Politicians go in for some IT bashing
Blog Although mistaking the Tory party for anything more than an extremely skilled spin device at present - think a Dyson washing machine - would be a serious mistake, we were slightly impressed by Shadow Chancellor George Osborne's very tech-savvy...
[March 19, 2007, 16:10]
Shadow Chancellor gets it on IT
Blog Tomorrow at 9am, George Osborne, the Opposition shadow chancellor, is going to make a speech at the Royal Society for the Arts. In it, we learn that Osborne started using Firefox after a visit to Mozilla HQ, he knows how many friends Barak Obama...
[March 7, 2007, 19:57]
Shadow chancellor slams government over open source
News George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, has criticised the government over its apparent lack of support for open-source software. But Osborne said the case in the UK was very different. Osborne also set out the Conservative party's strategy on...
[March 8, 2007, 12:28]
Dances with hippos
Leader We applauded shadow chancellor George Osborne's March commitment to open source, open standards and the internet way. It's good to know where you stand with politicians. Yet when it comes to being digital, standing with the Conservative party is...
[July 9, 2007, 17:24]
Lost HMRC data 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'
News Darling faced another grilling from MPs and was accused by shadow chancellor George Osborne of not telling the public the "whole truth" about the loss of the two CDs in Darling's original statement last week.
[November 29, 2007, 14:52]
Darling blames officials for data loss
News Conservative shadow chancellor George Osborne described the incident as a "catastrophic mistake", and claimed "half the country will be very worried about the safety of their families". Chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling has said...
[November 21, 2007, 7:16]
ID cards under fire after HMRC debacle
News The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, attacked the government on Tuesday following its disclosure of the loss of the details of 25 million child-benefit claimants, and called into question its competence to safeguard data collected for the...
[November 20, 2007, 17:48]
The politics of open source
Leader George Osborne is shadow chancellor in a party led by a PR man, so his coming out as an open source fan needs viewing through a jaundiced eye. There are, of course, few commitments or firm promises in Osborne's speech.
[March 8, 2007, 14:06]
Tories: Government is falling behind in open source
News Government departments have failed to capitalise on the software as a resource, even though reports from its agencies have looked at the feasibility of open source and recommended its use, a statement from the office of the shadow chancellor...
[January 28, 2009, 12:41]
Clarke pledges to push on with ID cards
News George Osborne, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, denied his party was acting against the interests of national security in scrutinising the bill. The government's identity card bill, which will not become law ahead of the general...
[April 6, 2005, 17:35]
UK failing to exploit open source
News The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, has estimated that open source could save five percent of the government's IT budget, which Gauke said would amount to £620m a year. The UK's failure to make use of open source is a "scandal", according to...
[September 13, 2007, 11:49]
The issues making IT a political hot potato
Comment Shadow chancellor George Osborne was the first major politician to state this belief unequivocally in public. With an election on the horizon, Labour and the Conservatives are increasingly homing in on issues they believe will win them votes.
[August 27, 2009, 12:59]
