Attain The Silent State : Secrets, Surveillance And The Myth Of British Democracy Penned By Heather Brooke EPub

Guy Fawkes failed to blow up parliament, a woman succeeded in doing so if virtually, Heather Brooke is the journalist who had the unprecedented cheek to question the expenses of MPs that's member of parliament.
By doing this, she managed to blow upfraudsters in the Commons including all cabinet ministers and the complete shadow government as well as several hundred in the Lords.
Good show.

sitelinkRead the full review An important book that we should all read, An introduction to the way the government works, and doesnt, Through FOI requests, the author discovered the MPs expenses scandal and various other ways they want everything from us while just doing whatever they damn well please.
Do not read if you dont want to go all Guy Fawkes, Revealing that the MPs' expenses scandal of Britain is merely the tip of the iceberg, this title exposes the shocking and often farcical lack of transparency at various levels of government.
It argues that without proper access to the information that citizens pay for, Britain can never be a true democracy.
Anyone who votes need to read this as working under a government department I can confirm that very little has changed in theyears since this publication.
I went from shock to outrage to pure fury by the end of this investigative report from Heather Brooke famous for helping expose theMP expenses scandal.
The the public and their

money are treated by those who are meant to be there to help is so wrong and filled with so much pointless bureaucracy which those in the public sector poorly argue the important of that I'm seriously debating my choices in the coming election even more seriously.
Very much an eye opener for the average citizen like myself! This is one of those books which really makes you pause and question things.


The term democracy is bandied around almost without thinking, but soem basic omissions and problems are laid very bare here.


The tangle of bureaucracy and obstruction put in place beggars belief at times,

There are fascinating insights into the workings of local govenrment, the justice system and of course the recent MPs expenses scandal.


Very readable and very enlightening, but encouraging to see that some changes have already taken place.
After reading the book I can imagine the politicians so happy to have the upper hand on Murdoch's empire.
Heather Brooke gives a clear, detailed and concise information about how ignorant we all are to the behemoth power of the state.
A book recommended to all, though most of us are working for the state, Absolutely great read. The insight into cracking MPs expenses is fantastic, Some of the stories are interesting, but the analysis is not very sharp, Good. Interesting. Read it. as it is a few years old some of it may be a little outdated, however having said that it's still an interesting insight into how we are still being kept in the dark in a society where freedom of speech and information is only wording actual access to these is still so restricted it's untrue.
Most of this some people already know, if you have ever tried to get information from any government body or during the last labour government was on a waiting list then you will know how so many facts and figures are massaged and manipulated.
while waiting g for an operation I was put on a waiting list to go on the waiting list therefore it looked like I only waitedmonths when in fact I has waitedfrom seeing the doctor.

a good read overall and will, open some people's eyes to the kind of country we live in, Investigação jornalística que aponta os principais podres de um Estado britânico que se esconde por trás do secretismo da sua burocracia, relações públicas e de um conjunto de regras para os cidadãos e outro para os funcionários públicos, que veem os primeiros como inimigos.
Heather Rose Brooke bornis an American journalist and freedom of information campaigner, Resident since thes in the UK, she is best known for her role in helping to expose theUnited Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal, which culminated in the resignation of House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin.
Brooke is Professor of Journalism at City University Londons Department of Journalism, She is the author of Your Right to Know, The Silent State, and The Revolution Will Be Digitised.
Heather Rose Brooke bornis an American journalist and freedom of information campaigner, Resident since thes in the UK, she is best known for her role in helping to expose theUnited Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal, which culminated in the resignation of House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin.
Brooke is Professor of Journalism at City University London's Department of Journalism, She is the author of Your Right to Know, The Silent State, and The Revolution Will Be Digitised.
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