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Re: [LUG] Government IT policy

 

2009/12/4 james kilty <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> He said that the Party has a proud tradition of consideration for the
> productive use of modern IT.

I'm a paid up member and lib dem blogger, and I say that's complete bollocks.

The only productive use of Modern IT the lib dem party activists and
great/good are interested in are using facebook, etc to campaign -
hence we have Lynne Featherstone in charge of a funded body looking at
how to use IT for electioneering.. but no Policy, Policy Working Group
or shadow-spokesperson with ICT in their portfolio.

I am ashamed to say the Tories are well ahead when it comes to IT,
although how much of that is (like many of their modernisations) a
paper thin vaneer over an unchanged and backwards party and
support-base I don't know (I'm guessing it ammounts to literally a
couple of well placed people who can make a lot of noise).. heck even
Labour with their record of p*** poor project management and dodgy IT
deals have a couple of halfway competent MPs and Spokespeople for
stuff like the "Digital Economy", E-Envoy, etc (just a shame they
don't actually acheive anything much).

A.

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