keithisco Posted January 20, 2015 #1 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Hard to believe - perhaps the other Nations were so poor in their transparency that it gave the UK a boost. All depends on what your datum is...IMO The UK government is the most open and transparent in the world, according to global rankings looking at public access to official data. But web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, whose organisation compiled the table, says the country has "a long way to go" before it has a fully open government. Eighty-six countries were assessed for how easy their governments make it for state information to be analysed. The US and Sweden come second and third in the rankings. Source (BBC): http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30883472 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted January 20, 2015 #2 Share Posted January 20, 2015 its just a term of endearment ~ much like how "higher level' was used so often till some took offense at what higher level came to mean things so vastly different to everyone at the table ~ ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted January 20, 2015 #3 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) That's like saying "This slave is treated better than other slaves". They are still a slave. Speak volumes for the alleged principle of "Freedom of Information". Keep the unwashed masses uninformed and you keep them subdued. Edited January 20, 2015 by Leonardo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruel_Cahal Posted January 20, 2015 #4 Share Posted January 20, 2015 The U.S. is second? LMAO! Umm.. no. The U.S. government is as opaque as a governemnt can be. Saying you're "transparent" doesn't make it so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted January 20, 2015 #5 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) Hard to believe - perhaps the other Nations were so poor in their transparency that it gave the UK a boost. All depends on what your datum is...IMO Source (BBC): http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30883472 Its a finding which the knee jerk reaction is to laugh or scratch your head, But its probably true, and it comes in the year we're celebrating the coming together of the First De Montfort parliament, Seven hundred and fifth years ago. Its also 800 years since the sealing of the magna carta on which all successful Modern democracies have at their roots. Important Year also for - 2015 also marks a number of other important anniversaries which include 50 years since Churchill’s death (24 January 1965) 200 years since the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) 600 years since the Battle of Agincourt (25 October 1415) Edited January 20, 2015 by stevewinn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border Collie Posted January 20, 2015 #6 Share Posted January 20, 2015 The thing is this. The government at Westminster is so opaque that the investigators thought they were seeing straight through it in an open and transparent fashion, whereas all they were actually seeing was the reflection of their own puzzled faces! There is by the way a difference between making 500 tons of irrelevant information public, and actually making public any important information. I would like to give you an example of what I mean but unfortunately...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 20, 2015 #7 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Most transparently incompetent and unqualified for the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkerSide Posted January 20, 2015 #8 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Just the fact that we have a Secret Service, and like says it all really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border Collie Posted January 20, 2015 #9 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Just the fact that we have a Secret Service, and like says it all really. Ah, but they admit to having a secret service. So that is being open and transparent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkerSide Posted January 20, 2015 #10 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Ah, but they admit to having a secret service. So that is being open and transparent! Yeah I get you. But the secrecy behind the secret is not so clear... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border Collie Posted January 20, 2015 #11 Share Posted January 20, 2015 It's a transparent secrecy. In other words our secrets were open to the KGB but not to Joe Public. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkerSide Posted January 20, 2015 #12 Share Posted January 20, 2015 It's a transparent secrecy. In other words our secrets were open to the KGB but not to Joe Public. Something like that I guess. We are not allowed to know. But spies can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 20, 2015 #13 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) Just the fact that we have a Secret Service, and like says it all really. Well, the American Secret Service isn't all that secret ... United States Secret Service Edited January 20, 2015 by Valdemar the Great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkerSide Posted January 20, 2015 #14 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) Well, the American Secret Service isn't all that secret ... United States Secret Service Edited January 20, 2015 by TheDarkerSide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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