The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice is blocking the release of basic information about the judge who is to rule on Julian Assange’s extradition to the US in what appears to be an irregular application of the Freedom of Information Act, it can be revealed.
Secrecy
Thousands of historic British government files censored after ‘independent’ watchdog approves over 99% of secrecy requests
by PHIL MILLER | 25 July 2020
TAGGED: BAE Systems, GCHQ, MI5, Saudi Arabia
British diplomatic files about Saudi Arabia and mercenaries are among over 6,000 documents recently censored from the National Archives – by an ‘independent’ oversight panel containing former spies and government officials.
Revealed: UK Home Office paid £80,000 to a lobby group which has funded Conservative MPs
by MATT KENNARD | 14 July 2020
The Conservative government gave more than £80,000 to a right-wing lobby group which has paid thousands of pounds in benefits to Priti Patel, now home secretary, and Michael Gove, now cabinet office minister, it can be revealed.
The Westminster model of democracy was already unwell – Coronavirus has further exposed its limits
by REBECCA FISHER | 15 May 2020
TAGGED: Coronavirus
With coronavirus killing tens of thousands of Britons, the government’s poor response to the crisis shows that the UK’s current form of ‘democracy’ cannot protect the public. The ‘Westminster model’ was developed to promote unregulated economic growth and prevent the public from real participation in how society is run.
The ‘English disease’: Whitehall’s addiction to official secrecy
by RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR | 5 March 2020
Britain’s secret state and the need for whistle-blowing
by KATHARINE GUN | 5 March 2020
TAGGED: GCHQ, Iraq