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#1 Submitted by m.... on November 7, 2023 - 2:36pm

Donelan may have dealt "quite a big blow to the funding body’s popularity and credibility"... but UKRI compounded it by spinlessly acquiesing to her ravings instead of dismissing them with the contempt they deserved.

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