A 2nd Test
Read moreA test for logo showcase
I need to make a test for my logo showcase plugin
Read moreEstonia’s e-voting
They’ve just had an election. Things to note
Read moreCentral Bank Digital Currency
The Govt have issued a consultation on how to implement a Central Bank Digital Currency. I say, that it seems to make as much difference to what we do today as a fart in a hurricane. Have I got it wrong? Consumers, that’s you and me will still pay using a card or a phone…
Read moreDigital market regulation in the EU
There’s been a lot happening and I have not been watching. Here’s my notes as I look to catch up. …
Read moreThe EU & Immigration
The Council decided at an emergency meeting, to spend more money on its border enforcement. The likely consequence of this is more deaths at sea of refugees.
Read morePetitioning
UK Petitions, are they worth it. A petition at the parliamentary site, 10,000 gets a response, 100,000 is considered for debate in Parliament, albeit, not usually on the floor of the
Read moreDigital identity and privacy
The issue of digital identity was raised as a CTOE meeting; so what’s happening …
Read moreQAing my XML sitemaps
Google search console doesn’t seem to be picking up my sitemap on my blog. Here are the notes of my adventure to put this right. …
Read moreLabour’s Manifesto Consultation
The Labour Party are running a ‘final’ policy consultation. Only CLPs can contribute now and it has a portal home page at the NPF site. I am reading through the commission documents and comment on some below/overleaf …
Read moreUK democracy in 2022
TI published their review of the world in 2022, and the UK falls seven places to join not so salubrious company of Qatar (-5), Myanmar (-5), Azerbaijan (-7) and Oman (-8).. This is followed by the Economist’s publication of their Democracy Index, where the UK maintains its place in the rankings which I find strange.
Read moreDevolution
After the publication of the Brown Commission report, I was surprised to discover that a Scottish comrade was underwhelmed by its proposals for Scotland, I don’t know why that way it should be, as I was underwhelmed by the English proposals for devolution; the whole thing is unambitious and the unimaginative hands of LOTO cover…
Read moreThe economics of the ERDF
In considering the recommendations of the CoFoE on digitsation, I came to consider how economies innovate and how competitive the EU is in the technology industries. The key programme may be the EU Regional Development Fund. See also their factsheet. This of course has relevance due to the announcement of the UK’s levelling up grants…
Read moreSupercomputers
It’s been a while since I looked at this. Here are my notes …
Read moreTallin
I think I might go there. Here are my notes …
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