Yet if Mr Immelt is tempted to do something dramatic to save his skin, it could hardly be at a worse time.

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The threat of an EMP attack is hardly the only reason for ensuring that ballistic missiles cannot be used to do harm to this country, but it is a particularly compelling one.

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So even if Google and Apple do to Smart TV what they did to Smartphones, Roku would hardly be irrelevant.

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Liverpool's season hardly hinges on beating United but there is little doubt they will be as desperate as ever to do so.

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