Interesting post by Martin Rosenbaum over at the BBC's Open Secrets blog on the MPs expenses scandal (if that doesn't win scoop of the year for the Daily Telegraph then we might as well all go home).
Rosenbaum makes the point that, while the initial pressure to release came through FoI requests what has been published goes much further than the act allows. For instance the publishing of home addresses. In fact this is an old fashioned leak prompted by a very fat cheque.
As fast as things change they stay the same.
FoI campaigner Heather Brooke in particular deserves praise for her pursuit of this story. I get the impression that her motivation stems from a belief that all government is essentially corrupt so the smaller it is the better. Whatever pushes her buttons it's been pretty devastating for Parliament.
Update: Heather Brooke has posted briefly on the issue in between being very busy writing and commentating on it. See here for an updated comment by me on this.
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