£2.8m is tiny as a proportion of our GDP. Imperceptible. The loss of the facility will be devastating. Is it worth it? I think not. BBC News - Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understandsAstronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.www.bbc.co.uk