I'd suspect a few of the military posters have been called up recently, or if not actually on the front lines are busy with logistics. Lots of people left to cool down after the political stuff got hairy (I'm missing it though - best debates I've had in a long time, if you ignore the namecalling and focus on the arguments).
"That might have been the biggest mistake of my life..."
"It is unlikely. I predict there is scope for even greater mistakes in the future given your obvious talent for them."
Vila and Orac, Blake's Seven