Currently reading this and very much enjoying it. Fuller #reviews later, but a scene quite a bit earlier makes me wonder how much @cstross takes into account the Real World® when including it in his fiction? For instance, was David Cameron used to create a structure for the PM in this book? Would Larry ever appear in one of his books?

In a general sense, is Mr Stross ever tempted to slip political satire into an otherwise Speculative Fiction tale?