A judge disbelieves a billionaire who claims to have gained his money by winning the lottery 80 times. That's 14 million to one against winning it once, and one in 43 quadrillion of winning it that many times...
Neighbours everybody loves good neighbours. Except the BBC, that is, who won't fork out £300M to continue showing the programme. Thank fuck for that!
The frenzied reporting of the missing McCann child...does not serve justice. I posted my comment that I suspect that the McCanns will not be phoning the Crimestoppers hotline to inform the police as to the whereabouts of Madeliene.
I wonder if the BBC intend to bring back The Prime Suspects, this time starring Gerry and Kate McCann?
MPs back squalid curbs on Freedom of Information Act. They are seeking to hide their sleaze from public scrutiny.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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Friday, May 18, 2007
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Lord Falconer's act of folly...Watered down FOI
Lord Falconer, the caretaker Minister of Justice, has attempted to defend the government's proposal to limit the Freedom of Information Act so that it becomes, in effect, a non-Freedom of Information Act.
How is it in the interests of the public for the government to limit the press from obtaining information on behalf of the public? How can Lord Falconer claim that it is not an attempt to return to secret government?
Democracy prevails when there is a free press and a strong opposition. Given that the Tories are as strong as a wet tissue at present, attempting to gag the media by preventing access to information would be like Stalin's Russia or Hitler's Germany.
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