Comments on: Freedom of Information Act

By: newbeard 56

newbeard 56 — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:54:27 +0000

Freedom of information? Yeh - right.
Obviously, the only juicy bits released will be anything that damages the opposition. Probably have to wait til our glorious leader and his chums have been removed before we really know of any of their skeletons in the variuos cupboards. Sad isn’t it?

By: PapaLazzzaru

PapaLazzzaru — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:43:54 +0000

Well it was fairly obvious right from the off that this Act was going to act like a red flag to a bull for everyone with an axe to grind; it was also obvious (well, to me, anyway) that this Government was always going to have to bullshit its way around the rules as it has far too much to hide. Still, it’s gratifying that at least in one small way democracy is winning and whenever the government has a sticky question to answer one will feel satisfaction that at last they are being hoist with their own petard, if only for a few minutes. Because we all know that the rules will be bent, broken and tied every which way before this government tells us the truth about some things, Iraq not least and the Attorney Generals advice on the legality of invasion.

By: aunty q

aunty q — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:28:45 +0000

Ha, listen to Radio 4 in the mornings these days and you’ll hear the clarion call to all those aspiring prizewinning journalists out there - there are lots of cans of worms and cats in bags just waiting to be prised open by anyone with the right tools!
Also, shouldn’t that "thin line" read as "the thin end of the wedge"? Dont’cha just love the bit about "exemptions on what was judged to be the economic interest of the nation"? Personally it would be in my economic interests to have full access to the shenanigans my bank gets up to with my hard-earned cash…