The Gadget Guy

There’s a thing called a “global innovation index”. I had no idea, but it’s effectively an annual publication of the rankings of countries around the world on the basis of their “cultivated environment for enterprise and innovation”.

As it happens, we can clap ourselves on the back as we proudly sit at number eight, ahead of industrial stalwarts such as Germany and Australia. Not for long, perhaps, as, last Monday, Australian prime minister ...