Yeah, probably some kind of Grey import via Vladivostock. The video takes place somewhere called Kemerovo which is in the arse-end of nowhere, (about as middle of central Asia as is possible), but not far from the Trans-Sib, so maybe it got there that way.

Yeah, probably shouldn’t rely on Fox News for your info about the UK. 4.4% Muslims is not “overrun” (and is actually a third less than Russia at 6.5%...), but I don’t blame you for thinking this, as many British people also believe this as the British press are some of the worst perpetrators of this nonsense.

1. So you admit that Russian demographic trends are pretty much the same as Europe.

So basically along with all its other deficiencies, the F-35 is sexist. Because its only female pilots who are going to be affected by this.

A population growth figure of 0.3% is effectively decline (its longer lifespans rather than more babies). Russia is in population decline, as is Poland, Germany and a lot of other places in Europe; which is why Germany just invited a million migrants to stay (something not really open to Russians, who aren’t keen on…

There’s an IMF projection that Russia can go back into growth, but its got big caveats, particularly:

Oh absolutely, but budget airlines seem to be pretty good at probability.

What? Card fees? Yes they do. They’ve stopped charging for debit cards, but from their website 10 seconds ago: “2% credit card fee may apply”

There was an investigation the UK two years ago, and this lot were all doing it; not sure if its changed since, although I know Aer Lingus don’t any more:

Yep. RyanAir do it, and I’m sure they’re not alone.

The main reason for budget airlines to push carry-on versus checked-in is because they don’t want anything to affect their 15 minute flight turnaround time, and baggage handlers are one of the leading causes of slow turnaround.

You do know that RyanAir don’t actually charge for the toilets don’t you? It was a Michael O’Leary fruitcake PR thing from about five years ago. Like the standing only idea.

EA do worry about this and there’s a list of restrictions they pass on to retailers for their own trade marketing, it varies by territory as well.

#7. With the benefit of hindsight, Ewanick’s Man U deal is now seen as good business, especially given Chevrolet’s Chinese operations, and that’s even with United being a bit crap for the last couple of seasons.

So what are Egypt actually going to do with them? It just seems a bit weird to me as the two places Egypt are most likely to get into a fight (eastern Med and Red Sea) are terrible places to park carriers, especially when they lack the protection you’d expect in a carrier group. They’ve got some missile defence, but…

First world problems.

You bought an airline ticket, not an office rental. If your company is too cheap to put you in business class (clue is in the name) then they can’t moan if you don’t have room to get work done.

No you don’t. It’s not an either/or deal. Although frankly the check-in staff should be stopping you anyway.

Answer: not enough. Russian economy has contracted nearly 5% this year, and no likelihood of positive growth through 2016. The only positive on the whole Russian balance sheet is they’ve reduced foreign borrowing significantly, but even that is at the expense of their reserves (which they’re chewing through rather…

Well, absent a UN mandate to the contrary, yes they do have a right to fire on foreign jets flying about Syrian airspace if they’re acting at the behest of the Syrian government. It would be monumentally stupid, but they wouldn’t be breaking any laws.