Show notes: NHS security concerns, Iraqi Awakenings and landmine beauty queens
The stories and interviewees in today's programme.
The security of NHS data
This week we made investigations into the security of our medical records on the NHS database and interviewed a security consultant who'd looked at the NHS system in detail.
As a result we spoke to Helen Wilkinson from The Big Opt Out concerning recent NHS guidance changes on how personal data is transferred around the UK.
The Iraq Awakenings group
The Last of Iraqi's blog post on the Awakenings group who've reclaimed their suburb in Baghdad, formerly under the control of Al Quaeda. Another Iraqi blogger, Salam Adil, has pulled together the mixed response of other bloggers to the Awakenings movement.
We also spoke to the Baghdad-based reporter Amit Paley from The Washington Post who's written that Iraqi's are joining the insurgency for 'cash rather than cause'.
The US Military's Chief spokesperson Admiral Gregory J. Smith responded.
My Favourites
Award-winning British actor Jonathan Pryce told us his favourite websites.
Blogging politicians
The problem with politicians on the internet. Marc blogged on this topic earlier in the week and we recorded a discussion between blogging Liberal Democrat MP Lynne Featherstone and Phil Hendren, who blogs as Dizzy Thinks.
Landmine beauties
The controversial Miss Landmine beauty pageant.
Crowdsourcing the new England manager
This idea came from a post on the Virtual Economics blog. More about crowdsourcing on Wikipedia.
The stories that didn't make it this week
Half a Shandy - comments from The Stirrer who reported that it may be against the law to get drunk in Birmingham pubs this Christmas - a story we may pick up again nearer the festive period.
Blogging from Iran - try as we might, we didn't get Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, next time...
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Comments
Good job guys, I enjoyed the programme very much. Can I suggest something for next week? Listening this week to the Broons (Des and Gordon) giving their opinion on the MODs budget, which contrasted radically with the ex-chiefs, it struck me that if I was a humble squaddie or junior officer, I'm unlikely to tell either the Defence Secretary or an admiral/general/air marshall what I really think. So what about consulting the military blogosphere? By the way what's the collective noun for a group of ex-chiefs of staff? A gong? A sounding brass?
Some weeks ago now an 'expert' on road safety was interviewed on PM. He told the audience of listeners that there was no road safety education taking place in primary schools in this country.
I was furious to hear this complete inaccuracy being given air time on PM. I, myself belong to a local school comittee whos precise remit has been to produce a 'Travel Plan' that sets out how the primary school will reduce the numbers of children travelling to school by car and improve the health of those children. To achieve this we train the children in road safety and then the children join a walking 'crocodile', manned by trained parents that walks the children to school, every morning.
This scheme is part of Buckinghamshires Safer Routes to School Campaign.