Comments on: Secrets and lies: The UK’s troubled regime of freedom of information https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-journal-posts/secrets-and-lies-the-uks-troubled-regime-of-freedom-of-information/ Legal news, insider insight and careers advice Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:15:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6 By: G https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-journal-posts/secrets-and-lies-the-uks-troubled-regime-of-freedom-of-information/#comment-1180242 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:15:28 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?post_type=lc-journal-posts&p=176545#comment-1180242 I liked your article. In some legal jurisdictions it is an offence to obstruct or mislead the information commissioner office regarding access to information requests, such as during an investigation arising from complaints from the public.

]]> By: Ryszard https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-journal-posts/secrets-and-lies-the-uks-troubled-regime-of-freedom-of-information/#comment-1161564 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:05:04 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?post_type=lc-journal-posts&p=176545#comment-1161564 “you can be open or you can have government” – There is definitely a pattern of authorities looking to escape accountability, for example by outsourcing tasks to external consultants.

It’s not just a right-wing thing either. Activists in public authorities love “commercial” confidentiality when they are forcing controversial racial or gender identity politics into schools. Organisations like Don’t Divide Us have found a clear pattern.

In fact today’s Left has wholly embraced all the methods of merging state and corporate power that used to be the Right’s reserve.

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