Sorry, the thought speed is down of late. Down to twenty nano-seconds for each synapse exchange. Thankyou - did you notice that this one is King George, and the other one was Queen Elizabeth; odd why there are so few of these left - the Westen Union is a total rarity, but I doubt anyone in authority actually cares enough about any of these.
In short, the proportion is in inverse relationship to what matters to the general public. I admit, their hands are tied by red tape, HSE and limited budgets, but budgets have always been highly stretched throughout history, the only difference is that we no longer get hordes of The King s Men on horseback demanding taxes at pike point.
