Comments on Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy: The Price of Freedom of Information

As a single parent of 3 working full time and stru...

2008-05-25T20:52:00.000+01:00

As a single parent of 3 working full time and struggling to make ends meet because I am being robbed blind by this government, all of this makes my blood pressure go 'off the scale'. They are parasites. Well done Heather and the Sunday Times.

Splendid tits!

2008-05-25T04:17:00.000+01:00

Splendid tits!

All these expenses can in future go into the newly...

2008-05-25T01:22:00.000+01:00

All these expenses can in future go into the newly installed SAP system in Whitehall...... after they understand these german error messages that keep appearing.

SAP will be another huge omney drain, but at least it'll provide a decent audit trail.

colin,in answer to your question;alan and ann keen...

2008-05-24T11:54:00.000+01:00

colin,
in answer to your question;
alan and ann keen are a pair of thieves.

In the first trance of revelations, the one that s...

2008-05-23T20:32:00.000+01:00

In the first trance of revelations, the one that sticks out the most is related to Alan and Ann Keen. This pair of chancers represent constituencies in West London. So why on earth do they need a TAX PAYER funded flat in central London, the address of which has been redacted?

I wouldn't be surprised if their PARASITE PAD is further away from Westminster than either Brentford or Feltham, hence the enhanced secrecy...

anonospastic 9.03,you sound like a fucking moron.t...

2008-05-23T18:21:00.000+01:00

anonospastic 9.03,
you sound like a fucking moron.
this was about the public interest, not a formula for a new type of toothpaste you cunt.

Don't suppose Jonathan is any relation to Ungoed-T...

2008-05-23T11:35:00.000+01:00

Don't suppose Jonathan is any relation to Ungoed-Thomas & King, solicitors in Carmarthen?

Next stop - let's rid ourselves of the Speaker.

2008-05-23T10:41:00.000+01:00

Next stop - let's rid ourselves of the Speaker.

Not sure you've got the right story there about th...

2008-05-23T10:34:00.000+01:00

Not sure you've got the right story there about the Speaker hiring dedicated Counsel. That, on its own, is no big deal - the Speaker always has a lawyer. The question is why is the current Counsel leaving now?

And the fact that Heather is selling this story to the Sunday Times shows exactly why the Commons was right to refuse her original request for all the details of all the MPs. That would have taken ages to compile, and the tax-payers would have subsidised her cheque from Murdoch.

That girl's got nice tits! Rock and bloody roll!

2008-05-23T09:22:00.000+01:00

That girl's got nice tits! Rock and bloody roll!

Ooh, I say..Ding Dong !

2008-05-23T09:10:00.000+01:00

Ooh, I say..Ding Dong !

Heather Brooke said.Hey - lay off my paps!That is ...

2008-05-22T21:55:00.000+01:00

Heather Brooke said.

Hey - lay off my paps!

That is easier said than done :)

Well done Heather you really do deserve a medal for your efforts in exposing Westminster expense accounts.

Your tits do too, if only as innocent bystanders. :)

I think this is a good idea - if someone has put t...

2008-05-22T21:03:00.000+01:00

I think this is a good idea - if someone has put time & money into this, they should get first bite.

It is common when doing scientific research with publicly owned equipment (big colliders, Hubble telescope) for the scientist(s) who designed the experiments to get the data on a confidential basis for a period of time, allowing them priority in publication etc. After a fixed date it is released to everyone.

Makes my day to see that fat fucker Gorbals Mick f...

2008-05-22T20:34:00.001+01:00

Makes my day to see that fat fucker Gorbals Mick forced to bite the bullet.
Wonder how long more he'll last? He has really degraded the position of Speaker. Oh well, that's Socialist scum for you.

‘Can tapeworms fuck humans?’This question as been ...

2008-05-22T20:34:00.000+01:00

‘Can tapeworms fuck humans?’

