Gordon Guthrie
@foundationsofthedigitalstate.com
Just published The Foundations Of The Digital State - a report for the Scottish Government
http://foundationsofthedigitalstate.com/
and blogs at
digitalpolicy.substack.com
Politician manqué, girl group fan, code monkey
http://foundationsofthedigitalstate.com/
and blogs at
digitalpolicy.substack.com
Politician manqué, girl group fan, code monkey
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🚨 THIS TIME NEXT WEEK 🚨
Come to @publicdigital.bsky.social Data Bites #60 (SW1/online) with:
- Steph Howarth (Chief Stat, Welsh Govt) on StatsWales
- Penny Babb (Office for Stats Regulation) on new Code
- @mhwauben.bsky.social (GLA) on Data for London Library
- Michelle Waters (ONS) on Census 2031
Come to @publicdigital.bsky.social Data Bites #60 (SW1/online) with:
- Steph Howarth (Chief Stat, Welsh Govt) on StatsWales
- Penny Babb (Office for Stats Regulation) on new Code
- @mhwauben.bsky.social (GLA) on Data for London Library
- Michelle Waters (ONS) on Census 2031
Data Bites #60 — Public Digital
public.digital
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🚨 THIS TIME NEXT WEEK 🚨
Come to @publicdigital.bsky.social Data Bites #60 (SW1/online) with:
- Steph Howarth (Chief Stat, Welsh Govt) on StatsWales
- Penny Babb (Office for Stats Regulation) on new Code
- @mhwauben.bsky.social (GLA) on Data for London Library
- Michelle Waters (ONS) on Census 2031
Come to @publicdigital.bsky.social Data Bites #60 (SW1/online) with:
- Steph Howarth (Chief Stat, Welsh Govt) on StatsWales
- Penny Babb (Office for Stats Regulation) on new Code
- @mhwauben.bsky.social (GLA) on Data for London Library
- Michelle Waters (ONS) on Census 2031
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I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
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Barely mentioned but that now notorious Trump Panorama *wasn’t made by the BBC*
It was an indie production (as so much is)
Even if was BBC, head of news or DG would wouldn’t have been involved in edits
It was an indie production (as so much is)
Even if was BBC, head of news or DG would wouldn’t have been involved in edits
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Barely mentioned but that now notorious Trump Panorama *wasn’t made by the BBC*
It was an indie production (as so much is)
Even if was BBC, head of news or DG would wouldn’t have been involved in edits
It was an indie production (as so much is)
Even if was BBC, head of news or DG would wouldn’t have been involved in edits
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It's like the crocodile story Ken Clarke once told me. You can feed buns to the crocodiles until the cows come home.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
Two heads rolling won’t stop rot at the BBC
The corporation’s mindset is hermetically sealed and cannot cope with any dissenting view
www.thetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's like the crocodile story Ken Clarke once told me. You can feed buns to the crocodiles until the cows come home.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
We no longer live in the Imagined Community that we used to - and we better cop on to it
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We no longer live in the Imagined Community that we used to - and we better cop on to it
It seems to lil'ol naïve me that the vote winning political stance to take in Trump Vs The Beeb is: holding a club and spattered with Trump's blood
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It seems to lil'ol naïve me that the vote winning political stance to take in Trump Vs The Beeb is: holding a club and spattered with Trump's blood
seconded @support.bsky.team
Hello @support.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
seconded @support.bsky.team
I'm the guy outside Tescos on Picardy Place begging "edit me plz"
Cannae get no-one to edit nothin in Scotland for love nor money
Cannae get no-one to edit nothin in Scotland for love nor money
Once more I am begging those of you with Substacks to get an editor to look over your long, heartfelt screeds.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I'm the guy outside Tescos on Picardy Place begging "edit me plz"
Cannae get no-one to edit nothin in Scotland for love nor money
Cannae get no-one to edit nothin in Scotland for love nor money
To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of launching the ONS website in 2026 (the highlight of my career) I'm going to have one last swing at a Gov big data initiative (but not 'Big Data!') and will return to the Civil Service as Head of Products & Services for the National Data Library in January!
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
How the government should leave Twitter
by not leaving twitter
digitalpolicy.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Don't make me tap the footnote to Notes on AI in Foundations Of The Digital State
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Don't make me tap the footnote to Notes on AI in Foundations Of The Digital State
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was gonna joke that schumer agreed to add ballroom funding to the bill but decided it would be too believable
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
was gonna joke that schumer agreed to add ballroom funding to the bill but decided it would be too believable
Actually Trump trying (and failing) to sue the BBC would be grand
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Actually Trump trying (and failing) to sue the BBC would be grand
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The other fact that people are ignoring is that Prescott is not some random chap plucked out of obscurity to do an 'independent' report. He's part of the campaign from the start.
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The other fact that people are ignoring is that Prescott is not some random chap plucked out of obscurity to do an 'independent' report. He's part of the campaign from the start.
Move over Satanic Wedding, new hellmouth in town
hashtag FML
hashtag FML
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Move over Satanic Wedding, new hellmouth in town
hashtag FML
hashtag FML
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At £5.9bn a year, it's clear the BBC is woefully underfunded given what we expect it do to. E.g. the main three streaming platforms (Netflix, Amazon and Apple) seem to spend about $45bn a year on content production, none of it at all important to democracy. It's time for a £10bn BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
At £5.9bn a year, it's clear the BBC is woefully underfunded given what we expect it do to. E.g. the main three streaming platforms (Netflix, Amazon and Apple) seem to spend about $45bn a year on content production, none of it at all important to democracy. It's time for a £10bn BBC.
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@richardpope.org does a great job of showing that it's often senior leadership misunderstandings and desire for "big bang comms" that damage good work already in progress (this time on digital ID).
www.rpp.works/ways-of-doin...
www.rpp.works/ways-of-doin...
www.rpp.works
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
@richardpope.org does a great job of showing that it's often senior leadership misunderstandings and desire for "big bang comms" that damage good work already in progress (this time on digital ID).
www.rpp.works/ways-of-doin...
www.rpp.works/ways-of-doin...
Captcha: select all the squares with <ME> in them
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Captcha: select all the squares with <ME> in them
well folks @opentechcalendar.co.uk is back, if you're OG Tech Community Development in Scotland you know what that means, if ya ain't ya oughta will soon
The rebuild from Covid has been long and slow but things is happening
The rebuild from Covid has been long and slow but things is happening
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
well folks @opentechcalendar.co.uk is back, if you're OG Tech Community Development in Scotland you know what that means, if ya ain't ya oughta will soon
The rebuild from Covid has been long and slow but things is happening
The rebuild from Covid has been long and slow but things is happening
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Just as a matter of complete pedantry on this “internal BBC dossier” story the telegraph have been going insane about for 3 days, the bloke who wrote it was an independent external advisor so how can it be an internal dossier?
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Just as a matter of complete pedantry on this “internal BBC dossier” story the telegraph have been going insane about for 3 days, the bloke who wrote it was an independent external advisor so how can it be an internal dossier?
The same scam that was used to attack US universities is now being used to attack the BBC - its a nonsense
The UK is being played
The UK is being played
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The same scam that was used to attack US universities is now being used to attack the BBC - its a nonsense
The UK is being played
The UK is being played
Great read - strong Saddam-rebuilds-Babylon stuff
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Great read - strong Saddam-rebuilds-Babylon stuff