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Roger that Bry. I wasn't entirely sure it was the correct home, but don't tend to venture into the Pit of Doom...

Apologies if posted on this thread (or elsewhere), but I haven't seen it on NSC. 10 minutes of damning information (much of which I'd seen/read elsewhere, but seeing it all together makes it even more powerful) 1509414334828589059

I have to admit to a childish snigger when I read the article. I bet he got RIBBED at school for that :)

There are skills shortages in & around "The Silicon Fen", but that's more to do with increasing demand than brain drain. There are loads of tech businesses seeded out of ex ARM staff there and plenty more that decided to start up there just because of the skills & knowledge locally. Apparently...

(I totally agree with this by the way) I know someone who works for ARM (she's subject to the consultation about redundancies currently). I am taking issue with your statement that there is no talent for chipset design in the UK, which is false, regardless of who ultimately owns it. The...

Does that mean that all of the people in and around Cambridge who have designed the chips have been vapourised, leaving "no talent in this country for things like component / chipset design"?

ARM in Cambridge might have something to say about that. ARM creates computer chip designs that others then customise to their own ends. It also develops instruction sets, which define how software controls processors. It is based in Cambridge but also has offices across the world, including a...

I really hope he's right. (here's the tweet imbedded, for ease) 1499059949930004486

Just one poll, but it looks like the Finnish mindset re NATO is shifting... According to the poll, conducted last week over three days before and immediately after the attacks with a representative sample of nearly 1,400 people, 53% of Finns would now support Finland’s accession to Nato, with...

Just one random on Twitter, but might suggest that opinion is changing... 1496047676718301190

I'd be gutted if we lost Swanny. I don't always agree with it, but I do find his opinion on many things interesting and appreciate a different perspective

Nicely done Man U 1497217277753704457

Abramovich is 'Portuguese'. Deripaska is 'Cypriot'. I'm not sure there's an awful lot to be read into passports of convenience, other than they are useful for doing business and refuge if they fall out of favour with the Kremlin. Chernukhin may have fallen out with Putin, but is still a...

It's fine, Liz gave a perfectly detailed, direct answer which completely cleared up the issue highlighted

Oh, and it's not just UK establishment figures with their noses in the Russian trough... Wouldn't happen in Germany? Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is Chairman of the Board at Rosneft, Chairman of the Shareholders Committee of Nord Stream AG (which is controlled by Gazprom), and has...

I can answer that for you right now if you like?

It's going to be quite tricky for "the establishment" to distance themselves from the Russian regime and their key business interests... Just one example: Greg Barker - Lord Barker of Battle. (He went to Steyning Grammar - does anyone know him from there?) He was MP for Bexhill & Battle and a...

I was pondering this on my morning dog walk... I guess restrictions could be put in place to make his enjoyment of owning Chelsea difficult, but could it ever actually be taken away? I actually think hitting the rich and powerful Russians where it hurts will do more to put pressure on Putin...

The only reason I've heard of Transnistria is Sheriff Tiraspol beating Real Madrid in the Champions League this year. The politics of the region seem interesting* and something I know very little about. *Absolutely fvcked up, to put it mildly

How would we know if there have been protests? Don't underestimate the Russian state's ability to suppress news of dissent so as to appear to have total support (as well as crack down hard and fast to limit the scale of any protest)