UK Conservatives Slammed Over Open Source Stance

Golygydd Max writes "The UK government has been criticised by the opposition Conservative (Tory) party for its lack of support for open-source software. Now, according to Techworld, a security company that has examined the Tory plans has come out against the use of open source software, citing the number of security problems inherent in the software. This is a sensitive issue for the UK government, still smarting from the loss of 7m family records from HM Revenue and Customs in 2007. What makes this criticism interesting is that this is an attack on the policies of what will certainly be the next British government — it's unusual for a party to be criticised like this before it comes to office. It's an indication of how IT is going to be a battleground in the future general election."

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Sheffield's changed if they are voting libdem it used to be solid labour except dore and totley which was true blue conservative. It's pretty understandable too with the way sheffields industry was pretty much destroyed by the Tories. The East end of the city which was miles and miles of Steel Works became a wasteland with very few redeeming features. The Meadowhall shopping centre doesn't hold much of a candle to the once mighty sheffield Steel Industry, The Mining industry is a shadow of its former self and once strong pit villages are decaying, with unemployment still high (25 years since the pits shut).

The positive things that have happened have been in spite of national government of either colour with huge amounts of European money being invested in Sheffield and many other area's.

Tony Blair managed to do a few positive things one being the minimum wage which at least allows people to work for more than a few pounds above benefit levels. The Conservatives on the other hand wouldn't lift a finger to try and curtail the blight of unemployment. Gordon Brown is trying hard to fight the recession and trying to stimulate the economy and create jobs.

Unfortunately Britain is pretty much a two party system with a third party which siphons votes from the other two. The libdems are not a bad party but to stand a chance of winning they have to build up local support for local council officials ward by ward until they have enough support to win a seat in parliament unfortunately this takes decades to achieve, which leaves voters the lesser of two evils. If your making good money and you feel secure then the conservatives will be better for you. If your getting by or unemployed and your jobs at risk then you will probably vote labour.

Unfortunately the united kingdom is pretty racial the English are a majority and many people consider themselves as English regardless of their Irish, Welsh or Scots heritage. Which means having a Scot running the country is unpopular, although not as bad as a welshman. The UK doesn't vote for a prime minister but for candidates representing different parties but that doesn't stop many feeling cheated that Gordon Brown has the job now.

Fortunately the UK is part of the EEC which gives all of it's citizens the right to work and settle else where in Europe, it's the third option for those who can't stand either of the two main parties. Unfortunately the tribal response is to try and block the European option and force us all to remain stuck on this desolate rock like they think they are, It would be a natural consequence of trying to force the creation of British jobs working for French Oil Companies in the UK. Yesterday the unofficial strikers decided to accept an offer and being so desperate for work will return to work Monday -hardly worth going in today is it lads what with it being the weekend tomorrow.

This last week has seen a huge national skive as a little snow made it take a bit longer to get to work. In the seventys schools closed due to broken and run down heating , and not the inability of parents to get their kids to walk to school. Why did the underground stop running as being underground its hardly going to be suffering with snow.

To top things off there is a perverse national pride amongst the countrys of the united kingdom where each country see's itself as far superior to any other country in the world including each other and they seem to think that everyone is desperate to come to the uk to clean toilets and other quality jobs for below minimum wage (since obviously these foreigners are too thick and incapable of claiming their legal working rights).

It's lunacy of the first order and the worst of it is there are people desperate to get in the asylum.