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Reckless Eric

For those of you unaware of the role in the history of the internet taken by Eric Tipton, of Wallingford, Connecticut, we direct you to: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/breaking_news_all_online_data.
As the report says: “The government does not have a backup of the internet, but had ‘always wanted to get around to making one’.”
We trust our own government specialist reporters will be asking some tough questions at the prime minister’s next monthly press conference.

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