Just how awful is this government? June 2020 edition

[A1X]

Absolutely nothing comes as a surprise any more.

UK government running ‘Orwellian’ unit to circumvent transparency laws and block freedom of information requests

The British government is operating a secretive internal unit to block requests for information by the public under transparency laws, it has been revealed. The FOI Clearing House, an "Orwellian" operation within Michael Gove's Cabinet Office, shares personal information about journalists and researchers and has been accused of "blacklisting" people making freedom of information requests.

Transparency campaigners and data protection experts said the unit was certainly an attempt to circumvent the transparency protections in the Freedom of Information Act, and possibly even unlawful. The government is now facing a legal bid from openDemocracy and the law firm Leigh Day to reveal full details about how it operates.


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/freedom-of-information-foi-clearing-house-b1760830.html

Pfft. I'm sure they have nothing to hide to go to these lengths...

 

[sydney]

Pfft. I'm sure they have nothing to hide to go to these lengths...

this is where we are at in Australia , covid commission not open to scrutiny , corruption commission is in the pipeline but sitting parliament is exempt....ha ha ha ha ha and for **** sake ..........bitcoin ...?? whats all that about...??

 

[beorhthelm]

While this is technically correct, isn't it the case that in the scenario where we see deflation on any great scale likely to be see the haemorrhaging of jobs?

possibly some, not haemorrhaging. its not necessary for jobs to be lost with mild deflation, just a bugger for anything to grow. if wages reduced, that could absorb some contraction in the economy while maintaining employment.

 

[Randy McNob]

yes, thats what deflation is, reduction in prices. so if cost of living goes down and by your argument of wage needed to track that, wages should go down. as you seem to admit though, your argument only goes one way.

No, theres no scenario where wages can go down. unless you have an example

 

[CHAPPERS]

Johnson avoiding Cobra again.

 

[Motogull]

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Johnson avoiding Cobra again.

Viper avoids Cobra.

 

[beorhthelm]

No, theres no scenario where wages can go down. unless you have an example

Japan 1990's to 00's, UK and elsewhere post 2008-crisis. in economic contraction there are two options, either declining wages or declining employment. pick one.

 

[rogersix]

It doesn’t and I’m not sure why you’d ask such a question?

well, cos you're constantly blubbing about it

i'm private sector, fwiw

 

[rogersix]

Absolutely nothing comes as a surprise any more.

UK government running ‘Orwellian’ unit to circumvent transparency laws and block freedom of information requests

The British government is operating a secretive internal unit to block requests for information by the public under transparency laws, it has been revealed. The FOI Clearing House, an "Orwellian" operation within Michael Gove's Cabinet Office, shares personal information about journalists and researchers and has been accused of "blacklisting" people making freedom of information requests.

Transparency campaigners and data protection experts said the unit was certainly an attempt to circumvent the transparency protections in the Freedom of Information Act, and possibly even unlawful. The government is now facing a legal bid from openDemocracy and the law firm Leigh Day to reveal full details about how it operates.


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/freedom-of-information-foi-clearing-house-b1760830.html

this had to happen

 

[rogersix]

Johnson avoiding Cobra again.

they should conduct it in latin then

 

[rogersix]

Japan 1990's to 00's, UK and elsewhere post 2008-crisis. in economic contraction there are two options, either declining wages or declining employment. pick one.

the second one, sack the bungle****

 

[Randy McNob]

Japan 1990's to 00's, UK and elsewhere post 2008-crisis. in economic contraction there are two options, either declining wages or declining employment. pick one.

wasn't there a short period of deflation post 2008 ? then we introduced quantative easing to stimulate the economy, but to be honest i'm not quite sure where you're going with this. I'm not aware of examples where staff would negotiate lower salaries based on deflation

 

[A1X]

"But there's no evidence of links to Russia!"

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[Garry Nelson's teacher]

"But there's no evidence of links to Russia!"

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'Baron of Hampton and Siberia'- beyond parody.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Report identifying serious concern with the Home Office's (i.e T. May's) 'hostile environment' policy and its impacts on - amongst others - the Windrush victims. Another indication of the mean-spirited and incompetent bunch we've had governing us.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...alities-law-with-hostile-environment-measures

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Lazy Johnson missed yet another COBRA meeting.


https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/christmas-rules-coronavirus-boris-johnson-19337664

 

[nicko31]

Lazy Johnson missed yet another COBRA meeting.


https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/christmas-rules-coronavirus-boris-johnson-19337664

Surely he has his divorce sorted by now....

 

[Is it PotG?]

Lazy Johnson missed yet another COBRA meeting.


https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/christmas-rules-coronavirus-boris-johnson-19337664

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Silly asp. I hope he adder good excuse.

 

[Randy McNob]