Considering Israel participates in Horizon 2020, there really is.
Yep we can be associate members, means we loose influence, obviously,
The government white paper said we’d still pay in for that kind of stuff, tho frustratingly no specifics, so what’s happened is that UK scientists feel they are being excluded from current bids as there is nothing definite yet.
Meeting in work next week about this actually.
As for playing hardball*, Tnumtwnt 😆 German CBI equivalent said that they’d be willing to lose trade to make sure we don’t get our cake & eat it, giving others incentive to leave, preserving the SM is a bigger priority than keeping us in it !
Infact some European hauliers already looking elsewhere as many components, crops etc booked 18mths in advance and we might not even have a transition then.
* The thought of May playing hardball is quite amusing, Barnier said he’d be watching the conference very closely, after last year’s £crashing jingoismfest, I’ll bet he’s still chuckling in to his wine over this year’s showing.