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Running Great Britain? There's an App For That!

Posted by timothy on from the good-thing-it's-so-simple dept.

judgecorp writes "Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron will get a personalised iPad app to help him run the country. The 'government dashboard' will include health waiting list figures, crime statistics, economic statistics and a real-time news feed. Cameron is a committed Apple user — but British members of Parliament have only been allowed iPads in the House of Commons since March 2011."

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  1. Lies! by dexomn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Angry Birds will be running the country.

    1. Re:Lies! by jd2112 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I guess by county they mean America.

      The bad piggies are running the country now! They seem to have an irrational fear of airborne suicide bombers.

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  2. Anybody else read the title... by gman003 · · Score: 5, Funny

    as "Ruining Great Britain"?

    1. Re:Anybody else read the title... by Goose+In+Orbit · · Score: 5, Funny

      He doesn't need an iDevice to do that

  3. Better idea by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just put him to playing Civilization or the like, and tell him he's running the country.

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