
A unified approach to R&D is needed in the face of Tory disjointedness
In the last issue of Research Fortnight, when Boris Johnson’s resignation as prime minister was still fresh news, our contributor David Walker set out how research lobbying had largely failed to evolve alongside changes in politics.
He described a Conservative Party focused on “a continuation of the culture wars and Brussels-bashing, with a return to state-shrinking and austerity and a side order of climate scepticism”.