environment).

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The hollowing out a priceless national asset, under a techbro vandal. As with higher education, this type of move might be tolerable if there was *any government policy at all* on what the ultimate plan is. But there isn't.

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Another Oxford college is converting its lawn to a wildflower meadow. Jesus College says that watering the lawn is no longer sustainable given the increased frequency of summer heatwaves and droughts. Seeds will be sown this month in order to bloom next summer. www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/second-quad-...

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Agreed. Next, go after the hotel showers that have shampoo, conditioner and shower gel in three identical bottles with tiny writing.

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However, ongoing reforms in @ukri.org seem to threaten this very concept. Instead of promoting the exploration of novel research paths, it seems obsessed with bureaucracy, in its own ranks, and (much worse) in forcing this down onto the scientists.

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