When I was a lad in the UK there was this thing in the news called the ‘Brain Drain’, where people left the UK and went West. Yes America - but also Canada.

Who would have predicted that it would only take half a century and the most stupid president to have ever walked the earth (not just the US) to 🔗 reverse that.

"Poaching U.S. talent “needs to become a strategic priority for government."

💬 Paul Nurse

Paul is head of the Francis Crick Institute.

Not to put a damper on things - but the government needs to move fast.

Oh well. We can dream. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2025/04/28/the-poaching-of-american-talent-begins-00313162