Re: So telling

Fat Freddy's Cat wrote:
> "Richard Miller" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ZGIYZxQ10ltDFwNP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Two stories in the Guardian today, one with a legal theme, seemed to me
>> tell us a lot about this Government.
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1675760,00.html
>>
>> Falconer signals curbs on 'irresponsible' information requests
>>
>> I have some sympathy for the view that some requests, particularly from
>> journalists, seem frivolous and a waste of time. But that is what happens
>> when you have *freedom* of information
>
> Richard, you dont have to look very far even within this group to see how
> 'frivolous' requests *will* spoil FOI... I actually stated such a thing to
> one Robert Henderson very recently.
>
> In Scotland, more than 3/4 of the requests from press to the executive
> have
> come from just *one* journalist - he is even beginning to piss off his
> fellow journos...!
>
> Anyway, if the number of frivolous, vexatious and downright stupid
> requests
> keep pouring in then the authorities have no choice but to tighten up -
> the
> amount of time taken with such requests mean folks in public office cant
> get
> on with their real jobs for dealing with nutcases and time-wasters.

Dont be fooled, frivolous = those the government dont want to release. They
have been blocking almost all requests involving their conduct, but leaning
heavily on their friends in the media to request specific documents from
the Major era.

Gaz

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