The government has once again vested interest in the world at large. Leave it to the Clegg Cameron Coalition to take care of the details of our Earth.
What is it this week then? Global warming? The war in Iraq? The BP issue? That crazy mad-head geezer who was killing people and running away? Pakistan’s current predicament? The recession? Poverty?
Well it seems as though it’s not quite as important as all of that. The world will look after itself to make way for the GREAT DEBATE. Ladies and gentlemen.. here is the dirt.
The development of Government iPhone apps has been halted after it was revealed the previous administration spent tens of thousands of pounds creating individual apps.
The Department for Work and Pensions spent £32,755 for a job search app that has been downloaded 50,000 times on the iPhone, while a still unfinished DVLA app was expected to cost £40,000, according to a BBC investigation.
That’s right everybody! iPhones! i-bloody-Phones!
The government is covering all bases with iPhone apps for your health (that’s right folks, for just 7p you can have your very own NHS drinks tracker!) and more widgets than you could wave a stylus at (not that you would.. a stylus?!!!). I’m enjoying the fact that our two golden boys are keeping their ear to the ground and giving the public what it wants. Seems a shame that the ground they’re stuck too is just outside an Apple store, maybe it’s time we started having a bit more power in our voting than “the red ones or the blue ones”.
I’d like to propose a program that allows us to see the government as a series of financial investments instead of a leech on our funds. If I saw something being visibly done I’m sure I’d feel at peace with that #hashtag of the beast. TAX. Of course this proposition is nothing more than a whimsical pipe-dream for which I intend to do absolutely nothing. Perhaps this is among the problems we have as a nation.
None-the-less. I think we should have a version of shared savings accounts with the MPs and their expenditures. We don’t mind if they spend over budget, as long as they’re going to be there to get us a round when we’ve done the same.
/rant