The National Cyber Force is filling up its ranks ahead of a big launch later in the year at Samlesbury, near Preston. A joint MoD and GCHQ operation, the Cyber Force is a unified command intended to develop offensive cyber response capabilities, e.g. “keeping UK military aircraft safe from targeting by hostile weapons systems.” But can it do so inclusively?
The NCF is also responsible for “countering threats from terrorists, criminals and states using the internet to operate across borders in order to do harm to the UK and other democratic societies.” It is now bolstering its ranks with a “Transformation Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Lead” to help deliver the Force’s “EDI and Culture Strategy,” which is apparently a “strategic priority.” The £36,530 hire will be responsible for “planning and execution of annual internal and external Inclusion events” and “representing the partnership at EDI boards, focus groups and communities of practice.“ Bad news for terrorists across the globe…
The spooks warn: “Emotional Intelligence will be critical to understanding and showing empathy for the challenges our people face” and the individual will have to be “passionate about building an inclusive culture for all.” Foreign states’ cyber operations will be quaking in their boots…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”