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		devnullbrain on Aug 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We need to liberate the Postcode Address File But they already have. The Post Office was still nationalised when post codes were distributed.

n4r9 on Aug 23, 2024 [–]

True, but it's specifically the modern UK government - with its penchant for outsourcing jobs to ministers mates and bloated contractors - whose competency at large scale projects I dread.

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