From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I must disagree with Jim as most Civil Servants drafting
legislation or briefing to politicians constantly try to
bring out the pro and cons of a situation and the legal
ramifications of various options. The Freedom of Information
proposals are causing a lot of concern at persent in Civil
Service circles, one of the reasons being that what is now
confidential briefing to Ministers will fairly quickly be
available to the public on request or itself be published.
The defence of many politicians who said 'I didn't know' or
'I didn't realise' will be lost as the very materials they
saw (with their signature/initials on them) will be published
for all to see. However as you say some of our politicians
are very dim witted, some I have met (from several of the
major and minor parties) should not be let out without a minder.
Regards
Jerry
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