And the blacklisting story goes on

Waiting for Newsnight having spoken to some of their reporters today but in the meantime...

update 3:

Henry Porter weighs in. Not my favourite writer but in his piece he does remember, which many general news stories overlook, that this is ultimately a human story about people unable to earn a living. I am sure Michael White's comment had Henry frothing at the mouth.

In this piece from the BBC the Lib Dems are quoted:

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne said: "Leading companies have to realise that information is power, and wrong information is the abuse of power.

"The Information Commissioner is absolutely right to throw the book at the miscreants in this case."

I've yet to see any statement from the Conservatives on the issue du jour nor any of their bloggers taking it on. Perhaps they should take a look at Lenin's Tomb which adopts a very pragmatic and market-centric approach to the issue?

update 2:

Very good comment piece from industrial relations academic Gregor Gall about the victimisation of union activists.

Alex Hilton on Labourhome thinks companies linked with blacklisting should be barred from public sector contracts.

I understand the Information Commissioner is going to set up a freephone number from March 16 so that people who believe they were on the list can ring in with their name and NI number and find out. I imagine construction companies are already getting their legal teams to work our their defence from the inevitable compensation claims.