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submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Completely riveting interview with Nicholas Soames, telling @mattchorley.bsky.social about the funeral of his grandfather Winston Churchill who died 60 years ago today. A perfect piece of broadcasting. It’s 1hr 6mins in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

submitted 35 days ago • 3 comments

According to survey research carried out for the Information Commissioner's Office, 16% of UK adults say they have made a freedom of information request

submitted 37 days ago • 3 comments

Lots of new walks coming up open.substack.com/pub/samljaco...

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Too many ex-prisoners are being recalled to jail because of "excessive" licensing conditions, the probation watchdog tells @thetimes Crime & Justice Commission: www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art... @rachelsylvester.bsky.social

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

Reducing incarceration rates to W European average would save £2.5 billion a year and cutting to Scandinavian level would give Treasury £5.5 billion a year - fascinating economic analysis by @publicfirst.bsky.social for @thetimes Crime and Justice Commission www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Freedom of information in the UK is 20 years old today. It was on 1st Jan 2005 that the UK’s FOI laws came into force – giving all of us the legal right to obtain certain information from public authorities.

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments

Govt papers from 2003/04 released today by National Archives show how cabinet ministers were uneasy about FOI coming into force - this is a memo from John Prescott to Tony Blair

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

The ICO yesterday took enforcement action against 3 more police forces due to FOI failings, so 14 forces have now faced this since 2020, nearly 1 in 3 of 44 in E&W&NI - a dire record compared to other services. National action is needed to tackle systemic problems & get the police to obey FOI law.

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

The first set of FOI stats for central govt since the general election has been published today and shows a similar pattern under Labour to the FOI performance of the Conservative govt - which is not surprising.

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Tribunal orders release of the confidential citations Boris Johnson supplied to justify giving peerages to Charlotte Owen & Ross Kempsell, following my 18-month FOI battle with House of Lords Appointments Commission.

submitted 71 days ago • 77 comments

Since today is September 28 and therefore 'International Right to Know Day', can I recommend a book (if you don't have it already) which will greatly assist you in exercising your right to know ... www.amazon.co.uk/Freedom-Info...

submitted 153 days ago • 1 comment

Even as a journalist you’re sometimes surprised by the headline that emerges from a chat with a reporter but pleased if my visit to the Palace has shone a light on Parkinson’s www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/bbc-...

submitted 71 days ago • 12 comments

A wonderful afternoon at the Palace where nearly every courtier asked after #sophiefromromania

submitted 72 days ago • 75 comments

A vital challenge. It's time for the Labour Government to take community organisations seriously. There is life outside the private and public sectors

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone who dreads the prospect of Faragist nationalist populism in Britain should want this Labour government to succeed. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 84 days ago • 19 comments

@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social A wonderful book brought to Norway from England today. Can’t wait for the granddaughters to come to be read for.

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

The more cabbage and carrot you shred, the bigger the side salad ~ Cole’s Law

submitted 95 days ago • 7 comments

Much looking forward to this on Sunday - my debut event about my debut book for children, King Winter's Birthday, in conversation with the great Hadley Freeman. Do come along if you can www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/jonat...

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Hey, Bluesky people. Come and see me at St Andrew's Book Festival in London at the end of the month, where I'll be talking about my novel Rabbits with Lexie Elliott. Tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...

submitted 105 days ago • 7 comments

Still a thrill to travel on the futuristic Elizabeth Line. We take for granted how excellent public transport is in London

submitted 100 days ago • 41 comments