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Thursday, April 30, 2026

In the Interests of Fair Play, Not to Mention......

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  Due Diligence - oh, that's right, no one did much of that, did they? My abiding memory is the Fake Sheik, demanding to speak at a meet...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

Coildn't believe my eyes!

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  Government gives £700m civil service payroll contract to Capita The Cabinet Office has named the contractor as the preferred bidder to ha...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Have You Ever Wondered Why Government Contracts Still Go To Capita?

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 Me too, so I decided to ask our sometime friend AI (Presumably Gemini, as it was via Google) Capita has developed a reputation for poor ser...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Another Negative of AI...

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 Probably broadly repeated across government and commercial sectors  -  Replacing humans with machines is leaving truckloads of food strande...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

So Says the BBC! A Counter point (or two)

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  In the 2024/25 financial year, the BBC's commercial arm (primarily   BBC Studios ) generated record revenues of   £2.155 billion . Thi...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Main Points of Reith's Charter - Justifying a License Fee!

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  o Inform, Educate, and Entertain:  This trinity, known as the " Reithian Principles ," formed the mission statement of the BBC ,...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The BBC Charter is the constitutional basis for the BBC...

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The main elements of the current Charter include: Mission and Public Purposes :   The BBC's mission is to "act in the public inte...