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Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by JonnieCache on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @10:33AM (#2536570)
Given the resemblance to Newspeak, and the also rather humorous state of their error page, you're probably right.

Although from a government that seriously thought they could sell off all the forests without anyone getting annoyed, I am unwilling to assume anything.

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Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by simonw on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @10:33AM (#2536573)
Not a joke, a typo - it's "Spin v.s. Trust" - http://twitter.com/alphagov/status/68322599503011840

(@alphagov turned round an answer to my question in less than a minute!)

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Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by corin_ on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @01:32PM (#2537322)
Can't help but feel that they opted for spin over trust in that reply, I can't see how they meant that to be a 'v'.

My guess, and obviously I could be wrong, is that it was an internal joke, but not meant to be for public consumption for fear that people wouldn't get it and would criticise them for it.

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Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by bkudria on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @02:50PM (#2537793)
It's clearly a 'v', the marker was just a bit dry. Go do something productive.
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