Saturday, February 13, 2010
Politicians - Above the law in the U.K.?
Not only did they break the law, but mysteriously (not really), the enforcement of the law apparently was lacking (except when it was the opposing parties)...
This is from the U.K. Telegraph:
"Mr Fitzpatrick said: "I welcome this belated action to protect voters in their homes but there are real questions to be answered over how the Commissioner has applied the rules.
"The Information Commissioner must explain why it has taken him five years to act over dodgy phone calls from Labour but he has not applied the same restraint to other political parties.
"The SNP sought guarantees from the Information Commission in 2005 that all parties would be treated as the SNP were treated. However it seems while the SNP, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were served enforcement notices immediately Labour has been allowed an ill-fated second chance."