This question as been asked for many years, but only in the last decade has the question been answered. Yes it is true, tapeworms can fuck humans, but the worm must be Scottish and overweight, while the human must be a British tax payer. If those conditions are met a lot of fucking can be achieved.

What is the world coming to - not a single pun on ...

2008-05-22T19:47:00.000+01:00

What is the world coming to - not a single pun on the word "porking", and nobody said "I'd like to get my hands on her figure" etc - Tory bloggers are sooo PC - they must be electable again.

Heather, You are absolutely scrummy and get my vot...

2008-05-22T19:42:00.000+01:00

Heather, You are absolutely scrummy and get my vote for 'Babe of the Year'..

But you're not just a pretty face and deserve a medal [or at least your own TV series] for doing this.

Well done, my girl !!

hmmm... first of all Heather was becoming a hero o...

2008-05-22T18:23:00.000+01:00

hmmm... first of all Heather was becoming a hero of mine, but now I'm starting to think she's a bit of a spastic. let's be honest, integrity-wise, the times is a piece of shit.
note to heather: stop fucking about. your whole legal argument was the public interest angle, because the expenses in question were public funds. as that remains the case, stop being such a spastic heather, and get those fucking receipts on-line pronto.
don't exploit the taxpayers like the MPs do, for fucks sake!
bollocks to the times. they're a bunch of cunts.

This ludicrous situation, where FOI requests aren'...

2008-05-22T17:58:00.000+01:00

This ludicrous situation, where FOI requests aren't freely available (and in fact still subject to copyright) was highlighted by good ol' Chris Lightfoot here:
http://www.ex-parrot.com/~chris/wwwitter/20060712-information_wants_to_be_free_but_the_foreign_office_doesnt.html where an ex-diplomat was threatened by the foreign office for putting up info from a FOI request.

It was probably the impetuous for www.whatdotheyknow.com where FOI requests are laid bare to try and circumvent this daftness. (Which people should use more).

Leave it out! I have never fiddled expenses, or ro...

2008-05-22T16:26:00.000+01:00

Leave it out! I have never fiddled expenses, or robbed the taxpayer. I must strongly object to being compared to the greedy parasite class that infests Westminster.

Totty Watch seconded

2008-05-22T16:08:00.000+01:00

Totty Watch seconded

er, yes, and, no

2008-05-22T15:56:00.000+01:00

er, yes, and, no

Do you know the buggers are off again today for 10...

2008-05-22T15:53:00.000+01:00

Do you know the buggers are off again today for 10 days for their Whitsun recess. They've only been back a month since their Easter recess. What a cushy number -it's like a glorifried public school. Do they have tuck boxes?

Recess

Christmas
18 December 2007
7 January 2008

Half Term
7 February 2008
18 February 2008

Easter
3 April 2008
21 April 2008

Whitsun
22 May 2008
2 June 2008

Summer
22 July 2008
6 October 2008

I wish it were normal practice for public authorit...

2008-05-22T15:32:00.000+01:00

I wish it were normal practice for public authorities to publish responses to FOI requests publically on the web!

But it isn't, they normally just send it to the requestor.

The exclusive is only short - I'm sure Heather wil distribute the documents on Sunday after the paper gets its sales boost. And if she didn't, you can always request it again.

Meanwhile - Guido, if you're so keen on making FOI requests in public, how about using WhatDoTheyKnow, mySociety's new site to help people make Freedom of Information requests.

There's some juicy stuff on there.

When McTwats expenses were nearly released a coupl...

2008-05-22T14:21:00.000+01:00

When McTwats expenses were nearly released a couple of months ago amongst others and the release then quickly stopped by Gorbals Mick's legal action....I seem to recall the spin on the Today programme that morning was that McTwats expenses contained a "Human mistake" and that there was nothing dodgy about them "honest". They will make an interesting read when released (assuming the haven't been shredded unfortunately like Mr. Blair's
O/T but isn't shredding material subject to an FOI request a criminal office ?
Not noticed the prosecution yet (and I won't hold my breath)!