Your Right to Know: Hidden High Court Injunctions
Saturday, 17 October 2009, 09:53
Heather Brooke: "It is bad enough that superinjunctions exist at all, but it is absolutely appalling that there are not even records kept of how often they are used. Pressure needs to be put on the High Court to record these occasions, and make the details public as a matter of urgency."
SeattlePI.com: Former UW student shakes up British government
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 22:07
"If the British tabloids knew about the sex-advice column Heather Brooke wrote for the University of Washington Daily nearly two decades ago they might run with it as a salacious news item. … But that information hasn't reached them, it seems, and Brooke has proven to an entire nation she is a journalist of another ilk. In doing so, the former Seattleite has shaken up the British parliamentary leadership and perhaps changed forever the relationship between the British press and the House of Commons."
Your Right To Know: The latest ruse from Speaker Martin and his cronies
Thursday, 14 May 2009, 07:29
Heather Brooke: "I’ve noticed a new excuse being used by Speaker Michael Martin and the House of Commons authorities when dealing with freedom of information requests. They are now using the section 34 exemption of ‘parliamentary privilege’ – which is an absolute exemption against which there is no public interest test."
Parliament: Early Day Motions
Saturday, 25 April 2009, 10:43
"That this House welcomes the rise in popularity of baseball in the United Kingdom … ecognises the contribution that televised baseball has made in increasing the popularity of the sport and in particular the contribution of Jonny Gould, Josh Chetwynd and Erik Janssen; expresses disappointment at Five.TV's decision to cease showing Major League Baseball on terrestrial television; expresses concern that the rise in popularity of baseball in Britain may suffer as a result; and therefore calls on Five.TV or another free-to-view channel to show Major League Baseball on television."
Puffbox.com: Bong! Parliament goes WordPress
Tuesday, 9 December 2008, 17:05
"Their plan is to make heavy use of WordPress's fantastic RSS functionality. There's already a very detailed subject (category) taxonomy showing on the site; and of course, once everything's tagged, it's relatively easy to use category-specific RSS feeds to surface the headlines on other sites."
Thursday, 19 June 2008, 18:54
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"MPs have been granted a vote on whether they should be allowed to keep their home addresses secret to protect their privacy and security."
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 15:02
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Channel 4 News liveblogged the 42-day detention vote in the House of Commons using CoveritLive.
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 08:29
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James Ball: "People who spend time and money fighting to get important documents released under the Freedom of Information Act deserve their scoops"
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 18:12
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"All that the High Court did last week was rule that once an Act has been passed, MPs can’t exempt themselves from it. They must comply with the Freedom of Information Act however embarrassing that is for them."
Friday, 16 May 2008, 17:22
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Heather Brooke on winning her FOI case: "It’s not right that a citizen is forced to fight so hard for such a basic level of democratic accountability from our elected representatives."
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 15:41
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"The Nice Polite Campaign to Gently Encourage Parliament to Publish Bills in a 21st Century Way, Please. Now."
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 22:27
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The House of Commons has released the so-called "John Lewis list", which finance officials use to approve or reject MPs’ expenses claims.
Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 17:57
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"British members of Parliament should file receipts to reclaim all expenses over 25 pounds ($50), the Speaker of the House of Commons said in a report aimed at sweeping away suggestions of financial misconduct."
