So Blair's a techophobe, and anyone with even a minor interest in UK Govt IT projects - that's every UK tax payer - ought to be appalled by the Prime Minister's casual admittance of incompetance.

Being ignorant of technology isn't big and it isn't clever. If you're the guy with the ultimate responsibility for signing off the biggest (and to date least successful) technology projects in the UK you really ought to have at least an inkling about what you're doing.

Maybe - god forbid - he's got Carly lined up to hold his hand...