Jodrell Bank threatened by small minds .

One scientific achievement in England hailed by the rest of the world is Jodrell Bank radio telescope , the worlds first and still one powerful instrument . But.... there is always a but , an important upgrade to enable its continued use is e-Merlin , a data stream device , but the Scientific and Technology Facilities Council have stopped the project and the necessary funding for it . Professor Keith Mason , STFC chair , and the small minds who sit on the Council should all resign and make way for real scientists who recognise innovation and "blue skies" thinking , while they are at it why not put some lay representatives onto the Council to represent society's
viewpoint . From some of the chairs pronouncements re: e-Merlin he does not seem to know the meaning of ethical science .
I am dammed annoyed about this matter .