Remember we’d put a couple of posts up drawing your attention to how some MPs wanted to have their expenses made secret?
Guess what?
After 90% of all MPs were emailed by their constituents, Gordon Brown announced today that the government were no longer going to pursue the change to the law.
Or as some have labeled it, “It looks like the Internet’s won,” In the piece they raised some interesting conclusions …
Make no mistake. This is new, and it reflects the fact that the Internet generation expects information to be made available, and they expect to be able to make up their own minds, not be spoon fed the views of others. This campaign was always about more than receipts, it was about changing the direction of travel, away from secrecy and towards openness.
If you wrote to your MP or joined the Facebook group, or even told other people about it, you contribute to this victory for the public
Like the idea of people power? How about joining another campaign? Why not join this one below.
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