CNET UK Podcast Episode 140

This has been a major week for Britain -- at least, digitally speaking. That's right, this week the government proved once and for all that it's not capable of understanding technology, but is a world expert on how to tax the man on the street.

The sceptical among you will probably suggest that if MPs weren't such expense-generating beasts, there'd be enough in the coffers to pay for fibre to every home in the land. And you'd be right, but as it is, we've got the cleanest moats, most delightful duck houses and best-appointed second homes in the world.