£400M+ cost of cleanup after Afghanistan data leak
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg8zy78787o
Makes me feel better about any time I've screwed up. There's something about Data Protection that's asymetrically easy to mess up up massively.
Makes me feel better about any time I've screwed up. There's something about Data Protection that's asymetrically easy to mess up up massively.
Watch this for info from the inside (of the super injunction)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdc6MHlTOTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdc6MHlTOTQ
Edited by GetCarter on Tuesday 15th July 14:25
GiantEnemyCrab said:
I have given up putting any value in these large figures for 'government spending plans' as there is never enough detail to see if it is b
ks or not.
eg 400m seems very high - but what does it include? Over how many years? Direct or indirect costs?
Hardly top tier journalism.
Other reporting gives different sets of numbers.ks or not.eg 400m seems very high - but what does it include? Over how many years? Direct or indirect costs?
Hardly top tier journalism.
Given the number of people involved the costs will inevitably be substantial, especially long term.
The secondary issue appears to be the very strong injunction that blocked this being discussed at all.
Condi said:
More Tory government smoke and mirrors.
I bet they're delighted they're not in power any more. The whole thing was a ticking timebomb. Not just this, but everything they had left.
Isn't this Government government? Not party political? Tories don't man all of the the MoD and FO for example. I bet they're delighted they're not in power any more. The whole thing was a ticking timebomb. Not just this, but everything they had left.
RobB_ said:
Isn't this Government government? Not party political? Tories don't man all of the the MoD and FO for example.
Not sure what you mean Government government? Watch the interview in the Youtube video and it's reasonably clear the reason they didn't want it to come out was largely because the Government of the time (Sunak's government) was trying to look tough on immigration and tough on asylum seekers. Revealing that 18,000 people, plus their families, were being secretly flown here because someone lost a USB stick does rather undermine that message. Not ideal, months ahead of an election!
z4RRSchris said:
"Mr Healey proposed a new Afghan resettlement scheme, merging the two existing schemes to create the Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP). It would aim to evacuate around 36,000 people, 28,500 of whom would be affected by the data leak, at a cost of up to £7.23bn."
7 billion quid.
7 Billion to the Labour Government is nothing really. It pays for 3 bat tunnels and 100m of railway line on the HS2 project!7 billion quid.
4.7AMV8 said:
7 Billion to the Labour Government is nothing really. It pays for 3 bat tunnels and 100m of railway line on the HS2 project!
Except it was all done under the last Tory government. Nothing to do with Labour. Bit like the bat tunnels and HS2. Also Tory projects.
Have you got a very short memory, or just prefer to re-write history?
Condi said:
Not sure what you mean Government government?
Watch the interview in the Youtube video and it's reasonably clear the reason they didn't want it to come out was largely because the Government of the time (Sunak's government) was trying to look tough on immigration and tough on asylum seekers. Revealing that 18,000 people, plus their families, were being secretly flown here because someone lost a USB stick does rather undermine that message. Not ideal, months ahead of an election!
Why would a red tie have made any difference to the policies, systems and manning of the civil service? It would have been the same result - you don't announce to the world that a secret list that an oppressive government would want has leaked out.Watch the interview in the Youtube video and it's reasonably clear the reason they didn't want it to come out was largely because the Government of the time (Sunak's government) was trying to look tough on immigration and tough on asylum seekers. Revealing that 18,000 people, plus their families, were being secretly flown here because someone lost a USB stick does rather undermine that message. Not ideal, months ahead of an election!
Condi said:
4.7AMV8 said:
7 Billion to the Labour Government is nothing really. It pays for 3 bat tunnels and 100m of railway line on the HS2 project!
Except it was all done under the last Tory government. Nothing to do with Labour. Bit like the bat tunnels and HS2. Also Tory projects.
Have you got a very short memory, or just prefer to re-write history?
But I will accept I tarred Labour with Tory brush….but now Labour are in power they can make amends instead of blaming their decisions on “last 12 years of Tory rule”.
Is someone going to ask a moderator to amend the thread title? As 400m won't cover the solicitors cost for the likely £1bn + that's going to be claimed in compensation.
Never mind the cost of moving housing and looking after these people.
Accidents happen, but this makes Ratners speech on his cr@p jewellery seem like a cheap mistake.
Never mind the cost of moving housing and looking after these people.
Accidents happen, but this makes Ratners speech on his cr@p jewellery seem like a cheap mistake.
Undoubtedly the numbers will be much higher than predicted and also many multiples of our highest military deployment count at any one time. No doubt lawyers will now work hard to get many more over here so they can then make individual compensation claims for every one.
We were there for 20 years. It became clear long before the end that they had no real will to defend their country, they just wanted the influx of money to continue. When it was decided that enough was enough they folded to the taliban in a few days despite vastly outnumbering them and having far better equipment and training - we were mugged.
This has to be the worst mistake a UK government has ever made - this will become increasingly apparent in the years to come.
We were there for 20 years. It became clear long before the end that they had no real will to defend their country, they just wanted the influx of money to continue. When it was decided that enough was enough they folded to the taliban in a few days despite vastly outnumbering them and having far better equipment and training - we were mugged.
This has to be the worst mistake a UK government has ever made - this will become increasingly apparent in the years to come.
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