F**Kwittery of the highest level

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Fears grow over ANOTHER Whitehall IT 'disaster' as MPs warn plans to break up tax-collecting computer system could put taxpayers' cash at risk | Mail Online

Plans to split up a giant government computer system holding the tax records of 50 million Britons could end in ‘disaster’, ministers have been warned.
The Government wants to split its £10billion tax collecting IT system into 100 separate parts.

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Earlier this year Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, announced that all new IT contracts would be limited to £100 million to allow small and medium-sized companies to compete for government business.

Why oh why?

the complaint was that small firms couldn't quote for specialist, cleaning and IT support jobs not that we should disband HMRC, which idiot suggested this?

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Me and my mac will do the job for a special price. PM me.

[Sysman]

Richard Bacon, a Tory on the public accounts committee, told the Times: ‘This is one of the biggest IT contracts in the world.

Why?

‘There is nothing more critical than getting tax in, and you can’t start relying on hundreds of experimental start-ups taking this over. The potential for another disaster is huge.’

He's assuming they are all start-ups...

Mr Bacon added: ‘I am a great believer in getting smaller companies in, but if you split the project up into 100 pieces, you need 500 skilled people to manage it. You cannot afford to get this wrong.’

5 managers per sub-project? Really?

[Troll]

Me and my mac will do the job for a special price. PM me.

Think you will be stopped from any strategic Govt work post independence
Ditto building Type 26's

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Think you will be stopped from any strategic Govt work post independence
Ditto building Type 26's

Required productivity in the UK has been off-shored before you can morris dance your way through 'the best of the Wurzels'. What makes you think that's going to change on Scotland's succession?

Dim wit, meet daft bugger. I'm sure your children will be lovely.

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Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said the contracts for the Type 26 vessels could not be let until the design had matured and that would be at the end of 2014.

Asked if Scottish independence could have an impact on that, Mr Carmichael said: "In the unlikely event of Scotland removing herself from the UK then the rest of the UK would let future contracts on the same basis as ones that we are discussing today, that is to yards within their country.

"If Scotland is no longer part of that country then yes, it's difficult to see how the work would go to Scotland."

So off you go ta think again

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So off you go ta think again

You think the person that said that will be in government next year?

Your turn.

[DiscoStu]

You think the person that said that will be in government next year?

Your turn.

If a shedload of safe Labour Scottish seats have disappeared by next year then it's a distinct possibility.

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If a shedload of safe Labour Scottish seats have disappeared by next year then it's a distinct possibility.

And with a nation of basket weavers remaining, how much of a threat with this type 26 be?