E-Borders Disaster

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threaded replied

18 December 2009, 18:31
Originally posted by swamp View Post

It isn't the consortium's fault that e-borders is illegal. The blame will lie solely with the government.

You really don't understand that big-business controls government now. Big-business tells government what law to make. Law-makers are just whichever bunch of gob-tulipes get elected. After being elected they do as they're told. So it is entirely this consortiums fault.
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threaded replied

18 December 2009, 18:29
Originally posted by Troll View Post

Actually I was being a tad harsh - I have no knowledge of working with Raytheon - anyone worked with them?

Well, I used to think ex-BAE were the worst bunch of dodgy cross-dressers 'til I worked with them nonces.
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swamp replied

18 December 2009, 17:17
It isn't the consortium's fault that e-borders is illegal. The blame will lie solely with the government.
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Troll replied

18 December 2009, 17:15
Actually I was being a tad harsh - I have no knowledge of working with Raytheon - anyone worked with them?
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Doggy Styles replied

18 December 2009, 17:12
Another fiasco brought to you by...

Is someone keeping a list of these? It might make amusing reading.
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Troll replied

18 December 2009, 17:04
The consortium's members include Raytheon, Accenture, Capgemini and Steria. These firms were specifically charged to "work as an open, honest and collaborative team". Did none of this open honesty involve pointing out that e-Borders within Europe risked being unworkable and illegal?

I would have put money on anything associated with those members becoming a farce
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swamp started a topic E-Borders Disaster

18 December 2009, 16:54
E-Borders Disaster

Lots of stories about this this afternoon.

Basically HMG never checked with their EU masters whether the whole e-borders idea was legal. Now the UKP 1.2 billion project is in disarray. EU passengers and their families do not have to notify the UK about entering the country, and neither to passengers outside the EU. So airlines and ferries will not bother to collect the data. I get the feeling this story is going to run and run...!
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