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> Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe told Sky News: "We're not going to talk about it, because the only people who benefit are the other side, and I see no rea
by rlpb 11y ago
> Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe told Sky News: "We're not going to talk about it, because the only people who benefit are the other side, and I see no reason in giving away that sort of thing."
Apply the same logic to the justice system and courts would operate behind closed doors.
The public needs to know because it is the public who is supposed to oversee the authorities via the polling booth. The public should be able to assess whether the supposed benefits of this practice are valid and decide whether they want their privacy violated in order to get these benefits.
- anon1385 11y ago>Apply the same logic to the justice system and courts would operate behind closed doors. That has already happened: http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/jun/14/what-are-secret-courts http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/jun/14/what-are-secret-c...
- madaxe_again 11y agoYup. They quashed all powerful opposition to this pretty brutally. Ended a close family friend's career as a high court judge and suicided his wife, as he vehemently opposed this. You'll know him as a pedophilia apologist from the press. Court transcripts tell a very different story. Dark times.
- pjc50 11y agoMost of the press play a big part in supporting this kind of nastiness, sadly.
- madaxe_again 11y agoAnd it comes from the highest possible levels - or at least so it appears - the BBC and many other outlets carried a video-bite of David Cameron condemning the poor man.