I watched the briefing live on Sky. When that slide came up, we were specifically told that the red (future) bars were "not a forecast" but an indication of what *might* happen if no action… (View Post)

My father found out that one of our ancestors lost a factory in Stafford in a bet with Josiah Wedgewood. This is ironic as JW didn't allow his workers to gamble. The only item we have left from … (View Post)

Off topic. Good to see that Jess Phillips has some solid sci-fi titles on her book shelves. Iain M Banks, Orson Scott Card, Arthur C Clark, William Gibson, Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert,... (View Post)

Off topic apologies. If China is identified as the State Actor behind the ongoing cyber attack on Australia, I think we will accelerate into a cold war situation over the next year. You can forget ha… (View Post)

We had a large IT project with work outsourced to India. The Senior Indian PM reported progress on schedule until the deadline, then went on holiday until his team made a partial delivery of sub-stan… (View Post)