WRITTEN ON January 21st, 2009 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Uncategorized

… with one step towards ideal government:

At Prime Minister’s Question Time, Gordon Brown announced that the bid to exempt Parliament from the Freedom of Information Act, under which the expenses were due to be published, would be abandoned …

2 Responses to “The march of 1,000 miles begins …”

 
Ideal Gov administrator wrote on January 22nd, 2009 2:32 am :

Yup – isnt this encouraging. Maybe our lobbying worked! Well done MySoc and James G.

David Moss wrote on January 22nd, 2009 1:58 pm :

Success has many fathers. MySoc and James G very possibly among them. Also possibly, Jacqui Smith and her month-old desire to put openness at the heart of “everything we do”. Who knows but perhaps the Prime Minister’s volte face is an early effect of President Obama’s new administration.

But for sure one father, in this case, is a lady called Heather Brooke.