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.
