Update: the Wikipedia entry came back up at 23:45. Looks slick..

Tony Blair has vanished from Wikipedia.

Looking at the history file, there does appear to be a mass of activity this past week, with the entry being removed completely today.

Could it be that the Blair is the Great Leader whitewash machine getting a new version ready for us? or could NuLab be operating a soviet style leadership changeover, where the former is never to be mentioned again.

We wait with some anticipation.

In setting up the Serious Organised Crime Agency, the state has set out to create an Alsatia – a region of executive action free of judicial oversight. Although the statutory powers can intrude heavily, and sometimes ruinously, into civil rights and obligations, the supervisory role which the court would otherwise have is limited by its primary obligation to give effect to Parliament’s clearly expressed intentions.   more »

In a precedent-setting case, the Information Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), ordering it to publish its Gateway reviews of the programme. The tribunal ruled, in a 40-page decision published today, that the public interest in disclosing the reports - which assess the business case for ID cards - outweighed the public interest in keeping them secret.   more »

Labour organisers in Scotland are already claiming victory, and getting the Independent to publish results of postal votes BEFORE the voting is complete. Has this election been rigged?   more »

Register offices across the UK have been hit by computer failures affecting the registration of births and deaths. The IT system went live nationally in mid-March after pilots in half a dozen offices. The software, supplied by Mantech, runs on an infrastructure designed by National Statistics (NS) and installed by Siemens. Problems with slowness and timing out have forced NS to abandon the new system.   more »

The ever brilliant writing of Boris Johnson this morning makes the best suggestion yet that I have seen for Blair’s future contribution to Britain, for his own good you understand.   more »

A computer containing the bank details of thousands of hospital staff has been stolen from an NHS building, it has been revealed. The computer contains bank and personal information about staff at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust but does not contain any patient records. The database contained details of around 5,000 employees who work at the trust's three sites.   more »