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The current UK government has a blacklist of left wing journalists who they won’t respond to freedom of information act requests and they are fighting a culture

The current UK government has a blacklist of left wing journalists who they won’t respond to freedom of information act requests and they are fighting a culture war about bullshit while Dominic Cummings has the gall to claim his friends happen to be the only marketing company in the UK who are trustworthy!

dohnuts1919 6y ago
> The current UK government has a blacklist of left wing journalists who they won’t respond to freedom of information act requests Source? Also, isn't it illegal to not respond to valid FOI requests? Otherwise wouldn't that defy the whole point of FOI?
- andy_ppp 6y ago
  https://bylinetimes.com/2021/02/01/an-important-victory-in-the-campaign-against-home-offices-hostile-environment-secrecy/ https://bylinetimes.com/2021/02/01/an-important-victory-in-t...
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andy_ppp 6y ago
References: Jornalists FOI clearing house: https://bylinetimes.com/2021/02/01/an-important-victory-in-the-campaign-against-home-offices-hostile-environment-secrecy/ https://bylinetimes.com/2021/02/01/an-important-victory-in-t... Culture war: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/universities-free-speech-gavin-williamson-b1803106.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/universities-... Dominic Cummings claims: Cummings described Frayne and Wolf as his “friends”, but added: “Obviously I did not request Public First be brought in because they were my friends. I would never do such a thing.” He said he “requested” civil servants hire the firm because, in his experience, it was the only company with the expertise to carry out the required focus groups urgently. From: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/revealed-cummings-role-handing-covid-contract-firm-run-by-friends https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/revealed-cummi... Not sure why I've been down voted?

dohnuts1919 6y ago

> The current UK government has a blacklist of left wing journalists who they won’t respond to freedom of information act requests Source? Also, isn't it illegal to not respond to valid FOI requests? Otherwise wouldn't that defy the whole point of FOI?

andy_ppp 6y ago
https://bylinetimes.com/2021/02/01/an-important-victory-in-the-campaign-against-home-offices-hostile-environment-secrecy/ https://bylinetimes.com/2021/02/01/an-important-victory-in-t...

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andy_ppp 6y ago

References: Jornalists FOI clearing house: https://bylinetimes.com/2021/02/01/an-important-victory-in-the-campaign-against-home-offices-hostile-environment-secrecy/ https://bylinetimes.com/2021/02/01/an-important-victory-in-t... Culture war: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/universities-free-speech-gavin-williamson-b1803106.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/universities-... Dominic Cummings claims: Cummings described Frayne and Wolf as his “friends”, but added: “Obviously I did not request Public First be brought in because they were my friends. I would never do such a thing.” He said he “requested” civil servants hire the firm because, in his experience, it was the only company with the expertise to carry out the required focus groups urgently. From: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/revealed-cummings-role-handing-covid-contract-firm-run-by-friends https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/revealed-cummi... Not sure why I've been down voted?