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		<title>Stopping the NHS Computer Project</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/08/05/stopping-the-nhs-computer-project/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/08/05/stopping-the-nhs-computer-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=3094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[However, there is something more than just that. Regardless of political party, the reality is that very few politicians are even vaguely qualified to make these decisions on either a technical or even managerial level which is the penalty for having "professional politicians" that have never done a practical job in their lives.]]></description>
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		<title>Government IT Projects -Still Stupid&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/02/11/government-it-projects-still-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/02/11/government-it-projects-still-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ID Cards]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[...the real consequence of getting this ID Card wrong in the way they intended. A single data source is very 'hackable' and once you have done so, all you need is to replace the data, clone a card and if your 'victim' owns property/shares, whatever, once you are "them" because your card says so, you can sell the lot...]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping the Internet Open and Free</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/12/13/keeping-the-internet-open-and-free/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/12/13/keeping-the-internet-open-and-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2672</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My advice to any business or government agency that thought that they have lots of data clutter and no idea how to sort it, create a task force of Librarians under a Senior/Board Level Manager with their own IT Support people and set about a thorough 'Spring Clean' of every bit of internal data.]]></description>
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		<title>Going to War and Democracy</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/11/29/going-to-war-and-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/11/29/going-to-war-and-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=1665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was an interesting article written by a former soldier in the Independent calling on the public to have a vote on going to war or not: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/crispin-black-voters-must-decide-when-we-go-to-war-1830423.html However it is nonsense because if Parliament is in thrall to the Executive, which given the rise of the “Career Politician” it is, we need to look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On a Written Constitution – One for the Muppets</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/05/28/on-a-written-constitution-%e2%80%93-one-for-the-muppets/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/05/28/on-a-written-constitution-%e2%80%93-one-for-the-muppets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 21:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=1041</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As this boring “MPs Expenses” saga goes through its death rattle, every idiot and their Mother is trotting out their pet ideas which are motivated by either personal interest or just plain ignorance, in the latter case the National Tooth Fairy would do them just as well, Boogie Woogie have a sixpence Click Clack ! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collecting all Communications Data</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/04/29/collecting-all-communications-data/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/04/29/collecting-all-communications-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The main problem with all this lies in the type of justification given for it, &#8220;To prevent terrorist outrages&#8221; which could as equally apply to sanctioning the use of torture. I do not think that the Government, Police or Security Services are &#8220;evil&#8221; but they are all clearly incompetent as the Bob Quick incident at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ID Cards Will Never Happen</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/04/28/id-cards-will-never-happen/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/04/28/id-cards-will-never-happen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defence]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are rumours coming from the Cabinet that a majority of them want to scrap the ID Card Scheme as doing so would save money and they have finally realised that the public – ie. the voters, have turned against it. Personally and as Gordon Brown believes that stubbornness equals strength plus the Tories have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blair as EU President ?</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/04/05/blair-as-eu-president/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/04/05/blair-as-eu-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I read an amusing article in the Independent today which centred around Tony Blair pushing his candidacy for the post of the first full time EU President which is based upon the Lisbon Treaty finally being ratified by Ireland voting Yes on the second or third time of asking, the EU will not accept NO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT Security &#8211; They Still Just Don&#8217;t Get it&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/02/10/it-security-they-still-just-dont-get-it/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/02/10/it-security-they-still-just-dont-get-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps one of the most outrageous and yet ever continuing events is Government Agencies, including the Military, losing laptops and data containing all kinds of personal, even classified information. Perhaps the most ridiculous being an “Intelligence Officer” leaving classified documents on a train that should not have left Downing Street in the first place, just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Government and Our Data</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2008/12/01/the-government-and-our-data/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2008/12/01/the-government-and-our-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Philip Johnston wrote a “concerned” article in the Daily Telegraph with regard to the &#8220;Ministry of Justice 1984 Straw&#8221; publishing something called the &#8220;Data Sharing Review&#8221; which will effectively enable them to by-pass any legal constraints to accessing database information from any person or organisation, including one assumes from the private sector, they pick [...]]]></description>
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