The Royal Society

The royal society has an important role to play in standing up for u. Science, but it's also got a global position. We do all we can. We work with our fellow academies in europe. We try and bring pressure on politicians on both sides of the argument. But at the moment, its uncertain and absolutely damaging. The frustration is that the resolution of issues over the northern island protocol has got absolutely nothing to do with science per se or the health of science. So that the linkage of the two is sort of arbitrary, unnecessary and damaging a.