Downing Street Says

Put to the PMOS that the KPMG report on ID cards had recommended a more detailed risk based cost analysis, the PMOS said that the project had already been through a number of processes. It had already been through a further Office of Government Commerce (OGC) review on business justification. The review confirmed that the project was ready to proceed to the next phase. An independent assurance panel was now in place to ensure that the work was subject to rigorous on-going challenge by experts as well as major periodic reviews via the OGC process.

In addition there had been the KPMG independent review. So in terms of oversight and reviews it had certainly been scrutinised. It was also subject to the normal audit procedures of departmental expenditure through the National Audit Office (NAO). What would not be wise, however, would be to reveal what our baseline was in discussions with commercial contractors because that would take away the commercial flexibility needed to get the best value for money. In any other realm of business you would not expect an organisation to reveal what it’s baseline cost was precisely for that reason.

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The Tax credit system has gone off line because it was being abused – The CSA is in a mess ….

And still Tony and friends believe that the ID card scheme can work.

On another site I have offered even odds on \xA31000 to any MP who is supporting the ID card scheme – betting that the scheme will fail within 5 years of implementation – the degree of failure to be agreed at the time of the wager.

No takers so far ;-(

and if anyone can’t locate me to within 2 yards by using my name then they don’t deserve to be an MP.
Comment by Roger Huffadine — 17 Jan 2006 on 9:37 pm | Link
That’s where you’re missing the point; of course they don’t believe ID cards will work.

You’re being fleeced and even though your eyes are open you’re completely missing it! We’re in the midst, if not getting towards the endgame, of the biggest con-job in history, and STILL we allow ourselves to be distracted by smokescreens like this.

I remember predicting a while back that even though ID cards had been shot down at one stage of their passage through the Commons the government would keep trying until they got their way, and only their way. Well lookee here! Watch out for this, because we’re getting them whether we like it or not – and I can also guarantee that if Labour drop the plans, the "Conservatives" will soon take them up when they get into power next time around.

I’m gonna keep saying it; open your eyes people, you’re all missing the point!!!
Comment by PapaLazzzaru — 17 Jan 2006 on 10:20 pm | Link
For what it’s worth posting the link…

http://www.ariannaonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18207
Comment by PapaLazzzaru — 17 Jan 2006 on 10:28 pm | Link
The full story;

http://www.the7thfire.com/new_world_order/final_warning/final_warning_table_of_contents.htm
Comment by PapaLazzzaru — 17 Jan 2006 on 10:29 pm | Link
Not all is what it seems; an eye opener about Zionism.

And you thought you knew what was going on in the Middle East?!

http://www.marxists.de/middleast/brenner/index.htm
Comment by PapaLazzzaru — 17 Jan 2006 on 10:30 pm | Link
Of course, that’s just all conspiracy theory bullshit. I mean, it’s not on BBC or Sky News, or any of the other Main Stream, "reliable" media, so it must be shite.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1559151.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1558669.stm

Except not everything in the main stream seems to add up to what we’re told officially.

Are people REALLY this incompetent, or is something very very wrong???
Comment by PapaLazzzaru — 17 Jan 2006 on 10:48 pm | Link
PMOS seems to be forgetting that public sector IT projects costing several billions of our tax pounds aren’t "any other realm of business".

Of course we want to see value for money in our public sector projects. We’d also like to see if our government is proposing to spend massive quantities of our money on something that won’t actually work and doesn’t actually do anything useful for us.
Comment by Owen Blacker — 18 Jan 2006 on 2:56 pm | Link
The quality and impartiality of the news is shocking, even the bbc has got in on the act in a big way now – for some reason since hutton and the new board of governers etc….. not that im saying that it was all a big fix by tony and gang in that battle for media control.
Comment by tony — 18 Jan 2006 on 10:30 pm | Link

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