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
Elections were held after the Nazis came to power in January 1933 and the Nazi's only won 1/3rd of the vote
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Elections were held after the Nazis came to power in January 1933 and the Nazi's only won 1/3rd of the vote
Winter evening Embra
November 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Winter evening Embra
Winter evening Embra
November 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Winter evening Embra
House Rules
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
House Rules
Thsts me bottom left
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Thsts me bottom left
There's a Nobel Prize in the person who can explain why hot ribena is the hottest liquid known to man
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There's a Nobel Prize in the person who can explain why hot ribena is the hottest liquid known to man
somewhere, someone is glueing the pieces of the Edstone back together
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
somewhere, someone is glueing the pieces of the Edstone back together
ChatGPT what?
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
ChatGPT what?
The Irish passport has Ulster-Scots in it...
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The Irish passport has Ulster-Scots in it...
Blimey my failed PhD after my supervisor abandoned me, for 20 years I couldn't look at it without crying, and here's me pulling it out lolol
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Blimey my failed PhD after my supervisor abandoned me, for 20 years I couldn't look at it without crying, and here's me pulling it out lolol
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
my bad 1970, the GDR recognised the border in 1950, the BRD in 1970 (whilst not recognising the existence of the GDR) and the post-Soviet united Germany tidyied up what was not a disputed border
By contrast the UK border was comprehensively disputed
By contrast the UK border was comprehensively disputed
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
my bad 1970, the GDR recognised the border in 1950, the BRD in 1970 (whilst not recognising the existence of the GDR) and the post-Soviet united Germany tidyied up what was not a disputed border
By contrast the UK border was comprehensively disputed
By contrast the UK border was comprehensively disputed
...and on the matter of legislative iteration, the reformed Scottish parliament and Welsh Senate are better placed to do it.
We tend to talk of the political urge to reform the UK constitution and less of the administrative necessity, but that is very real - a pre-Napoleonic state is not acceptable
We tend to talk of the political urge to reform the UK constitution and less of the administrative necessity, but that is very real - a pre-Napoleonic state is not acceptable
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
...and on the matter of legislative iteration, the reformed Scottish parliament and Welsh Senate are better placed to do it.
We tend to talk of the political urge to reform the UK constitution and less of the administrative necessity, but that is very real - a pre-Napoleonic state is not acceptable
We tend to talk of the political urge to reform the UK constitution and less of the administrative necessity, but that is very real - a pre-Napoleonic state is not acceptable
Your big IT project will go through puberty after 2-3 years - expect it, plan for it and it won't be a crisis
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Your big IT project will go through puberty after 2-3 years - expect it, plan for it and it won't be a crisis
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
Legislation is already iterative software development - why don't we focus on continuously improving this working process?
It makes digital systems, maybe badly, but it is complete and ripe for improvement
It makes digital systems, maybe badly, but it is complete and ripe for improvement
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Legislation is already iterative software development - why don't we focus on continuously improving this working process?
It makes digital systems, maybe badly, but it is complete and ripe for improvement
It makes digital systems, maybe badly, but it is complete and ripe for improvement
We have some problems of success to deal with...
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We have some problems of success to deal with...
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
Naively reading across from the private sector to the public sector is a mistake - Government is Government
There is a lot to learn from iteration in the tech sector, but it must be learned and applied in context, not blindly copied...
There is a lot to learn from iteration in the tech sector, but it must be learned and applied in context, not blindly copied...
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Naively reading across from the private sector to the public sector is a mistake - Government is Government
There is a lot to learn from iteration in the tech sector, but it must be learned and applied in context, not blindly copied...
There is a lot to learn from iteration in the tech sector, but it must be learned and applied in context, not blindly copied...
This is an exact description of Tony Blair and the Iraq War
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is an exact description of Tony Blair and the Iraq War
Great read - strong Saddam-rebuilds-Babylon stuff
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Great read - strong Saddam-rebuilds-Babylon stuff
if King Offa's golden penny in Latin and Arabic is abything tongo by, I'd say Birmingham in the 8th C
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
if King Offa's golden penny in Latin and Arabic is abything tongo by, I'd say Birmingham in the 8th C
We are going to build Georgian houses on the moon when the cabinet guide to making legislation doesn't even mention technology? Really?
Any anglo-futurism that doesn't address a political apparatus that is pre-Napoleonic, a parliament that has a dead revising chamber that you can buy seats in...
Any anglo-futurism that doesn't address a political apparatus that is pre-Napoleonic, a parliament that has a dead revising chamber that you can buy seats in...
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We are going to build Georgian houses on the moon when the cabinet guide to making legislation doesn't even mention technology? Really?
Any anglo-futurism that doesn't address a political apparatus that is pre-Napoleonic, a parliament that has a dead revising chamber that you can buy seats in...
Any anglo-futurism that doesn't address a political apparatus that is pre-Napoleonic, a parliament that has a dead revising chamber that you can buy seats in...