Economist: Britain has long been a pioneer in telecoms. In 1837 it built the world's first commercial telegraph; the first transatlantic call was placed from London in 1927; in 1992 a British programmer sent the first text message to a mobile phone.
Yes. If you announce to the world that anyone can just show up and be eligible for free shit, then it will cause all kinds of weird problems as society reallocates its resources to make that free shi… [+314 chars]