SHOULD LONDON'S HIGH SECURITY CAMBERWICK GREEN POLICE STATION BE PRIVATISED ?
Posted by: Berlin Fritz on 06 February 2005
The new freedom of information act has been giving senior civil servants a
headache: not because they have been swamped with tricky requests for sensitive
material but beacuse they have been swamped with tricky requests to, er, monitor
the requests. The latest order to Whitehall bosses is to provide a twice weekly
breakdown of the requests being made by journalists, MP's, commercial bosses and
the public. This has provoked protests from civil servants, one of who'm
complained: "Monitoring the FOI is becoming an inhibitor to responding to them
(requests for information)." The monitoring is being demanded by government
departments, Downing Street, ministers' private offices, and the department of
constitutional affairs. When instructed that all FOI requests must be met
within 20 days, one senior home office worker complained: " Not only do we get a
new monitoring request (or more) everyday, but they are each required by
differing parts of the office which just adds to the impression that work is
being duplicated. The irony is that this request for information on compliance,
when combined with the multitude of other monitoring requests, is a threat to us
meeting it."
Private Eye Magazine : Issue 1125, Feb 2005: (handheld Steam-Powered Version)
A small bear in wellington boots and cushty hat was quoted outside the Police
Station as saying " As an illegal immigrant from Peru many years ago I fondly
remember being regularly kicked to fuck and endlessly asked who dunnit, or we'll
deport your family behind those shiny steel bars & doors", " let's face it, if a
national'newspaper' printed such a story and it was found to be untrue, they'd
swiftly be brought to task ( Murdoch & Barclay press excluded) wouldn't they, I
mean you just couldn't make it up, could you ?
N.B.
Messers P & R were spotted entering the sanctity of Pogles wood earlier too, but
nobody could be found (persauded) to comment, and even if they could it would
most very likely have been the usual " I cannie say to much at this stage I'm
afraid", innit, nice work if you can get it, eh ?
Fritz Von I think Israel is already getting uppetty with our Condi !
headache: not because they have been swamped with tricky requests for sensitive
material but beacuse they have been swamped with tricky requests to, er, monitor
the requests. The latest order to Whitehall bosses is to provide a twice weekly
breakdown of the requests being made by journalists, MP's, commercial bosses and
the public. This has provoked protests from civil servants, one of who'm
complained: "Monitoring the FOI is becoming an inhibitor to responding to them
(requests for information)." The monitoring is being demanded by government
departments, Downing Street, ministers' private offices, and the department of
constitutional affairs. When instructed that all FOI requests must be met
within 20 days, one senior home office worker complained: " Not only do we get a
new monitoring request (or more) everyday, but they are each required by
differing parts of the office which just adds to the impression that work is
being duplicated. The irony is that this request for information on compliance,
when combined with the multitude of other monitoring requests, is a threat to us
meeting it."
Private Eye Magazine : Issue 1125, Feb 2005: (handheld Steam-Powered Version)
A small bear in wellington boots and cushty hat was quoted outside the Police
Station as saying " As an illegal immigrant from Peru many years ago I fondly
remember being regularly kicked to fuck and endlessly asked who dunnit, or we'll
deport your family behind those shiny steel bars & doors", " let's face it, if a
national'newspaper' printed such a story and it was found to be untrue, they'd
swiftly be brought to task ( Murdoch & Barclay press excluded) wouldn't they, I
mean you just couldn't make it up, could you ?
N.B.
Messers P & R were spotted entering the sanctity of Pogles wood earlier too, but
nobody could be found (persauded) to comment, and even if they could it would
most very likely have been the usual " I cannie say to much at this stage I'm
afraid", innit, nice work if you can get it, eh ?
Fritz Von I think Israel is already getting uppetty with our Condi !
quote:
Originally posted by Berlin Fritz:
The new freedom of information act has been giving senior civil servants a
headache: not because they have been swamped with tricky requests for sensitive
material but beacuse they have been swamped with tricky requests to, er, monitor
the requests...
Fritz Von I think Israel is already getting uppetty with our Condi !
That's not the information that I'm reading on 'Condi goes to the Mid East'. All I heard was that the Israelis are a bit miffed that she visited Tony Blair first.
I would like to know who's giving you your information. Also I believe that certain Uber-Groupies wish to know how many other requests you're getting to divulge your sources.
This 'freedom' business is great isn't it?Regards
Steve M
PS: I'm strongly inclined to think that the less Government there is, the better.
I would say that's purely because Blair's the bigger player, and I refer to Israel being nervous about her possibly mediating with the Palestinians instead of their own direct communications & agains't their wishes, in other words, enough is enough Israel, time to reign you in somewhat !
Fritz Von Alsdaire Cambell for DPM
Fritz Von Alsdaire Cambell for DPM