tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9783312.post1858317731064403391..comments2007-08-24T11:34:33.547+01:00Ted Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05125669216823516915noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9783312.post-78442570539987203632007-08-24T11:34:33.547+01:002007-08-24T11:34:33.547+01:00I hope I am treading on no-one's toes here but have up-loaded this piece's address to the BBC's "suggest a story we cover" site. You never know.....Pritchard Buckminsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13289666984983242377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9783312.post-88485722181298499502007-08-23T23:13:18.197+01:002007-08-23T23:13:18.197+01:00Unbelievable - I really hate that mayor. I've linked you in my post about this - interestingly enough, when I called them a few months ago to ask for the CCTV footage of accidents and near misses that they had promised on their website to give anyone who asked, they told me that I couldn't have it.<BR/><BR/>Well done for getting hold of this. Top rate journalism.Major Gripehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138697126714165835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9783312.post-50443269694705483612007-08-23T10:51:17.488+01:002007-08-23T10:51:17.488+01:00Gerald,<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I understand your question. There is no rule saying that public bodies have to automatically publich internal reports, but if you suspect that a public body may have documents that are interesting they must have a good reason (within the law) for not supplying them under the FOIA. In this respect the law is very useful for public-spirited trouble-makers (like our anonymous correspondent), which I'm sure is why MPs are now regretting its existence!Charles Pooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329206649968577862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9783312.post-81919477622031229722007-08-23T10:32:36.798+01:002007-08-23T10:32:36.798+01:00Congratulations on digging this out.<BR/>I am curious about the use of Freedom of Information. Is the general effect just to slow down the provision of information rather than to extend our right to know?<BR/>Why do we need to use freedom of Information to get this infromation?gerald hartuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14449703886152289213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9783312.post-55254885072068383902007-08-23T10:24:28.914+01:002007-08-23T10:24:28.914+01:00Good piece. Nicely researched and argued. I wish you well with this, but I suspect that little or no reaction is Red Ken's move on this one.<BR/><BR/>It needs extended coverage elsewhere - MSM probably.<BR/><BR/>But no one should harbour any illusions, our political leaders are well capable of engineering such things and frequently do. Didn't Ken get his people to tinker with the traffic control systems before - amongst other wheezes?Chuck Unsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.com