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Story: The Blair IT projects
Blair's responsibility
A fair comment, but I think the issue at stake is the enthusiasm with which the Blair administration lapped up whatever the vendors promised. True, not all these projects began with Blair, but most did - and it can be argued that they ultimately became derailed due to an institutionalised attitude towards technology that belied the technophobia of the man at the top. In other words, an attitude of hope - or blind faith - before reality and meticulous planning.
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