requests about bonanza profits from NHS car parks. So inevitably they want to do everything they can to prevent us finding out the truth. It would be nice at this point to say we won't be fooled, that by changing the rules on FOI, they will lose as much support as they would lose by being honest. Unfortunately, we also know from how quickly the fickle public has fallen into supporting David Cameron that the people forget very easily, even when they have been given information about their leaders or potential leaders. So, frankly, does it really matter? For a few geeks like us who frequent this site, perhaps, but in reality, the great British public obviously do actually prefer to wallow in their own ignorance. If they can stick their heads in the sand (cf: climate change), they will. There is the counterveiling argument that FOI requests have meant that more government business is done informally without being minuted because minutes might eventually find their way out into the public domain. http://gracchii.blogspot.com "When it comes to ID cards and CCTV, ministers like to argue that those with nothing to hide have nothing to fear. With freedom of information, they should apply the same logic to themselves." This is one of the best pieces of logic I have read recently. However, power crazy, brain dead ministers like Lord (what a laugh!) Falconer can't see it. He is happy to advocate ID cards (don't mention the cost) and a DNA database