Pragmatist

On Thursday, work began in earnest on the 'mydata' project featured in the government's "Consumer Empowerment" strateg...

Hat-tip to @JamesGreenThing for the link to the last Business Insider list of up-and-coming entrepreneurs . These lists are always much mo...

I was recently invited by 38 Degrees ("people. power. change.") to email my MP to save the NHS . Previously, I was told the BBC n...

It's okay folks. The Bribery Nothing-wrong-with-the-odd-backhander Act 2010 will limp into effect on 1 July , rather than convert Twic...

I must say I'm enjoying all this "Big Society" malarkey. The debate about what in the hell it means, the irony of Liverpool C...

I can't decide which set of DDoS attacks are more mis-guided or counter-productive. Whoever is trying to 'take down' WikiLeaks ...

Given the enthusiasm with which numerous governments have attempted to thwart WikiLeaks , and their lack of a ready legal basis for doing so...

The Guardian reports on the latest response to the Australian government's efforts to control the internet .

As the Trafigura saga demonstrated, Private Eye is a good source of news items that resonate with the Twittersphere. I'm an occasional...

Here are my takeaways from the Spectator Business breakfast debate, sponsored by DLA Piper in the City this morning. The issue was whether ...

The British media moan that the UK is sliding inexorably down the Human Development Index . It's ranked 21st. This parochial view of co...

Isn't it reassuring to see the piggies back from yet more holiday, fighting every effort to have their snouts hauled out of the trough ...

If you aren't thoroughly disillusioned with UK politics and hell-bent on doing something about it, I don't know how much more mayhe...

There are great efforts to encourage open government using the latest technology - particularly in the US and the UK, judging by this Googl...

The United Nations Safe Internet Committee (UNSIC) announced on Thursday that its web filters would no longer accept any Australian conten...

I should start my take on the " Digital Britain report " by making one thing clear: the fact that the government has issued the re...

They've been desperately downing the Kool Aid in Downing Street, those who are left. No more polite chat while queuing for the tea urn ...

Over on Lords of the Blog we've been debating whether Constitutional reform is the answer to our Parliamentary woes. "Lordnorton...