The Malloreon; Volume One: Guardians of the West; King of the Murgos; Demon Lord of Karanda: 1
computing (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Parliamentary reporter, Computing , Monday 2 November 2009 at 12:55:00 Extra capacity for emergency services radio system will ensure readiness for Games The Home Office is spending £39m to boost the capacity of the Airwave radio system to enable emergency services to cope with the 2012 Olympics and a major incident while maintaining "business as usual" services in and around London....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Appointment is paving the way for Dannatt to serve as a defence minister after the election General Sir Richard Dannatt, the former head of the army who repeatedly clashed with ministers over troop levels and equipment in Afghanistan, is to join the Conservatives as a military adviser. David Cameron will announce in his closing speech to the Tory conference tomorrow that Dannatt will become a working...
Talk about Newsnight (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
General Sir Richard Dannatt's enlistment in the Tory defence team, on the day after he left the Army is an unprecedented event. It's also one that makes a great many people uncomfortable. In terms of precedent, or the lack of it, there is a recent one and a historical one, but neither quite matches these circumstances. Admiral Sir Alan West, formerly head of the Royal Navy, was appointed by Prime...
Smooth Blog (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
The UK government’s reported decision to employ ex-hackers to work at a newly-established Cyber Security Operations Centre have met with derision from both a high-profile former hacker and an acknowledged cybersecurity expert. Lord West, the Home Office security minister, first suggested that former hackers (or “naughty boys”, as he described them) might [...]
Smooth Blog (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
The UK government’s reported decision to employ ex-hackers to work at a newly-established Cyber Security Operations Centre have met with derision from both a high-profile former hacker and an acknowledged cybersecurity expert. Lord West, the Home Office security minister, first suggested that former hackers (or “naughty boys”, as he described them) might [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
Former work and pensions secretary says a wider range of candidates needs to be encouraged to enter politics More ministers should be drafted in from outside politics, former work and pensions secretary James Purnell says today. Writing in the special Labour party edition of Progress magazine, Purnell says that a wider range of candidates needs to be encouraged to enter politics, and suggests ministers...
Defense Tech (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
Earlier this year, President Obama said that "the nation's digital infrastructure is under near constant attack." That statement came on the heels of the head of the Pentagon's Strategic Command warning Congress that the United States is vulnerable to cyber attacks "across the spectrum." In mid-January of this year, outgoing National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell said that...
Lobbydog (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Lobbydog is calling on all readers to let this blog know when they see Tony McNulty pop up giving interviews for the Government. The former minister, shamed due to his expense claims, has been on Sky, was on Newsnight yesterday and featured on the radio this morning towing party line. The only thing I can think of is that the Government believes his position, or lack of it, will mean they have plausible...
The Daily(ish) Millbrook (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
I know that a vast majority of Daily(ish) Millbrook readers let out a groan when I start doing the political stuff, but I'll keep going anyway. Go on - it's not a long article, and it's well worth reading... This new article, reproduced here in full from http://www.politics.co.uk/ is by a research scholar at The International Security Program, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and...
TechRadar (Free subscription) | 14/08/2009
The government, cap in hand, is asking for help from all corners of the technology industry in the UK with its fight against terror. This comes after it published its three-year Science and Technology Counter Terrorism Strategy document, which outlines just how science and tech can aid in stopping terrorist threats. Actively inviting The three main ideas that the strategy outlines are: understand...
computing (Free subscription) | 14/08/2009
Tom Young, Computing , Friday 14 August 2009 at 10:54:00 Industry and academia asked to get in touch with ideas to help counter terrorism The government is asking experts from the technology industry and academia to come up with ideas to help fight terrorism. The move comes as the government publishes its Science and Technology Counter Terrorism Strategy today. The internet has facilitated easier...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/08/2009
Lord West's brave but vain effort to find equivalence between the standards of proof required in the United Kingdom and the United States when seeking extradition from each other should not go unchallenged ( Letters , 12 August). If, as he says, it all comes down to the difference between "suspicion" and "belief", he cannot legitimately claim that these are "broadly comparable"....
Acid Rabbi (Free subscription) | 15/07/2009
Gordon Brown has received news of another blow to his leadership as Lord Darzi , one of the five non-political figures enobled and brought in shortly after he became leader of the Labour party in 2007 as part of his "government of all talents" (Goats), announced his intention to step down as Health Minister. Lord Darzi's departure comes soon after that of Lord Malloch-Brown who was seen as...
England Expects (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Quentin Letts in the Mail today poses an interesting question . The Government states that European Union membership is in the national interest. UKIP disagrees. Might not MI5, applying logic, therefore say it should put a tail on UKIP's wilder elements? Now nobody is going to deny that all parties have 'wilder elements' and UKIP is not immune, however that would not excuse MI5 interest. Indeed keeping...
Dizzy Thinks (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
We don't have the evidence but we're going to say you did it anyway? Even though there may not be sufficient evidence to take him to court, I should like to know if someone was trying to tap me. Lord West Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Security and Counter-terrorism Scary logic there.
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