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Listed below are comments made by maccord between Thursday, 26th June 2008 and Tuesday, 26th August 2008.

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Goodnight Beijing 06:06am on 26 Aug 2008 Prime Minister Gordon Brown has already said the British government will be investing heavily in the country's sporting talent in the build-up to 2012.

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So I guess we can expect to see even less investment in research in the next few years. We've got our priorities all wrong.
London 2012 - what's in it for me? 7:14pm on 09 Aug 2008 melgs1984. You have a very Londoncentric view of the Olympics. Read the reports already produced about the potential economic benefits for areas outside London. They indicate that the UK outside London and its immediate area will benefit very little and will end up as net contributors.
London 2012 - what's in it for me? 7:04pm on 09 Aug 2008 University research funding across the whole of the UK has been drastically reduced for the next few years. By 30% for 2008-09. This would suggest that we have our priorities for public spending very wrong. This at a time when better funding for research is clearly required if we want to compete internationally. Many individual researchers, the UK in general and many others across the world who might benefit from the outcomes of this lost research stand to lose out. In effect, they are being asked to pay a lot more than 50 quid in a council tax bill.
What a difference a day makes 11:12pm on 26 Jun 2008 This is and always has been a storm in a provincial tea cup. I despair.

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