Ha ha - I love this one. Let's see how it goes...
Please can you copy and paste more of the text - I'm not a subscriber - but I'll bet it is not
quite as the Telegraph article suggests.
I guess he's saying either that it can thrive but not as well as it might do if we stay, or that it can thrive
if the government replaces the funding AND the collaborative structures AND free movement of talented researchers AND the links from academia into global industry. i.e. if it stays as it is now, or gets even better. The chances of that are slim to sod all, as he well knows but has to make the case anyway.
I do respect good qualifications, yes. I don't know Muscatelli but I presume (with moderate confidence) that he's no mug if he is chairman of the Russell group.
Maybe we should agree that he is something of an authority. Ok?
Right, with that in mind...
He recently spoke at a People's Vote rally and has said:
"
Brexit is ‘the most unhinged example of national self-sabotage in living memory’
"
Here he is making the case for free movement post brexit:
Here is an open letter to students outlining his personal and institutional views on brexit:
The opening paragraph is this:
"It goes without saying that Brexit is the single biggest public crisis we’ve had to face in living memory. Over the last two and a half years, I’ve been proud to have taken a strong stance against leaving the European Union, in a personal capacity, and to highlight the ways in which the UK turning its back on our European neighbours would leave us diminished in every way."
Diminished. In. Every. Way.
He also writes:
"undoubtedly huge economic damage which will be inflicted if Brexit goes ahead "
"specific impact on the Higher Education sector, through lost funding and access to pan-European networks. "
"I’ve also been clear – and this is perhaps the most depressing aspect of Brexit – that there would be a huge social and cultural cost "
In summary - a great authority on the subject!