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#1 Submitted by michaelkenward on April 10, 2018 - 12:51pm

The ethnic mix is just a part of it. The make up of that board is a disgrace. Medics to the left and right, with minimal input from the engineering, or even physical sciences, side of the divide. And it really is a divide. The only good news is that Toby Young isn't in there.

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