That's a shame. If only there was some other way to demonstrate the strength of the UKs disapproval. This is what the UK used when the Guptas did their state capture in South Africa. I don't see why it can't be used now.
In all honesty I didn’t realise buying up companies and ousting the founders that had already had the good ideas and done the hard graft was a ticket to Fellowship. We live and learn.
I can’t understand why he’s a member, he didn’t invent anything or build anything. He’s just a rich kid from a rich dad who’s only interested in making more money and breaking stuff 🤷🏻♀️
Someone earlier was trying to convince me he has a degree in physics and bought several companies, so has made a significant contribution to human knowledge...
This is like the origin story for all the mad scientists from any crappy sci-fi movie. "The Royal Society LAUGHED at my theories. Well, who is laughing now! I'll show them!"
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https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8374/
I’m a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. They seem to be decent & not let nasties in. But the RS is a disappointment
There was some disquiet about Tennyson being made a Fellow
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/03/elon-musk-royal-society-fellowship-survives-fractious-members-meeting