blair in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.07.08
Round-Up After all, Tony Blair left John Prescott in charge when he went on holiday and that always went well. This week the Round-Up is weaving its words of wisdom while nursing a sore head after a week of hard partying to celebrate 10 years of silicon.com. [11 Jul 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Why big government IT projects fail
Comment The project of centralising the entire record system seems to have been started on little more than a moment's thought by Tony Blair. We're so hardened to government IT problems we no longer see the underlying causes, says Martin Brampton. [22 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.06.07
Round-Up So goodbye Tony Blair, the world of high-tech will miss you. After all, think of all the good things Blair's done for the UK IT industry, such as.well.erm. Hang on.give us a minute. There really was nothing, was there? [29 Jun 2007]
Brampton Factor: Public sector woes
Comment Departing PM Tony Blair has never tired of telling us that we must modernise pretty much everything. One problem about the claims made by Blair and Brown is the results just aren't there. In education, the area for which Tony Blair made the most... [20 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.05.07
Round-Up Isn't that Tony Blair brilliant. In the YouTube clip on the Downing Street channel, Blair jokingly admits his decision to dust off his conversational French might have been "a very bad idea". On this occasion Blair's message was a bilingual (get him! [11 May 2007]
India diary, day 5: Margaritas to Mumbai
Comment Earlier, sitting in the departure lounge at Hyderabad, I'd watched Shilpa Shetty being interviewed on Indian TV about her meeting with Tony Blair. Thursday 8 February - Mumbai It's six o'clock in the morning and I'm eating a curry and drinking... [08 Mar 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.02.07
Round-Up An email that we're supposed to believe Blair typed with his own fair hands thanked everybody for signing the petition opposing the measures, which was posted on the Number 10 website, but added the government will still be continuing with its... [23 Feb 2007]
Leader: Are e-petitions good for democracy?
Leader Have you had an email from Tony Blair this week? The road-charging petition closes this week and Blair will be sending out an email to all of those who signed it, dismissing their concerns and arguing that it is the only way to beat congestion and... [20 Feb 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.02.07
Round-Up So here's the scenario: Bill Gates, Mitchell and Webb, Tony Blair and a mysterious stranger in a black-hooded cloak are trapped in a lift in a plush Las Vegas hotel. Web 2.0 is very much the phrase du jour in trendy new media circles right now and... [09 Feb 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.11.06
Round-Up And in the week when it transpired that the Western world will be ruled for at least the next year by a lame duck and a poodle - which sounds more like the cast of Animal Hospital than a quarter of the G8 - it's fitting Tony Blair was once again... [10 Nov 2006]
Minority Report: The death of the iPod
Comment After all, even the US President, Tony Blair, the Pope and HRH the Queen own iPods, we are told. Is the iPod on the decline and soon to become a 'has been'? Seb Janacek examines the fate of Apple's ubiquitous MP3 player in the first installment of... [03 Nov 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.08.06
Round-Up But it's unlikely any of Blair's lunch companions, including Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Cisco CEO John Chambers and Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, would have been so blunt, honest or insightful as to say that. [04 Aug 2006]
Leader: What was Blair really doing in California?
Leader Tony Blair has kicked off his summer recess with a trip to California to find out just what the UK could be doing to emulate the success of Silicon Valley's high-tech industry. It's unlikely any of Blair's lunch companions, including Apple CEO... [01 Aug 2006]
Leader: Why politicians can't ignore IT
Leader It's nearly a month since Tony Blair's latest reshuffle and finally the last of the lucky ministers in charge of IT policies has been revealed. It's unlikely the decision has been delayed by ministers fighting each other for the privilege of being... [31 May 2006]
Analysis: Can the public sector attract IT high-flyers?
Comment Ian Watmore left his position as UK managing director of Accenture to become the first government-wide CIO in 2004 and was last year promoted to his current permanent secretary role at the Cabinet Office as head of Blair's delivery unit. [20 Apr 2006]
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