Neurobiologist: neural stem cells, guiding axons and brain wiring @bmssheffield (views my own). Erstwhile leukaemia biologist. Always rather be at sea.
@bbcnickrobinson nice piece #taxtherich on #R4Today but 5% @ £85k, that must be the HMRC figure? Ie 'declared' income? Isn't that the real problem? Wealth should be measured in what you spend not what you earn?
@BBCr4today#Covid19enquiry "the greatest disruption to childhood in 'living' memory". Seriously? I was sat yesterday with friend in his eighties recalling his childhood in WWII. Come on #bbcr4today get a grip on your hyperbole
@BBCr4today interesting that my Swiss friends are stunned at how inexpensive running a mobile is in the UK. I wonder that the #merger of #vodafone and #three wouldn't in fact impose an expensive euro-style infrastructure?
@professor_dave I'm very sympathetic to the low levels of PhD stipend in the UK, but it has to be pointed out - as it doesn't seem to have been anywhere in this thread - students on stipends should not be paying any tax, let alone council tax.
Very sorry to be reminded that, in the UK government's definition of science, a postdoctoral scientist is not considered "skilled".
Top grades, plus a minimum 3-4 years BA plus 3-5 years PhD, plus extremely high-level expertise are all essential. But not, it seems, skilled...
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