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Indeed - the submission headline is particularly stupid (in case it changes, right now it reads "UK's Internet Minister is particularly stupid, can't use the ne
by objclxt 14y ago
Indeed - the submission headline is particularly stupid (in case it changes, right now it reads "UK's Internet Minister is particularly stupid, can't use the net".
It's not the fault of this MP, it's the fault of the entire government (both present and previous) for setting up a department with such a huge remit. The Minister for CMS is responsible for the arts (film, stage, fine art, etc), sport (public funding thereof, etc), and media (everything under the sun: radio, TV, printed media, electronic media, etc).
It is virtually impossible for whoever occupies the position to have mastery in every field he/she is responsible for. Terence Eden might think she's not very bright when it comes to the internet, but there's a lot of people in the arts despairing about both the incumbent and shadow CMS minister as well!
Fundamentally, this problem isn't going to go away for some time. It's the product of merging several different posts and positions in an attempt to reduce the civil service budget.
- edent 14y agoThe "particularly stupid" description comes from Helen Goodman herself. I agree that the department is far too over reaching.
- objclxt 14y agoOh, I know - I just did a double take, because for a minute I thought we actually had an internet minister. Government policy when it comes to all things digital is a total shambles, which is a real shame because on the one hand you have some parts of the civil service actively engaging with things like open data, open source, etc, and on the other you have the politicians being...well, politicians!